diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/IndexLifecycleMetadata.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/IndexLifecycleMetadata.java
index 7dce5e85ab75d..c0cafa8e9079e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/IndexLifecycleMetadata.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/IndexLifecycleMetadata.java
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws
 
     @Override
     public Version getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
-        return Version.V_7_0_0;
+        return Version.V_6_6_0;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ilm/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/indexlifecycle/IndexLifecycleMetadataTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/ilm/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/indexlifecycle/IndexLifecycleMetadataTests.java
index 790dd5de632e6..2444cbf99fd52 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ilm/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/indexlifecycle/IndexLifecycleMetadataTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ilm/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/indexlifecycle/IndexLifecycleMetadataTests.java
@@ -16,18 +16,18 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.NamedXContentRegistry;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
-import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.indexlifecycle.FreezeAction;
-import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.indexlifecycle.OperationMode;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.AbstractDiffableSerializationTestCase;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.indexlifecycle.AllocateAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.indexlifecycle.DeleteAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.indexlifecycle.ForceMergeAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.indexlifecycle.FreezeAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.indexlifecycle.IndexLifecycleMetadata;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.indexlifecycle.IndexLifecycleMetadata.IndexLifecycleMetadataDiff;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.indexlifecycle.LifecycleAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.indexlifecycle.LifecyclePolicy;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.indexlifecycle.LifecyclePolicyMetadata;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.indexlifecycle.LifecycleType;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.indexlifecycle.OperationMode;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.indexlifecycle.Phase;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.indexlifecycle.ReadOnlyAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.indexlifecycle.RolloverAction;
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ protected Reader<Diff<Custom>> diffReader() {
     }
 
     public void testMinimumSupportedVersion() {
-        assertEquals(Version.V_7_0_0, createTestInstance().getMinimalSupportedVersion());
+        assertEquals(Version.V_6_6_0, createTestInstance().getMinimalSupportedVersion());
     }
 
     public void testcontext() {