diff --git a/tests/integration/control/serverless/conftest.py b/tests/integration/control/serverless/conftest.py
index 7a3abcd7..ef2ef732 100644
--- a/tests/integration/control/serverless/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/integration/control/serverless/conftest.py
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 import pytest
 import random
 import time
+import logging
 from pinecone import Pinecone, NotFoundException, PineconeApiException
 from ...helpers import generate_index_name, get_environment_var
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 @pytest.fixture()
 def client():
@@ -101,6 +104,7 @@ def cleanup(client, index_name):
     yield
 
     try:
+        logger.debug("Attempting to delete index with name: " + index_name)
         client.delete_index(index_name, -1)
     except Exception:
         pass
diff --git a/tests/integration/control/serverless/test_create_index_sl_happy_path.py b/tests/integration/control/serverless/test_create_index_sl_happy_path.py
index 69aeb0e8..8069f340 100644
--- a/tests/integration/control/serverless/test_create_index_sl_happy_path.py
+++ b/tests/integration/control/serverless/test_create_index_sl_happy_path.py
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 import pytest
-from pinecone import Metric, VectorType
+from pinecone import (
+    Metric,
+    VectorType,
+    DeletionProtection,
+    ServerlessSpec,
+    CloudProvider,
+    AwsRegion,
+)
 
 
 class TestCreateSLIndexHappyPath:
@@ -14,10 +21,7 @@ def test_create_index(self, client, create_sl_index_params):
         assert desc.deletion_protection == "disabled"  # default value
         assert desc.vector_type == "dense"  # default value
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-        "metric",
-        ["cosine", "euclidean", "dotproduct", Metric.COSINE, Metric.EUCLIDEAN, Metric.DOTPRODUCT],
-    )
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("metric", ["cosine", "euclidean", "dotproduct"])
     def test_create_default_index_with_metric(self, client, create_sl_index_params, metric):
         create_sl_index_params["metric"] = metric
         client.create_index(**create_sl_index_params)
@@ -25,6 +29,34 @@ def test_create_default_index_with_metric(self, client, create_sl_index_params,
         assert desc.metric == metric
         assert desc.vector_type == "dense"
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "metric_enum,vector_type_enum,dim",
+        [
+            (Metric.COSINE, VectorType.DENSE, 10),
+            (Metric.EUCLIDEAN, VectorType.DENSE, 10),
+            (Metric.DOTPRODUCT, VectorType.SPARSE, None),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_create_with_enum_values(self, client, index_name, metric_enum, vector_type_enum, dim):
+        args = {
+            "name": index_name,
+            "metric": metric_enum,
+            "vector_type": vector_type_enum,
+            "deletion_protection": DeletionProtection.DISABLED,
+            "spec": ServerlessSpec(cloud=CloudProvider.AWS, region=AwsRegion.US_EAST_1),
+        }
+        if dim is not None:
+            args["dimension"] = dim
+        client.create_index(**args)
+        desc = client.describe_index(index_name)
+        assert desc.metric == metric_enum.value
+        assert desc.vector_type == vector_type_enum.value
+        assert desc.dimension == dim
+        assert desc.deletion_protection == DeletionProtection.DISABLED.value
+        assert desc.name == index_name
+        assert desc.spec.serverless.cloud == "aws"
+        assert desc.spec.serverless.region == "us-east-1"
+
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("metric", ["cosine", "euclidean", "dotproduct"])
     def test_create_dense_index_with_metric(self, client, create_sl_index_params, metric):
         create_sl_index_params["metric"] = metric