diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1304e9afe6..0aa11a16e6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ javax.xml.datatype, javax.xml.namespace, javax.xml.parsers
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.4.3</version>
+      <version>2.4.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- and for testing we need a few libraries
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index 9525406dae..0cdb8fc4d7 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Project: jackson-databind
  (reported by Jerbell@github)
 #592: Wrong `TokenBuffer` delegate deserialization using `@JsonCreator`
  (reported by Eugene L)
+- Minor fix to `EnumSerializer` regarding detection "serialize using index"
 
 2.4.3 (02-Oct-2014)
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/std/EnumSerializer.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/std/EnumSerializer.java
index f98f205de0..47c24e6cb7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/std/EnumSerializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/std/EnumSerializer.java
@@ -152,10 +152,10 @@ public JsonNode getSchema(SerializerProvider provider, Type typeHint)
     
     @Override
     public void acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
-            throws JsonMappingException
+        throws JsonMappingException
     {
         // [JACKSON-684]: serialize as index?
-        if (visitor.getProvider().isEnabled(SerializationFeature.WRITE_ENUMS_USING_INDEX)) {
+        if (_serializeAsIndex(visitor.getProvider())) {
             JsonIntegerFormatVisitor v2 = visitor.expectIntegerFormat(typeHint);
             if (v2 != null) { // typically serialized as a small number (byte or int)
                 v2.numberType(JsonParser.NumberType.INT);