diff --git a/notification/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/alerting/destination/client/DestinationHttpClient.java b/notification/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/alerting/destination/client/DestinationHttpClient.java
index ff7c1d59..dd6c8141 100644
--- a/notification/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/alerting/destination/client/DestinationHttpClient.java
+++ b/notification/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/alerting/destination/client/DestinationHttpClient.java
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public String getResponseString(CloseableHttpResponse response) throws IOExcepti
     private void validateResponseStatus(HttpResponse response) throws IOException {
         int statusCode = response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode();
 
-        if (statusCode != RestStatus.OK.getStatus()) {
+        if (!(statusCode == RestStatus.OK.getStatus() || statusCode == RestStatus.CREATED.getStatus())) {
             throw new IOException("Failed: " + response);
         }
     }