diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/section/DoSection.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/section/DoSection.java
index c0cabc13a8abd..c21d80602c9a2 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/section/DoSection.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/section/DoSection.java
@@ -293,18 +293,21 @@ void checkWarningHeaders(final List<String> warningHeaders, final Version master
             if (matches) {
                 final String message = matcher.group(1);
                 // noinspection StatementWithEmptyBody
-                if (masterVersion.before(Version.V_7_0_0)
+                if ((masterVersion.before(Version.V_7_0_0)
                         && message.equals("the default number of shards will change from [5] to [1] in 7.0.0; "
                         + "if you wish to continue using the default of [5] shards, "
-                        + "you must manage this on the create index request or with an index template")) {
+                        + "you must manage this on the create index request or with an index template"))
+                    || message.startsWith("[types removal]")) {
                     /*
-                     * This warning header will come back in the vast majority of our tests that create an index when running against an
-                     * older master. Rather than rewrite our tests to assert this warning header, we assume that it is expected.
+                     * We ignore two classes of warning headers:
+                     * - The default number of shards warning will come back in the vast majority of our tests that
+                     * create an index when running against an older master. Rather than rewrite our tests to assert
+                     * this warning header, we assume that it is expected.
+                     * - We skip warnings related to types deprecation so that we can continue to run the many
+                     * mixed-version tests that used typed APIs.
                      */
-                } else {
-                    if (expected.remove(message) == false) {
-                        unexpected.add(header);
-                    }
+                } else if (expected.remove(message) == false) {
+                    unexpected.add(header);
                 }
             } else {
                 unmatched.add(header);
diff --git a/test/framework/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/section/DoSectionTests.java b/test/framework/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/section/DoSectionTests.java
index 0af7fe6845026..0a04fb06891d6 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/section/DoSectionTests.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/section/DoSectionTests.java
@@ -128,6 +128,16 @@ public void testWarningHeaders() {
         }
     }
 
+    public void testIgnoreTypesWarnings() {
+        String legitimateWarning = DeprecationLogger.formatWarning("warning");
+        String typesWarning = DeprecationLogger.formatWarning("[types removal] " +
+            "The endpoint /{index}/{type}/_count is deprecated, use /{index}/_count instead.");
+
+        DoSection section = new DoSection(new XContentLocation(1, 1));
+        section.setExpectedWarningHeaders(singletonList("warning"));
+        section.checkWarningHeaders(Arrays.asList(legitimateWarning, typesWarning), Version.CURRENT);
+    }
+
     public void testParseDoSectionNoBody() throws Exception {
         parser = createParser(YamlXContent.yamlXContent,
                 "get:\n" +