diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/search/360_number_field_term_doc_values_only.yml b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/search/360_number_field_term_doc_values_only.yml
index bda63c4d7c7ce..cb2589821df9d 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/search/360_number_field_term_doc_values_only.yml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/search/360_number_field_term_doc_values_only.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 setup:
     - skip:
         features: [ "headers" ]
+
+    - skip:
+        version: " - 2.11.99"
+        reason: "searching with only doc_values was added in 2.12.0"
 ---
 "search on number fields with doc_values enabled":
   - do: