diff --git a/src/operations/indexes.ts b/src/operations/indexes.ts
index 661fcf6e22..2949ca25fa 100644
--- a/src/operations/indexes.ts
+++ b/src/operations/indexes.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,29 @@ export type IndexSpecification = OneOrMore<
 >;
 
 /** @public */
-export interface IndexDescription extends CreateIndexesOptions {
+export interface IndexDescription
+  extends Pick<
+    CreateIndexesOptions,
+    | 'background'
+    | 'unique'
+    | 'partialFilterExpression'
+    | 'sparse'
+    | 'hidden'
+    | 'expireAfterSeconds'
+    | 'storageEngine'
+    | 'collation'
+    | 'version'
+    | 'weights'
+    | 'default_language'
+    | 'language_override'
+    | 'textIndexVersion'
+    | '2dsphereIndexVersion'
+    | 'bits'
+    | 'min'
+    | 'max'
+    | 'bucketSize'
+    | 'wildcardProjection'
+  > {
   collation?: CollationOptions;
   name?: string;
   key: Document;
@@ -96,7 +118,7 @@ export interface CreateIndexesOptions extends CommandOperationOptions {
   /** (MongoDB 4.4. or higher) Specifies how many data-bearing members of a replica set, including the primary, must complete the index builds successfully before the primary marks the indexes as ready. This option accepts the same values for the "w" field in a write concern plus "votingMembers", which indicates all voting data-bearing nodes. */
   commitQuorum?: number | string;
   /** Specifies the index version number, either 0 or 1. */
-  version: number;
+  version?: number;
   // text indexes
   weights?: Document;
   default_language?: string;
@@ -115,7 +137,7 @@ export interface CreateIndexesOptions extends CommandOperationOptions {
   // wildcard indexes
   wildcardProjection?: Document;
   /** Specifies that the index should exist on the target collection but should not be used by the query planner when executing operations. (MongoDB 4.4 or higher) */
-  hidden: boolean;
+  hidden?: boolean;
 }
 
 function makeIndexSpec(indexSpec: IndexSpecification, options: any): IndexDescription {
diff --git a/test/types/index_options.test-d.ts b/test/types/index_options.test-d.ts
index 8beb0b4d00..65e14f7a70 100644
--- a/test/types/index_options.test-d.ts
+++ b/test/types/index_options.test-d.ts
@@ -1,28 +1,25 @@
 import { expectType, expectNotType } from 'tsd';
-import { IndexDescription } from '../../src';
+import type { IndexDescription } from '../../src';
 
 // test that all valid index options are allowed in IndexDefinitions
-expectType<IndexDescription>({
-  key: {},
-  background: true,
-  expireAfterSeconds: 2400,
-  name: 'index_1',
-  sparse: true,
-  storageEngine: {},
-  unique: true,
-  version: 1,
-  default_language: 'english',
-  language_override: 'english',
-  textIndexVersion: 2,
-  weights: {},
-  '2dsphereIndexVersion': 2,
-  bits: 1,
-  max: 1.1,
-  min: 9.9,
-  bucketSize: 100,
-  partialFilterExpression: {},
-  collation: { locale: 'en' },
-  wildcardProjection: {},
-  hidden: true
-});
+expectType<IndexDescription>({ key: {}, background: true });
+expectType<IndexDescription>({ key: {}, expireAfterSeconds: 2400 });
+expectType<IndexDescription>({ key: {}, name: 'index_1' });
+expectType<IndexDescription>({ key: {}, sparse: true });
+expectType<IndexDescription>({ key: {}, storageEngine: {} });
+expectType<IndexDescription>({ key: {}, unique: true });
+expectType<IndexDescription>({ key: {}, version: 1 });
+expectType<IndexDescription>({ key: {}, default_language: 'english' });
+expectType<IndexDescription>({ key: {}, language_override: 'english' });
+expectType<IndexDescription>({ key: {}, textIndexVersion: 2 });
+expectType<IndexDescription>({ key: {}, weights: {} });
+expectType<IndexDescription>({ key: {}, '2dsphereIndexVersion': 2 });
+expectType<IndexDescription>({ key: {}, bits: 1 });
+expectType<IndexDescription>({ key: {}, max: 1.1 });
+expectType<IndexDescription>({ key: {}, min: 9.9 });
+expectType<IndexDescription>({ key: {}, bucketSize: 100 });
+expectType<IndexDescription>({ key: {}, partialFilterExpression: {} });
+expectType<IndexDescription>({ key: {}, collation: { locale: 'en' } });
+expectType<IndexDescription>({ key: {}, wildcardProjection: {} });
+expectType<IndexDescription>({ key: {}, hidden: true });
 expectNotType<IndexDescription>({ key: {}, invalidOption: 2400 });