diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.upgrade/20_deprecated.yml b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.upgrade/20_deprecated.yml
index e4c45e7d99530..3801b6d02f265 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.upgrade/20_deprecated.yml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.upgrade/20_deprecated.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
-"Basic test for upgrade indices < 8.0.0":
+"Basic test for upgrade indices < 7.11.0":
   - skip:
-      version: "8.0.0 - "
-      reason: "_upgrade api has deprecation header since 8.0.0"
+      version: "7.11.0 - "
+      reason: "_upgrade api has deprecation header since 7.11.0"
       features: "node_selector"
 
   - do:
@@ -17,16 +17,16 @@
       indices.upgrade:
         index: test_index
       node_selector:
-        version: " - 7.99.99"
+        version: " - 7.10.99"
 
   - match: {upgraded_indices.test_index.oldest_lucene_segment_version: '/(\d\.)+\d/'}
   - is_true: upgraded_indices.test_index.upgrade_version
 
 ---
-"Upgrade indices ignore unavailable < 8.0.0":
+"Upgrade indices ignore unavailable < 7.11.0":
   - skip:
-      version: "8.0.0 - "
-      reason: "_upgrade api has deprecation header since 8.0.0"
+      version: "7.11.0 - "
+      reason: "_upgrade api has deprecation header since 7.11.0"
       features: "node_selector"
 
   - do:
@@ -43,17 +43,17 @@
         index: ["does_not_exist", "test_index"]
         ignore_unavailable: true
       node_selector:
-        version: " - 7.99.99"
+        version: " - 7.10.99"
 
   - match: {_shards.total: 1}
   - is_true: upgraded_indices.test_index.upgrade_version
   - is_false: upgraded_indices.does_not_exist
 
 ---
-"Upgrade indices allow no indices < 8.0.0":
+"Upgrade indices allow no indices < 7.11.0":
   - skip:
-      version: "8.0.0 - "
-      reason: "_upgrade api has deprecation header since 8.0.0"
+      version: "7.11.0 - "
+      reason: "_upgrade api has deprecation header since 7.11.0"
       features: "node_selector"
 
   - do:
@@ -62,15 +62,15 @@
         ignore_unavailable: true
         allow_no_indices: true
       node_selector:
-        version: " - 7.99.99"
+        version: " - 7.10.99"
 
   - match: {_shards.total: 0}
 
 ---
-"Upgrade indices disallow no indices < 8.0.0":
+"Upgrade indices disallow no indices < 7.11.0":
   - skip:
-      version: "8.0.0 - "
-      reason: "_upgrade api has deprecation header since 8.0.0"
+      version: "7.11.0 - "
+      reason: "_upgrade api has deprecation header since 7.11.0"
       features: "node_selector"
 
   - do:
@@ -80,13 +80,13 @@
         ignore_unavailable: true
         allow_no_indices: false
       node_selector:
-        version: " - 7.99.99"
+        version: " - 7.10.99"
 
 ---
-"Upgrade indices disallow unavailable < 8.0.0":
+"Upgrade indices disallow unavailable < 7.11.0":
   - skip:
-      version: "8.0.0 - "
-      reason: "_upgrade api has deprecation header since 8.0.0"
+      version: "7.11.0 - "
+      reason: "_upgrade api has deprecation header since 7.11.0"
       features: "node_selector"
 
   - do:
@@ -99,4 +99,4 @@
         index: ["test_index", "does_not_exist"]
         ignore_unavailable: false
       node_selector:
-        version: " - 7.99.99"
+        version: " - 7.10.99"