diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.stats/60_include_both_time_and_gettime_in_stats.yml b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.stats/60_include_both_time_and_gettime_in_stats.yml
index c229685aa8880..d5e3e7554b400 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.stats/60_include_both_time_and_gettime_in_stats.yml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.stats/60_include_both_time_and_gettime_in_stats.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ setup:
 
 ---
 "Test _stats API includes both time and getTime metrics with human filter":
+  - skip:
+      version: " - 2.19.99"
+      reason: "this change is added in 3.0.0"
+
   - do:
       indices.stats:
         metric: [ get ]