diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7c684781b..13492c676 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 - Fixed `/{index}/_open` can return a `task` ([#376](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-api-specification/pull/376))
 - Fixed `_source` in `bulk` responses ([#375](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-api-specification/pull/375))
 - Fixed `/{index}/_dangling` that can return `nodes` and `cluster_name` ([#391](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-api-specification/pull/391))
+- Fixed `/_data_stream` health status and required fields ([#401](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-api-specification/pull/401))
 
 ### Security
 
diff --git a/spec/schemas/_common.yaml b/spec/schemas/_common.yaml
index 7ba82ea03..b922f48c0 100644
--- a/spec/schemas/_common.yaml
+++ b/spec/schemas/_common.yaml
@@ -749,6 +749,12 @@ components:
         - green
         - yellow
         - red
+    HealthStatusCapitalized:
+      type: string
+      enum:
+        - GREEN
+        - YELLOW
+        - RED
     ScheduleTimeOfDay:
       description: A time of day, expressed either as `hh:mm`, `noon`, `midnight`, or an hour/minutes structure.
       oneOf:
diff --git a/spec/schemas/indices._common.yaml b/spec/schemas/indices._common.yaml
index f2ace0b51..a576b86af 100644
--- a/spec/schemas/indices._common.yaml
+++ b/spec/schemas/indices._common.yaml
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ components:
           description: If `true`, the data stream is created and managed by cross-cluster replication and the local cluster can not write into this data stream or change its mappings.
           type: boolean
         status:
-          $ref: '_common.yaml#/components/schemas/HealthStatus'
+          $ref: '_common.yaml#/components/schemas/HealthStatusCapitalized'
         system:
           description: If `true`, the data stream is created and managed by an OpenSearch stack component and cannot be modified through normal user interaction.
           type: boolean
@@ -886,9 +886,6 @@ components:
           $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataStreamTimestampField'
       required:
         - generation
-        - hidden
-        - next_generation_managed_by
-        - prefer_ilm
         - indices
         - name
         - status
@@ -917,8 +914,6 @@ components:
       required:
         - index_name
         - index_uuid
-        - managed_by
-        - prefer_ilm
     DataStreamTimestampField:
       type: object
       properties:
diff --git a/tests/indices/data_stream.yaml b/tests/indices/data_stream.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..11cf2db82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/indices/data_stream.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+$schema: ../../json_schemas/test_story.schema.yaml
+
+description: Test data streams.
+epilogues:
+  - path: /_data_stream/logs-nginx
+    method: DELETE
+    status: [200, 404]
+  - path: /_index_template/logs-template
+    method: DELETE
+    status: [200, 404]
+chapters:
+  - synopsis: Create an index template.
+    path: /_index_template/{name}
+    method: PUT
+    parameters:
+      name: logs-template-nginx
+    request_body:
+      payload:
+        index_patterns:
+          - my-data-stream
+          - logs-*
+        data_stream:
+          timestamp_field:
+            name: request_time
+        priority: 100
+  - synopsis: Create a data stream.
+    path: /_data_stream/{name}
+    method: PUT
+    parameters:
+      name: logs-nginx
+  - synopsis: Ingest data.
+    path: /{index}/_doc
+    method: POST
+    parameters:
+      index: logs-nginx
+    request_body:
+      payload:
+        message: login attempt failed
+        request_time: '2013-03-01T00:00:00'
+    response:
+      status: 201
+  - synopsis: Get a data stream.
+    path: /_data_stream/{name}
+    method: GET
+    parameters:
+      name: logs-nginx
+  - synopsis: Get data stream stats.
+    path: /_data_stream/{name}/_stats
+    method: GET
+    parameters:
+      name: logs-nginx
+  - synopsis: Manually roll over a data stream.
+    path: /{alias}/_rollover
+    method: POST
+    parameters:
+      alias: logs-nginx
+  - synopsis: Get all data streams.
+    path: /_data_stream
+    method: GET
+  - synopsis: Delete a data stream.
+    path: /_data_stream/{name}
+    method: DELETE
+    parameters:
+      name: logs-nginx