diff --git a/libs/x-content/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/XContentType.java b/libs/x-content/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/XContentType.java
index d058ff7608718..e75817d07ab38 100644
--- a/libs/x-content/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/XContentType.java
+++ b/libs/x-content/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/XContentType.java
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ public static XContentType fromMediaTypeOrFormat(String mediaType) {
     private static String removeVersionInMediaType(String mediaType) {
         if (mediaType.contains("vnd.elasticsearch")) {
             return mediaType.replaceAll("vnd.elasticsearch\\+", "")
-                .replaceAll("\\s*;\\s*compatible-with=\\d+", "");
+                .replaceAll("\\s*;\\s*compatible-with=\\d+", "")
+                .replaceAll("\\s*;\\s*",";"); // to allow matching using startsWith
         }
         return mediaType;
     }
@@ -162,7 +163,9 @@ private static String removeVersionInMediaType(String mediaType) {
      * HTTP header. This method will return {@code null} if no match is found
      */
     public static XContentType fromMediaType(String mediaType) {
-        final String lowercaseMediaType = Objects.requireNonNull(mediaType, "mediaType cannot be null").toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
+        String lowercaseMediaType = Objects.requireNonNull(mediaType, "mediaType cannot be null").toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
+        lowercaseMediaType = removeVersionInMediaType(lowercaseMediaType);
+
         for (XContentType type : values()) {
             if (type.mediaTypeWithoutParameters().equals(lowercaseMediaType)) {
                 return type;
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/XContentTypeTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/XContentTypeTests.java
index 0dc2be69348bd..88a2ee033f59b 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/XContentTypeTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/XContentTypeTests.java
@@ -98,7 +98,23 @@ public void testVersionedMediaType() throws Exception {
 
         assertThat(XContentType.fromMediaTypeOrFormat("application/vnd.elasticsearch+json ;compatible-with=7"),
             equalTo(XContentType.JSON));
-        assertThat(XContentType.fromMediaTypeOrFormat("application/vnd.elasticsearch+json ;compatible-with=7;charset=utf-8"),
+        assertThat(XContentType.fromMediaTypeOrFormat("application/vnd.elasticsearch+json ;compatible-with=7 ; charset=utf-8"),
             equalTo(XContentType.JSON));
+        assertThat(XContentType.fromMediaTypeOrFormat("application/vnd.elasticsearch+json;charset=utf-8;compatible-with=7"),
+            equalTo(XContentType.JSON));
+
+        //we don't expect charset parameters when using fromMediaType
+        assertThat(XContentType.fromMediaType("application/vnd.elasticsearch+json;compatible-with=7"),
+            equalTo(XContentType.JSON));
+        assertThat(XContentType.fromMediaType("application/vnd.elasticsearch+yaml;compatible-with=7"),
+            equalTo(XContentType.YAML));
+        assertThat(XContentType.fromMediaType("application/vnd.elasticsearch+cbor;compatible-with=7"),
+            equalTo(XContentType.CBOR));
+        assertThat(XContentType.fromMediaType("application/vnd.elasticsearch+smile;compatible-with=7"),
+            equalTo(XContentType.SMILE));
+
+        assertThat(XContentType.fromMediaType("application/vnd.elasticsearch+json ;compatible-with=7"),
+            equalTo(XContentType.JSON));
+
     }
 }