diff --git a/opensearch-transport/Gemfile b/opensearch-transport/Gemfile
index 94ee8035b..47400c5d1 100644
--- a/opensearch-transport/Gemfile
+++ b/opensearch-transport/Gemfile
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ if File.exist? File.expand_path('../opensearch/opensearch.gemspec', __dir__)
   gem 'opensearch-ruby', path: File.expand_path('../opensearch', __dir__), require: false
 end
 
-ENV['FARADAY_VERSION'] = '~> 1.0' if Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION) < Gem::Version.new('2.7')
 gem 'faraday', ENV['FARADAY_VERSION'], require: false if ENV.key?('FARADAY_VERSION')
 
 group :development, :test do
diff --git a/opensearch-transport/README.md b/opensearch-transport/README.md
index 1891626d3..4804a5274 100644
--- a/opensearch-transport/README.md
+++ b/opensearch-transport/README.md
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ If you don't use Bundler, you may need to require the library explicitly (like `
 
 Currently these libraries will be automatically detected and used:
 - [Patron](https://github.com/toland/patron) through [faraday-patron](https://github.com/lostisland/faraday-patron)
-- [Typhoeus](https://github.com/typhoeus/typhoeus) through [faraday-typhoeus](https://github.com/dleavitt/faraday-typhoeus) for Faraday 2 or higher, or its built-in adapter for Faraday 1.
+- [Typhoeus](https://github.com/typhoeus/typhoeus) through [faraday-typhoeus](https://github.com/dleavitt/faraday-typhoeus) for Faraday 2 or higher, or Faraday's built-in adapter for Faraday 1.
 - [HTTPClient](https://rubygems.org/gems/httpclient) through [faraday-httpclient](https://github.com/lostisland/faraday-httpclient)
 - [Net::HTTP::Persistent](https://rubygems.org/gems/net-http-persistent) through [faraday-net_http_persistent](https://github.com/lostisland/faraday-net_http_persistent)
 
-**Note on [Typhoeus](https://github.com/typhoeus/typhoeus)**: You need to use v1.4.0 or up since older versions are not compatible with Faraday 1.0 or higher. You can't use Typhoeus with Faraday 2.0 or higher with Ruby versions less than 2.7 because [faraday-typhoeus](https://github.com/dleavitt/faraday-typhoeus) doesn't support it, so use Faraday 1.x and its built-in Typhoeus adapter.
+**Note on [Typhoeus](https://github.com/typhoeus/typhoeus)**: You need to use v1.4.0 or up since older versions are not compatible with Faraday 1.0 or higher.
 
 **Note on [Faraday](https://rubygems.org/gems/faraday)**: If you use Faraday 2.0 or higher, if the adapter is in a separate gem, you will likely need to declare that gem as well. Only the Net::HTTP adapter gem is included by default. Faraday 1.x includes most common adapter gems already.
 
diff --git a/opensearch-transport/opensearch-transport.gemspec b/opensearch-transport/opensearch-transport.gemspec
index cee14580d..7f217544b 100644
--- a/opensearch-transport/opensearch-transport.gemspec
+++ b/opensearch-transport/opensearch-transport.gemspec
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency 'simplecov'
   s.add_development_dependency 'test-unit', '~> 2'
   s.add_development_dependency 'typhoeus', '~> 1.4'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'faraday-typhoeus' if !ENV.key?('FARADAY_VERSION') && Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('2.7')
+  s.add_development_dependency 'faraday-typhoeus' if !ENV.key?('FARADAY_VERSION') && Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('2.6')
   s.add_development_dependency 'yard'
 
   s.description = <<-DESC.gsub(/^    /, '')
diff --git a/opensearch-transport/spec/opensearch/transport/client_spec.rb b/opensearch-transport/spec/opensearch/transport/client_spec.rb
index 0888e3ec0..2b6f7e7f6 100644
--- a/opensearch-transport/spec/opensearch/transport/client_spec.rb
+++ b/opensearch-transport/spec/opensearch/transport/client_spec.rb
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
       end unless jruby?
     end
 
-    context 'when the adapter is patron' do
+    context 'when the adapter is patron', unless: jruby? do
       let(:adapter) do
         client.transport.connections.all.first.connection.builder.adapter
       end
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
       end
     end unless jruby?
 
-    context 'when the adapter is specified as a string key' do
+    context 'when the adapter is specified as a string key', unless: jruby? do
       let(:adapter) do
         client.transport.connections.all.first.connection.builder.adapter
       end
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@
       end
     end
 
-    context 'when the Faraday adapter is configured' do
+    context 'when the Faraday adapter is configured', unless: jruby? do
 
       let(:client) do
         described_class.new do |faraday|
diff --git a/opensearch-transport/test/integration/transport_test.rb b/opensearch-transport/test/integration/transport_test.rb
index e3fe93bc4..3599634e7 100644
--- a/opensearch-transport/test/integration/transport_test.rb
+++ b/opensearch-transport/test/integration/transport_test.rb
@@ -46,7 +46,11 @@ class OpenSearch::Transport::ClientIntegrationTest < Minitest::Test
         end
 
       client = OpenSearch::Transport::Client.new transport: transport
-      client.perform_request 'GET', ''
+      response = client.perform_request 'GET', ''
+
+      assert_respond_to(response.body, :to_hash)
+      assert_not_nil response.body['name']
+      assert_equal 'application/json; charset=UTF-8', response.headers['content-type']
     end unless jruby?
 
     should "allow to customize the Faraday adapter to NetHttpPersistent" do