diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.clone/40_wait_for_completion.yml b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.clone/40_wait_for_completion.yml
index b298575d15410..c9c1558797a35 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.clone/40_wait_for_completion.yml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.clone/40_wait_for_completion.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
   # will return a task immediately and the clone operation will run in background.
 
   - skip:
-      version: " - 2.99.99"
-      reason: "only available in 3.0+"
+      version: " - 2.6.99"
+      reason: "wait_for_completion was introduced in 2.7.0"
       features: allowed_warnings
 
   - do:
diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.open/30_wait_for_completion.yml b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.open/30_wait_for_completion.yml
index 2caf604eb4296..b93c75f6819c7 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.open/30_wait_for_completion.yml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.open/30_wait_for_completion.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
   # will return a task immediately and the open operation will run in background.
 
   - skip:
-      version: " - 2.99.99"
-      reason: "only available in 3.0+"
+      version: " - 2.6.99"
+      reason: "wait_for_completion was introduced in 2.7.0"
       features: allowed_warnings
 
   - do:
diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.shrink/50_wait_for_completion.yml b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.shrink/50_wait_for_completion.yml
index f7568b1446967..53df9f61700cd 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.shrink/50_wait_for_completion.yml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.shrink/50_wait_for_completion.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
   # will return a task immediately and the shrink operation will run in background.
 
   - skip:
-      version: " - 2.99.99"
-      reason: "only available in 3.0+"
+      version: " - 2.6.99"
+      reason: "wait_for_completion was introduced in 2.7.0"
       features: allowed_warnings
 
   - do:
diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.split/40_wait_for_completion.yml b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.split/40_wait_for_completion.yml
index 2ce4fc620742a..9d56cc0800b09 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.split/40_wait_for_completion.yml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.split/40_wait_for_completion.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
   # will return a task immediately and the split operation will run in background.
 
   - skip:
-      version: " - 2.99.99"
-      reason: "only available in 3.0+"
+      version: " - 2.6.99"
+      reason: "wait_for_completion was introduced in 2.7.0"
       features: allowed_warnings
 
   - do: