diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/data_stream/20_unsupported_apis.yml b/x-pack/plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/data_stream/20_unsupported_apis.yml
index bba2a7f4881..d64991e6d00 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/data_stream/20_unsupported_apis.yml
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/data_stream/20_unsupported_apis.yml
@@ -200,8 +200,8 @@
 ---
 "Non append-only writes into a data stream":
   - skip:
-      version: " - 7.99.99"
-      reason: "set to 7.9.3 after backporting #62766"
+      version: " - 7.9.3"
+      reason: "validation bug only backported to 7.9.3"
       features: allowed_warnings
 
   - do: