diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index 7d527872f403..b83ee0bededa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...main[Check the HEAD dif
 - Update docker/distribution dependency library to fix a security issues concerning OCI Manifest Type Confusion Issue. {pull}30462[30462]
 - Fixes Beats crashing when glibc >= 2.35 is used {issue}30576[30576]
 - Log errors when parsing and applying config blocks and if the input is disabled. {pull}30534[30534]
+- Wildcard fields no longer have a default ignore_above setting of 1024. {issue}30096[30096] {pull}30668[30668]
+- Ignore bugfix version when running version compatibility check against Elasticsearch. {pull}30746[30746]
 
 *Auditbeat*
 
diff --git a/libbeat/cmd/instance/beat.go b/libbeat/cmd/instance/beat.go
index 179f75b60ee9..badffd9a7884 100644
--- a/libbeat/cmd/instance/beat.go
+++ b/libbeat/cmd/instance/beat.go
@@ -870,6 +870,7 @@ func (b *Beat) warnAboutElasticsearchVersion() {
 	}
 
 	elasticsearch.RegisterGlobalCallback(func(conn *eslegclient.Connection) error {
+<<<<<<< HEAD
 		warnAboutOldES.Do(func() {
 			esVersion := conn.GetVersion()
 			beatVersion, err := common.NewVersion(b.Info.Version)
@@ -882,6 +883,16 @@ func (b *Beat) warnAboutElasticsearchVersion() {
 				logp.Warn("Connecting to older version of Elasticsearch. From 8.1, connecting to older versions will be disabled by default.")
 			}
 		})
+=======
+		esVersion := conn.GetVersion()
+		beatVersion, err := common.NewVersion(b.Info.Version)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if esVersion.LessThanMajorMinor(beatVersion) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%v ES=%s, Beat=%s.", elasticsearch.ErrTooOld, esVersion.String(), b.Info.Version)
+		}
+>>>>>>> 46be42e7d5 (Ignore bugfix version when running version compatibility check against Elasticsearch (#30746))
 		return nil
 	})
 }
diff --git a/libbeat/common/version.go b/libbeat/common/version.go
index 366611531aec..9f1e5caec1ee 100644
--- a/libbeat/common/version.go
+++ b/libbeat/common/version.go
@@ -121,15 +121,28 @@ func (v *Version) LessThanOrEqual(withMeta bool, v1 *Version) bool {
 // LessThan returns true if v is strictly smaller than v1. When comparing, the major,
 // minor and bugfix numbers are compared in order. The meta part is not taken into account.
 func (v *Version) LessThan(v1 *Version) bool {
+	lessThan := v.LessThanMajorMinor(v1)
+	if lessThan {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	if v.Minor == v1.Minor {
+		if v.Bugfix < v1.Bugfix {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+// LessThanMajorMinor returns true if v is smaller or equal to v1 based on the major and minor version. The bugfix version and meta part are not taken into account.
+// minor numbers are compared in order. The and bugfix version and meta part is not taken into account.
+func (v *Version) LessThanMajorMinor(v1 *Version) bool {
 	if v.Major < v1.Major {
 		return true
 	} else if v.Major == v1.Major {
 		if v.Minor < v1.Minor {
 			return true
-		} else if v.Minor == v1.Minor {
-			if v.Bugfix < v1.Bugfix {
-				return true
-			}
 		}
 	}
 	return false
diff --git a/libbeat/common/version_test.go b/libbeat/common/version_test.go
index 1a94569a596b..c7a6c60a8047 100644
--- a/libbeat/common/version_test.go
+++ b/libbeat/common/version_test.go
@@ -207,3 +207,52 @@ func TestVersionLessThan(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, v.LessThan(v1), test.result, test.name)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestVersionLessThanMajorMinor(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		version  string
+		version1 string
+		result   bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "1.2.x < 2.0.x",
+			version:  "1.2.3",
+			version1: "2.0.0",
+			result:   true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "1.2.3 = 1.2.3-beta1",
+			version:  "1.2.3",
+			version1: "1.2.3-beta1",
+			result:   false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "5.4.x == 5.4.x",
+			version:  "5.4.1",
+			version1: "5.4.2",
+			result:   false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "5.5.x > 5.4.x",
+			version:  "5.5.1",
+			version1: "5.4.2",
+			result:   false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "6.1.x < 6.2.x",
+			version:  "6.1.1-alpha3",
+			version1: "6.2.0",
+			result:   true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		v, err := NewVersion(test.version)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		v1, err := NewVersion(test.version1)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		assert.Equal(t, v.LessThanMajorMinor(v1), test.result, test.name)
+	}
+}