diff --git a/plugin/output/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go b/plugin/output/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go
index 4bdaea55e..eae76ec76 100644
--- a/plugin/output/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go
+++ b/plugin/output/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go
@@ -588,7 +588,11 @@ func (p *Plugin) reportESErrors(data []byte) error {
 	for _, node := range items {
 		indexNode := node.Dig("index")
 		if indexNode == nil {
-			p.logger.Error("unknown elasticsearch response, 'index' field in the response is empty",
+			// When batch_op_type is "create", ES returns "create": {...} instead of "index": {...}
+			indexNode = node.Dig("create")
+		}
+		if indexNode == nil {
+			p.logger.Error("unknown elasticsearch response, neither 'index' nor 'create' field found in the response",
 				zap.String("response", node.EncodeToString()),
 			)
 			continue
diff --git a/plugin/output/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_test.go b/plugin/output/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_test.go
index b3f6f30c8..ad27f5c3b 100644
--- a/plugin/output/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_test.go
+++ b/plugin/output/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_test.go
@@ -80,6 +80,52 @@ func TestAppendEventWithCreateOpType(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, expected, string(result), "wrong request content")
 }
 
+func TestReportESErrorsWithCreateResponseType(t *testing.T) {
+	p := &Plugin{}
+	config := &Config{
+		Endpoints:   []string{"test"},
+		IndexFormat: "test-%",
+		BatchSize:   "1",
+	}
+	test.NewConfig(config, map[string]int{"gomaxprocs": 1})
+	p.Start(config, test.NewEmptyOutputPluginParams())
+
+	// Response with "create" instead of "index" (batch_op_type: create)
+	response := []byte(`{
+		"errors": true,
+		"items": [
+			{"create": {"_index": ".ds-test-000001", "_id": "1", "status": 201, "result": "created"}},
+			{"create": {"_index": ".ds-test-000001", "_id": "2", "status": 201, "result": "created"}}
+		]
+	}`)
+
+	err := p.reportESErrors(response)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+}
+
+func TestReportESErrorsWithMixedResponses(t *testing.T) {
+	p := &Plugin{}
+	config := &Config{
+		Endpoints:   []string{"test"},
+		IndexFormat: "test-%",
+		BatchSize:   "1",
+	}
+	test.NewConfig(config, map[string]int{"gomaxprocs": 1})
+	p.Start(config, test.NewEmptyOutputPluginParams())
+
+	// Response with mixed "index" and "create" items
+	response := []byte(`{
+		"errors": true,
+		"items": [
+			{"index": {"_index": "test-000001", "_id": "1", "status": 200}},
+			{"create": {"_index": ".ds-test-000001", "_id": "2", "status": 201, "result": "created"}}
+		]
+	}`)
+
+	err := p.reportESErrors(response)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+}
+
 func TestPrepareEndpoints(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		in       []string