diff --git a/java-client/src/main/java/co/elastic/clients/transport/rest_client/RestClientOptions.java b/java-client/src/main/java/co/elastic/clients/transport/rest_client/RestClientOptions.java
index 5c4edde77..26943dc82 100644
--- a/java-client/src/main/java/co/elastic/clients/transport/rest_client/RestClientOptions.java
+++ b/java-client/src/main/java/co/elastic/clients/transport/rest_client/RestClientOptions.java
@@ -211,9 +211,9 @@ private static String getClientMeta() {
             + metaVersion
             + ",jv="
             + System.getProperty("java.specification.version")
-            + ",hl=2"
             + ",t="
             + metaVersion
+            + ",hl=2"
             + ",hc="
             + (httpClientVersion == null ? "" : httpClientVersion.getRelease())
             + LanguageRuntimeVersions.getRuntimeMetadata();