diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/transform/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/transform/transforms/TransformTask.java b/x-pack/plugin/transform/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/transform/transforms/TransformTask.java
index 76e43818720fa..eff0920d3117a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/transform/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/transform/transforms/TransformTask.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/transform/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/transform/transforms/TransformTask.java
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ public void getCheckpointingInfo(
         ActionListener<TransformCheckpointingInfoBuilder> checkPointInfoListener = ListenerTimeouts.wrapWithTimeout(
             threadPool,
             timeout,
-            threadPool.generic(),
+            ThreadPool.Names.GENERIC,
             ActionListener.wrap(infoBuilder -> {
                 if (context.getChangesLastDetectedAt() != null) {
                     infoBuilder.setChangesLastDetectedAt(context.getChangesLastDetectedAt());