diff --git a/src/Elastic.Channels/BufferedChannelBase.cs b/src/Elastic.Channels/BufferedChannelBase.cs
index ae2128c..1deaf41 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.Channels/BufferedChannelBase.cs
+++ b/src/Elastic.Channels/BufferedChannelBase.cs
@@ -310,7 +310,11 @@ private async Task ConsumeOutboundEventsAsync()
 			}
 		}
 		await Task.WhenAll(_taskList).ConfigureAwait(false);
+#if NET8_0_OR_GREATER
+		await _exitCancelSource.CancelAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+#else
 		_exitCancelSource.Cancel();
+#endif
 		_callbacks.OutboundChannelExitedCallback?.Invoke();
 	}
 
@@ -422,7 +426,7 @@ async Task<bool> AsyncSlowPath(IOutboundBuffer<TEvent> b)
 	}
 
 	/// <inheritdoc cref="object.ToString"/>>
-	public override string ToString()
+	public override string? ToString()
 	{
 		if (DiagnosticsListener == null) return base.ToString();
 		var sb = new StringBuilder();
diff --git a/src/Elastic.Channels/Elastic.Channels.csproj b/src/Elastic.Channels/Elastic.Channels.csproj
index 4f0e70a..165103f 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.Channels/Elastic.Channels.csproj
+++ b/src/Elastic.Channels/Elastic.Channels.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;netstandard2.1</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;netstandard2.1;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <Description>Provides components to build a buffer-backed channel that flushes batches of data in a controlled (Max N || Max Duration) manner.</Description>
     <PackageTags>elastic, channels, buffer</PackageTags>
     <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
diff --git a/src/Elastic.Ingest.Elasticsearch/Elastic.Ingest.Elasticsearch.csproj b/src/Elastic.Ingest.Elasticsearch/Elastic.Ingest.Elasticsearch.csproj
index 6e537ed..730ec27 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.Ingest.Elasticsearch/Elastic.Ingest.Elasticsearch.csproj
+++ b/src/Elastic.Ingest.Elasticsearch/Elastic.Ingest.Elasticsearch.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;netstandard2.1</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;netstandard2.1;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <Description>Offers an easy to use ChannelWriter implementation to push data concurrently to Elasticsearch using Elastic.Transport</Description>
     <PackageTags>elastic, channels, elasticsearch, ingest</PackageTags>
     <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
diff --git a/src/Elastic.Ingest.Elasticsearch/ElasticsearchChannelBase.Bytes.cs b/src/Elastic.Ingest.Elasticsearch/ElasticsearchChannelBase.Bytes.cs
index 4db13a1..779bba8 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.Ingest.Elasticsearch/ElasticsearchChannelBase.Bytes.cs
+++ b/src/Elastic.Ingest.Elasticsearch/ElasticsearchChannelBase.Bytes.cs
@@ -140,7 +140,10 @@ public async Task WriteBufferToStreamAsync(
 			switch (op)
 			{
 				case IndexOp.IndexNoParams:
-					await SerializePlainIndexHeaderAsync(stream, ctx).ConfigureAwait(false);
+					await ElasticsearchChannelBase<TEvent, TChannelOptions>.SerializePlainIndexHeaderAsync(stream, ctx).ConfigureAwait(false);
+					break;
+				case IndexOp.CreateNoParams:
+					await SerializePlainCreateHeaderAsync(stream, ctx).ConfigureAwait(false);
 					break;
 				case IndexOp.Index:
 				case IndexOp.Create:
@@ -150,8 +153,6 @@ public async Task WriteBufferToStreamAsync(
 					MutateHeader(ref header);
 					await SerializeHeaderAsync(stream, ref header, SerializerOptions, ctx).ConfigureAwait(false);
 					break;
-
-
 			}
 
 			await stream.WriteAsync(LineFeed, 0, 1, ctx).ConfigureAwait(false);
diff --git a/src/Elastic.Ingest.Elasticsearch/ElasticsearchChannelBase.Serialization.cs b/src/Elastic.Ingest.Elasticsearch/ElasticsearchChannelBase.Serialization.cs
index 6358864..953a360 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.Ingest.Elasticsearch/ElasticsearchChannelBase.Serialization.cs
+++ b/src/Elastic.Ingest.Elasticsearch/ElasticsearchChannelBase.Serialization.cs
@@ -3,22 +3,14 @@
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information
 
 using System;
-using System.Buffers;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
-using System.Linq;
 using System.Text.Json;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Elastic.Channels;
-using Elastic.Channels.Diagnostics;
 using Elastic.Ingest.Elasticsearch.DataStreams;
 using Elastic.Ingest.Elasticsearch.Indices;
 using Elastic.Ingest.Elasticsearch.Serialization;
 using Elastic.Ingest.Transport;
-using Elastic.Transport;
-using Elastic.Transport.Products.Elasticsearch;
-using static Elastic.Ingest.Elasticsearch.ElasticsearchChannelStatics;
 
 namespace Elastic.Ingest.Elasticsearch;
 
@@ -30,9 +22,46 @@ public abstract partial class ElasticsearchChannelBase<TEvent, TChannelOptions>
 	: TransportChannelBase<TChannelOptions, TEvent, BulkResponse, BulkResponseItem>
 	where TChannelOptions : ElasticsearchChannelOptionsBase<TEvent>
 {
+	private static ReadOnlySpan<byte> PlainIndexBytesSpan => """
+		{"index":{}}
+
+		"""u8;
+
+	private static ReadOnlySpan<byte> PlainCreateBytesSpan => """
+		{"create":{}}
+
+		"""u8;
+
+#if NETSTANDARD
+
+	private static byte[] PlainIndexBytes => PlainIndexBytesSpan.ToArray();
+
+	private static byte[] PlainCreateBytes => PlainCreateBytesSpan.ToArray();
+#endif
+
 	private Task SerializeHeaderAsync(Stream stream, ref readonly BulkHeader header, JsonSerializerOptions serializerOptions, CancellationToken ctx) =>
 		throw new NotImplementedException();
 
-	private Task SerializePlainIndexHeaderAsync(Stream stream, CancellationToken ctx) =>
-		throw new NotImplementedException();
+
+#if NET8_0_OR_GREATER
+	private static ValueTask SerializePlainIndexHeaderAsync(Stream stream, CancellationToken ctx = default)
+	{
+		stream.Write(PlainIndexBytesSpan);
+		return ValueTask.CompletedTask;
+	}
+#else
+	private static async ValueTask SerializePlainIndexHeaderAsync(Stream stream, CancellationToken ctx) =>
+		await stream.WriteAsync(PlainIndexBytes, 0, PlainIndexBytes.Length, ctx).ConfigureAwait(false);
+#endif
+
+#if NET8_0_OR_GREATER
+	private static ValueTask SerializePlainCreateHeaderAsync(Stream stream, CancellationToken ctx = default)
+	{
+		stream.Write(PlainCreateBytesSpan);
+		return ValueTask.CompletedTask;
+	}
+#else
+	private static async ValueTask SerializePlainCreateHeaderAsync(Stream stream, CancellationToken ctx) =>
+		await stream.WriteAsync(PlainCreateBytes, 0, PlainCreateBytes.Length, ctx).ConfigureAwait(false);
+#endif
 }