diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 7e3e297..959b98d 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ func (c *Client) IndexCreate(
 		Params:               params,
 		Labels:               labels,
 		Storage:              storage,
-		Type:                 ptr(protos.IndexType_HNSW),
+		Type:                 nil, // defaults to protos.IndexType_HNSW
 	}
 
 	return c.IndexCreateFromIndexDef(ctx, indexDef)
diff --git a/integration_single_node_test.go b/integration_single_node_test.go
index c0a178b..6bf4849 100644
--- a/integration_single_node_test.go
+++ b/integration_single_node_test.go
@@ -268,7 +268,6 @@ func (suite *SingleNodeTestSuite) TestIndexCreate() {
 				},
 				Dimensions:           uint32(10),
 				VectorDistanceMetric: ptr(protos.VectorDistanceMetric_SQUARED_EUCLIDEAN),
-				Type:                 ptr(protos.IndexType_HNSW),
 				SetFilter:            nil,
 				Field:                "vector",
 			},
@@ -297,7 +296,6 @@ func (suite *SingleNodeTestSuite) TestIndexCreate() {
 				},
 				Dimensions:           uint32(10),
 				VectorDistanceMetric: ptr(protos.VectorDistanceMetric_COSINE),
-				Type:                 ptr(protos.IndexType_HNSW),
 				SetFilter:            ptr("testset"),
 				Field:                "vector",
 				Storage: &protos.IndexStorage{
@@ -378,7 +376,6 @@ func (suite *SingleNodeTestSuite) TestIndexUpdate() {
 				},
 				Dimensions:           uint32(10),
 				VectorDistanceMetric: ptr(protos.VectorDistanceMetric_COSINE),
-				Type:                 ptr(protos.IndexType_HNSW),
 				SetFilter:            ptr("testset"),
 				Field:                "vector",
 				Storage: &protos.IndexStorage{
@@ -442,7 +439,6 @@ func (suite *SingleNodeTestSuite) TestIndexUpdate() {
 				},
 				Dimensions:           uint32(10),
 				VectorDistanceMetric: ptr(protos.VectorDistanceMetric_COSINE),
-				Type:                 ptr(protos.IndexType_HNSW),
 				SetFilter:            ptr("testset"),
 				Field:                "vector",
 				Storage: &protos.IndexStorage{
diff --git a/testutils.go b/testutils.go
index ee822a4..7081853 100644
--- a/testutils.go
+++ b/testutils.go
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ func (idb *indexDefinitionBuilder) Build() *protos.IndexDefinition {
 		Dimensions:           uint32(idb.dimension),
 		VectorDistanceMetric: &idb.vectorDistanceMetric,
 		Field:                idb.vectorField,
-		Type:                 ptr(protos.IndexType_HNSW),
+		Type:                 nil, // defaults to protos.IndexType_HNSW
 		Storage: &protos.IndexStorage{
 			Namespace: &idb.namespace,
 			Set:       &idb.indexName,