diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/cluster.allocation_explain/10_basic.yml b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/cluster.allocation_explain/10_basic.yml
index 5e1bc42ec4c..63724be1331 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/cluster.allocation_explain/10_basic.yml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/cluster.allocation_explain/10_basic.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "bad cluster shard allocation explanation request":
   - skip:
-      version: " - 5.99.99"
+      version: " - 5.5.99"
       reason: response status on bad request was changed starting in 5.6.0
 
   - do: