diff --git a/spec/namespaces/nodes.yaml b/spec/namespaces/nodes.yaml
index 4db9ebfee..75a293596 100644
--- a/spec/namespaces/nodes.yaml
+++ b/spec/namespaces/nodes.yaml
@@ -268,6 +268,21 @@ paths:
       responses:
         '200':
           $ref: '#/components/responses/nodes.info@200'
+  /_nodes/{metric}/stats:
+    get:
+      operationId: nodes.info.1
+      x-operation-group: nodes.info
+      x-version-added: '1.0'
+      description: Returns information about nodes in the cluster.
+      externalDocs:
+        url: https://opensearch.org/docs/latest/api-reference/nodes-apis/nodes-info/
+      parameters:
+        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/nodes.info::path.metric'
+        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/nodes.info::query.flat_settings'
+        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/nodes.info::query.timeout'
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          $ref: '#/components/responses/nodes.info@200'
   /_nodes/{node_id}:
     get:
       operationId: nodes.info.2
diff --git a/spec/schemas/nodes.info.yaml b/spec/schemas/nodes.info.yaml
index 790842f6f..65b456281 100644
--- a/spec/schemas/nodes.info.yaml
+++ b/spec/schemas/nodes.info.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ components:
         - indices
         - search_pipelines
         - _all
+        - _cluster_manager
     ResponseBase:
       allOf:
         - type: object
@@ -29,14 +30,15 @@ components:
             cluster_name:
               $ref: '_common.yaml#/components/schemas/Name'
             nodes:
-              type: object
-              additionalProperties:
-                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NodeInfo'
+              oneOf:
+                - type: object
+                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/NodeInfo'
+                - type: object
+                  additionalProperties: {}
             _nodes:
                 $ref: 'nodes._common.yaml#/components/schemas/NodesResponseBase'
           required:
             - cluster_name
-            - nodes
             - _nodes
     NodeInfo:
       type: object
diff --git a/tests/_core/nodes.yaml b/tests/_core/nodes.yaml
index c03735f19..6c2f6ef51 100644
--- a/tests/_core/nodes.yaml
+++ b/tests/_core/nodes.yaml
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ chapters:
         - _all
     response:
       status: 200
-  - synopsis: Nodes data:true metric with a json response.
-    path: /_nodes/{metric}
+  - synopsis: Nodes _cluster_manager metric with a json response.
+    path: /_nodes/{metric}/stats
     method: GET
     parameters:
       metric:
-        - master:true
+        - _cluster_manager
     response:
       status: 200
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