diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/search.aggregation/60_empty.yml b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/search.aggregation/60_empty.yml
index 7b374e3f6a409..54f61d46b6f6c 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/search.aggregation/60_empty.yml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/search.aggregation/60_empty.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ---
 "Empty aggs Body":
+  - skip:
+      version: "- 2.8.99"
+      reason: "the fix was introduced in 2.9.0"
   - do:
       index:
         index: test