diff --git a/elasticsearch-api/api-spec-testing/test_file/action.rb b/elasticsearch-api/api-spec-testing/test_file/action.rb
index 869dd57605..048b1f0f70 100644
--- a/elasticsearch-api/api-spec-testing/test_file/action.rb
+++ b/elasticsearch-api/api-spec-testing/test_file/action.rb
@@ -187,6 +187,10 @@ def perform_action(method, args, client, test)
           end
           @response = client.send(method, prepare_arguments(args, test))
           client
+        when 'count'
+          args.delete('method')
+          @response = client.send(method, prepare_arguments(args, test))
+          client
         else
           @response = client.send(method, prepare_arguments(args, test))
           client
diff --git a/elasticsearch-api/spec/rest_api/skipped_tests_free.yml b/elasticsearch-api/spec/rest_api/skipped_tests_free.yml
index 9a3d0c6191..134289beeb 100644
--- a/elasticsearch-api/spec/rest_api/skipped_tests_free.yml
+++ b/elasticsearch-api/spec/rest_api/skipped_tests_free.yml
@@ -271,3 +271,6 @@
 -
   :file: 'tsdb/05_dimension_and_metric_in_non_tsdb_index.yml'
   :description: '*'
+-
+  :file: 'aggregations/date_histogram.yml'
+  :description: 'date_histogram with hard_bounds outside data under a parent agg'