diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/JobNodeSelectorTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/JobNodeSelectorTests.java
index 589d91da6c638..ab815aad543b8 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/JobNodeSelectorTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/JobNodeSelectorTests.java
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public void testNodeNameAndVersionForOldNode() {
             ta,
             attributes,
             ROLES_WITH_ML,
-            VersionInformation.inferVersions(Version.fromString("8.7.0"))
+            VersionInformation.inferVersions(Version.V_8_7_0)
         );
         assertEquals("{_node_name2}{ML config version=8.7.0}", JobNodeSelector.nodeNameAndVersion(node));
     }