diff --git a/jest-common/src/main/java/io/searchbox/fields/FieldStats.java b/jest-common/src/main/java/io/searchbox/fields/FieldStats.java
index 9e5672256..fc1de457e 100644
--- a/jest-common/src/main/java/io/searchbox/fields/FieldStats.java
+++ b/jest-common/src/main/java/io/searchbox/fields/FieldStats.java
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 import io.searchbox.action.AbstractAction;
 import io.searchbox.action.GenericResultAbstractAction;
+import io.searchbox.client.config.ElasticsearchVersion;
 import io.searchbox.params.Parameters;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 public class FieldStats extends GenericResultAbstractAction {
-
     protected FieldStats(FieldStats.Builder builder) {
         super(builder);
 
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ protected FieldStats(FieldStats.Builder builder) {
         fieldStatsBody.put("fields", builder.fields);
 
         this.payload = fieldStatsBody;
-
-        setURI(buildURI());
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -28,8 +26,8 @@ public String getRestMethodName() {
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected String buildURI() {
-        String buildURI = super.buildURI();
+    protected String buildURI(ElasticsearchVersion elasticsearchVersion) {
+        String buildURI = super.buildURI(elasticsearchVersion);
         if (buildURI.isEmpty())
             return "_field_stats";
 
diff --git a/jest-common/src/test/java/io/searchbox/fields/FieldsStatsTest.java b/jest-common/src/test/java/io/searchbox/fields/FieldsStatsTest.java
index 1b4bd3ccc..ac56766f3 100644
--- a/jest-common/src/test/java/io/searchbox/fields/FieldsStatsTest.java
+++ b/jest-common/src/test/java/io/searchbox/fields/FieldsStatsTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package io.searchbox.fields;
 
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import io.searchbox.client.config.ElasticsearchVersion;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ public class FieldsStatsTest {
     public void testBasicUriGeneration() {
         FieldStats fieldStats = new FieldStats.Builder(FIELDS).setIndex(INDEX).build();
         assertEquals("POST", fieldStats.getRestMethodName());
-        assertEquals(INDEX + "/_field_stats", fieldStats.getURI());
+        assertEquals(INDEX + "/_field_stats", fieldStats.getURI(ElasticsearchVersion.V55));
         assertEquals("{\"fields\":[\"" + TEST_FIELD + "\"]}", fieldStats.getData(new Gson()));
     }
 
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ public void testBasicUriGeneration() {
     public void testBasicUriGenerationNoIndex() {
         FieldStats fieldStats = new FieldStats.Builder(FIELDS).build();
         assertEquals("POST", fieldStats.getRestMethodName());
-        assertEquals("_field_stats", fieldStats.getURI());
+        assertEquals("_field_stats", fieldStats.getURI(ElasticsearchVersion.V55));
         assertEquals("{\"fields\":[\"" + TEST_FIELD + "\"]}", fieldStats.getData(new Gson()));
     }
 
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ public void testBasicUriGenerationNoIndex() {
     public void testBasicUriGenerationWithLevel() {
         FieldStats fieldStats = new FieldStats.Builder(FIELDS).setIndex(INDEX).setLevel("indices").build();
         assertEquals("POST", fieldStats.getRestMethodName());
-        assertEquals(INDEX + "/_field_stats?level=indices", fieldStats.getURI());
+        assertEquals(INDEX + "/_field_stats?level=indices", fieldStats.getURI(ElasticsearchVersion.V55));
         assertEquals("{\"fields\":[\"" + TEST_FIELD + "\"]}", fieldStats.getData(new Gson()));
     }
 }