diff --git a/driver-core/src/test/functional/com/mongodb/client/model/IndexesFunctionalSpecification.groovy b/driver-core/src/test/functional/com/mongodb/client/model/IndexesFunctionalSpecification.groovy
index cc1f05ce364..7a33ccf3413 100644
--- a/driver-core/src/test/functional/com/mongodb/client/model/IndexesFunctionalSpecification.groovy
+++ b/driver-core/src/test/functional/com/mongodb/client/model/IndexesFunctionalSpecification.groovy
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
 package com.mongodb.client.model
 
 import com.mongodb.OperationFunctionalSpecification
+import spock.lang.IgnoreIf
 
+import static com.mongodb.ClusterFixture.serverVersionGreaterThan
 import static com.mongodb.client.model.Indexes.ascending
 import static com.mongodb.client.model.Indexes.compoundIndex
 import static com.mongodb.client.model.Indexes.descending
@@ -98,6 +100,7 @@ class IndexesFunctionalSpecification extends OperationFunctionalSpecification {
         getCollectionHelper().listIndexes()*.get('key').contains(parse('{x : "2d"}'))
     }
 
+    @IgnoreIf({ serverVersionGreaterThan('4.4') })
     def 'geoHaystack'() {
         when:
         getCollectionHelper().createIndex(geoHaystack('x', descending('b')), 2.0)
diff --git a/driver-core/src/test/functional/com/mongodb/operation/CreateIndexesOperationSpecification.groovy b/driver-core/src/test/functional/com/mongodb/operation/CreateIndexesOperationSpecification.groovy
index 9eeee686d65..5ff94ccceb8 100644
--- a/driver-core/src/test/functional/com/mongodb/operation/CreateIndexesOperationSpecification.groovy
+++ b/driver-core/src/test/functional/com/mongodb/operation/CreateIndexesOperationSpecification.groovy
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import static com.mongodb.ClusterFixture.getBinding
 import static com.mongodb.ClusterFixture.isDiscoverableReplicaSet
 import static com.mongodb.ClusterFixture.isSharded
 import static com.mongodb.ClusterFixture.serverVersionAtLeast
+import static com.mongodb.ClusterFixture.serverVersionGreaterThan
 import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.SECONDS
 
 class CreateIndexesOperationSpecification extends OperationFunctionalSpecification {
@@ -291,6 +292,7 @@ class CreateIndexesOperationSpecification extends OperationFunctionalSpecificati
         async << [true, false]
     }
 
+    @IgnoreIf({ serverVersionGreaterThan('4.4') })
     def 'should be able to create a geoHaystack indexes'() {
         given:
         def operation = new CreateIndexesOperation(getNamespace(),