diff --git a/src/Elasticsearch.Net/Utf8Json/Formatters/EnumFormatter.cs b/src/Elasticsearch.Net/Utf8Json/Formatters/EnumFormatter.cs
index f555b85fdfa..7cfa390e519 100644
--- a/src/Elasticsearch.Net/Utf8Json/Formatters/EnumFormatter.cs
+++ b/src/Elasticsearch.Net/Utf8Json/Formatters/EnumFormatter.cs
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static EnumFormatter()
 			foreach (var item in type.GetFields().Where(fi => fi.FieldType == type))
 			{
 				var value = item.GetValue(null);
-				var name = Enum.GetName(type, value);
+				var name = item.Name;
 				var dataMember = item.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DataMemberAttribute), true)
 					.OfType<DataMemberAttribute>()
 					.FirstOrDefault();