diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/transform/action/start/StartTransformRequest.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/transform/action/start/StartTransformRequest.kt
index a6514c6df..4846c1283 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/transform/action/start/StartTransformRequest.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/transform/action/start/StartTransformRequest.kt
@@ -5,24 +5,30 @@
 
 package org.opensearch.indexmanagement.transform.action.start
 
+import org.opensearch.action.ActionRequest
 import org.opensearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException
 import org.opensearch.action.ValidateActions.addValidationError
-import org.opensearch.action.update.UpdateRequest
 import org.opensearch.core.common.io.stream.StreamInput
 import org.opensearch.core.common.io.stream.StreamOutput
 import java.io.IOException
 
-class StartTransformRequest : UpdateRequest {
+class StartTransformRequest : ActionRequest {
+
+    val id: String
+        get() = field
+
     @Throws(IOException::class)
-    constructor(sin: StreamInput) : super(sin)
+    constructor(sin: StreamInput) : super(sin) {
+        this.id = sin.readString()
+    }
 
     constructor(id: String) {
-        super.id(id)
+        this.id = id
     }
 
     override fun validate(): ActionRequestValidationException? {
         var validationException: ActionRequestValidationException? = null
-        if (super.id().isEmpty()) {
+        if (this.id.isEmpty()) {
             validationException = addValidationError("id is missing", validationException)
         }
         return validationException
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/transform/action/start/TransportStartTransformAction.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/transform/action/start/TransportStartTransformAction.kt
index b69187d89..3a2c21044 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/transform/action/start/TransportStartTransformAction.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/transform/action/start/TransportStartTransformAction.kt
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ constructor(
                 ConfigConstants.OPENSEARCH_SECURITY_USER_INFO_THREAD_CONTEXT,
             )}",
         )
-        val getRequest = GetRequest(INDEX_MANAGEMENT_INDEX, request.id())
+        val getRequest = GetRequest(INDEX_MANAGEMENT_INDEX, request.id)
         val user = buildUser(client.threadPool().threadContext)
         client.threadPool().threadContext.stashContext().use {
             client.get(
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ constructor(
         actionListener: ActionListener<AcknowledgedResponse>,
     ) {
         val now = Instant.now().toEpochMilli()
-        request.index(INDEX_MANAGEMENT_INDEX).doc(
+        val updateReq = UpdateRequest(INDEX_MANAGEMENT_INDEX, request.id)
+        updateReq.doc(
             mapOf(
                 Transform.TRANSFORM_TYPE to
                     mapOf(
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ constructor(
             ),
         )
         client.update(
-            request,
+            updateReq,
             object : ActionListener<UpdateResponse> {
                 override fun onResponse(response: UpdateResponse) {
                     if (response.result == DocWriteResponse.Result.UPDATED) {
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/transform/action/RequestTests.kt b/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/transform/action/RequestTests.kt
index 540fd6476..1365aa631 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/transform/action/RequestTests.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/transform/action/RequestTests.kt
@@ -152,12 +152,12 @@ class RequestTests : OpenSearchTestCase() {
 
     fun `test start transform request`() {
         val id = "some_id"
-        val req = StartTransformRequest(id).index(INDEX_MANAGEMENT_INDEX)
+        val req = UpdateRequest(INDEX_MANAGEMENT_INDEX, id)
 
         val out = BytesStreamOutput().apply { req.writeTo(this) }
         val streamedReq = StartTransformRequest(buildStreamInputForTransforms(out))
 
-        assertEquals(id, streamedReq.id())
+        assertEquals(id, streamedReq.id)
     }
 
     fun `test stop transform request`() {