diff --git a/src/Serilog.Sinks.Elasticsearch/Sinks/ElasticSearch/ElasticsearchSinkState.cs b/src/Serilog.Sinks.Elasticsearch/Sinks/ElasticSearch/ElasticsearchSinkState.cs
index 540e0d0a..ef8cbb0c 100644
--- a/src/Serilog.Sinks.Elasticsearch/Sinks/ElasticSearch/ElasticsearchSinkState.cs
+++ b/src/Serilog.Sinks.Elasticsearch/Sinks/ElasticSearch/ElasticsearchSinkState.cs
@@ -172,20 +172,17 @@ public void RegisterTemplateIfNeeded()
                     }
                 }
 
-                StringResponse result;                
-                if (_versionManager.EffectiveVersion.Major < 8)
-                { 
-                    result = _client.Indices.PutTemplateForAll<StringResponse>(_templateName, GetTemplatePostData(),
+                var result = _versionManager.EffectiveVersion.Major switch
+                {
+                    < 7 => _client.Indices.PutTemplateForAll<StringResponse>(_templateName, GetTemplatePostData(),
                         new PutIndexTemplateRequestParameters
                         {
                             IncludeTypeName = IncludeTypeName ? true : (bool?)null
-                        });
-                }
-                else
-                {
+                        }),
+                    < 8 => _client.Indices.PutTemplateForAll<StringResponse>(_templateName, GetTemplatePostData()),
                     // Default to version 8 API
-                    result = _client.Indices.PutTemplateV2ForAll<StringResponse>(_templateName, GetTemplatePostData());
-                }
+                    _ => _client.Indices.PutTemplateV2ForAll<StringResponse>(_templateName, GetTemplatePostData()),
+                };
 
                 if (!result.Success)
                 {