diff --git a/java-client/src/main/java/co/elastic/clients/elasticsearch/_helpers/esql/EsqlAdapterBase.java b/java-client/src/main/java/co/elastic/clients/elasticsearch/_helpers/esql/EsqlAdapterBase.java
index 03bb687d7..d4591ccc6 100644
--- a/java-client/src/main/java/co/elastic/clients/elasticsearch/_helpers/esql/EsqlAdapterBase.java
+++ b/java-client/src/main/java/co/elastic/clients/elasticsearch/_helpers/esql/EsqlAdapterBase.java
@@ -74,10 +74,12 @@ public static EsqlMetadata readHeader(JsonParser parser, JsonpMapper mapper) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Checks the footer of an ES|QL response, once the values have been read.
+     * Reads the footer of an ES|QL response, once the values have been read.
      */
     public static void readFooter(JsonParser parser) {
-        JsonpUtils.expectNextEvent(parser, JsonParser.Event.END_OBJECT);
+        // Ignore everything until we reach the end of the response's top-level object
+        while (parser.next() != JsonParser.Event.END_OBJECT) {
+            JsonpUtils.skipValue(parser);
+        }
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/java-client/src/test/java/co/elastic/clients/elasticsearch/_helpers/esql/EsqlAdapterTest.java b/java-client/src/test/java/co/elastic/clients/elasticsearch/_helpers/esql/EsqlAdapterTest.java
index e3afd3ee0..86e80519d 100644
--- a/java-client/src/test/java/co/elastic/clients/elasticsearch/_helpers/esql/EsqlAdapterTest.java
+++ b/java-client/src/test/java/co/elastic/clients/elasticsearch/_helpers/esql/EsqlAdapterTest.java
@@ -82,6 +82,41 @@ public void testMissingColumns() throws IOException {
         assertTrue(jsonMappingException.getMessage().contains("Expecting a 'columns' property"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testProfilingInfo() throws IOException {
+        String badJson = """
+            {
+               "took": 10,
+               "columns": [
+                 {"name": "avg_salary", "type": "double"},
+                 {"name": "lang", "type": "keyword"}
+               ],
+               "values": [
+                 [43760.0, "Spanish"],
+                 [48644.0, "French"],
+                 [48832.0, "German"]
+               ],
+               "profile": {
+                 "query": {
+                   "start_millis": 1760459492830,
+                   "stop_millis": 1760459492853,
+                   "took_millis": 23,
+                   "took_nanos": 23290250
+                 }
+               }
+            }
+            """;
+
+        ElasticsearchClient esClient = new MockHttpClient()
+            .add("/_query", "application/json", badJson)
+            .client(new JacksonJsonpMapper());
+
+        esClient.esql().query(
+            new ObjectsEsqlAdapter<>(Data.class),
+            "FROM employees | STATS avg_salary = AVG(salary) by country"
+        );
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testObjectDeserializer() throws IOException {