diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
index c7cfc3fd15..d88fbea407 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ steps:
     env:
       RUBY_VERSION: "{{ matrix.ruby }}"
       TEST_SUITE: "{{ matrix.suite }}"
-      STACK_VERSION: 8.19.0-SNAPSHOT
+      STACK_VERSION: 8.19.3-SNAPSHOT
       TRANSPORT_VERSION: "{{ matrix.transport }}"
       RUBY_SOURCE: "{{ matrix.ruby_source }}"
       QUIET: false
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ steps:
       provider: "gcp"
     env:
       RUBY_VERSION: "3.4"
-      STACK_VERSION: 8.19.0-SNAPSHOT
+      STACK_VERSION: 8.19.3-SNAPSHOT
       ES_YAML_TESTS_BRANCH: "8.19"
       TRANSPORT_VERSION: "8.3"
       RUBY_SOURCE: "ruby"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/8.19.yml b/.github/workflows/8.19.yml
index 2d4c8fa615..4c0d47fca3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/8.19.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/8.19.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
         sudo sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=262144
     - uses: elastic/elastic-github-actions/elasticsearch@master
       with:
-        stack-version: 8.19.0-SNAPSHOT
+        stack-version: 8.19.3-SNAPSHOT
         security-enabled: false
     - uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
       with:
@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@ jobs:
     - name: elasticsearch
       run: cd elasticsearch && bundle exec rake test:all
     - name: elasticsearch-api
-      run: rake es:download_artifacts[8.19.0-SNAPSHOT] && cd elasticsearch-api && bundle exec rake test:spec test:platinum:unit
+      run: rake es:download_artifacts[8.19.3-SNAPSHOT] && cd elasticsearch-api && bundle exec rake test:spec test:platinum:unit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/otel.yml b/.github/workflows/otel.yml
index 01d768b96d..2f05c85e5a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/otel.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/otel.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=262144
       - uses: elastic/elastic-github-actions/elasticsearch@master
         with:
-          stack-version: 8.19.0-SNAPSHOT
+          stack-version: 8.19.3-SNAPSHOT
           security-enabled: false
       - uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
         with:
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: elasticsearch
         run: cd elasticsearch && bundle exec rake test:all
       - name: elasticsearch-api
-        run: rake es:download_artifacts[8.19.0-SNAPSHOT] && cd elasticsearch-api && bundle exec rake test:spec test:platinum:unit
+        run: rake es:download_artifacts[8.19.3-SNAPSHOT] && cd elasticsearch-api && bundle exec rake test:spec test:platinum:unit
diff --git a/elasticsearch-api/spec/elasticsearch/api/perform_request_spec.rb b/elasticsearch-api/spec/elasticsearch/api/perform_request_spec.rb
index 44b3fa288e..5b9690b35e 100644
--- a/elasticsearch-api/spec/elasticsearch/api/perform_request_spec.rb
+++ b/elasticsearch-api/spec/elasticsearch/api/perform_request_spec.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,20 @@
     spec = Elasticsearch::API::EndpointSpec.new(filepath)
     next if spec.module_namespace.flatten.first == '_internal' || spec.visibility != 'public'
 
+    # Skip testing if the method hasn't been added to the client yet:
+    client = Elasticsearch::Client.new
+    implemented = if spec.module_namespace.empty?
+                    client.public_methods.include?(spec.method_name.to_sym)
+                  else
+                    client.public_methods.include?(spec.module_namespace[0].to_sym) &&
+                      client.send(spec.module_namespace[0]).methods.include?(spec.method_name.to_sym)
+                  end
+    unless implemented
+      name = spec.module_namespace.empty? ? spec.method_name : "#{spec.module_namespace[0]}.#{spec.method_name}"
+      Logger.new($stdout).info("Method #{name} not implemented yet")
+      next
+    end
+
     # These are the path parts defined by the user in the method argument
     defined_path_parts = spec.path_params.inject({}) do |params, part|
       params.merge(part => 'testing')