diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/search/350_matched_queries.yml b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/search/350_matched_queries.yml
index 25de51a316bd4..ba0915a0848a9 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/search/350_matched_queries.yml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/search/350_matched_queries.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 setup:
   - skip:
-      version: " - 2.12.0"
-      reason: "implemented for versions post 2.12.0"
+      version: " - 2.12.99"
+      reason: "implemented for versions post 2.12.99"
 
 ---
 "matched queries":
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/SearchHitTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/SearchHitTests.java
index 13b4d9f976ed5..fb0413b1d6a90 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/SearchHitTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/SearchHitTests.java
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ public void testFromXContentLenientParsing() throws IOException {
 
     public void testSerializationDeserializationWithMatchedQueriesScores() throws IOException {
         SearchHit searchHit = createTestItemWithMatchedQueriesScores(true, true);
-        SearchHit deserializedSearchHit = copyWriteable(searchHit, getNamedWriteableRegistry(), SearchHit::new, Version.V_3_0_0);
+        SearchHit deserializedSearchHit = copyWriteable(searchHit, getNamedWriteableRegistry(), SearchHit::new, Version.V_2_13_0);
         assertEquals(searchHit, deserializedSearchHit);
         assertEquals(searchHit.getMatchedQueriesAndScores(), deserializedSearchHit.getMatchedQueriesAndScores());
     }
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ public void testSerializeShardTargetWithNewVersion() throws Exception {
 
         SearchHits hits = new SearchHits(new SearchHit[] { hit1, hit2 }, new TotalHits(2, TotalHits.Relation.EQUAL_TO), 1f);
 
-        SearchHits results = copyWriteable(hits, getNamedWriteableRegistry(), SearchHits::new, Version.V_3_0_0);
+        SearchHits results = copyWriteable(hits, getNamedWriteableRegistry(), SearchHits::new, Version.V_2_13_0);
         SearchShardTarget deserializedTarget = results.getAt(0).getShard();
         assertThat(deserializedTarget, equalTo(target));
         assertThat(results.getAt(0).getInnerHits().get("1").getAt(0).getShard(), notNullValue());
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ public void testSerializeShardTargetWithNewVersionAndMatchedQueries() throws Exc
 
         SearchHits hits = new SearchHits(new SearchHit[] { hit1, hit2 }, new TotalHits(2, TotalHits.Relation.EQUAL_TO), 1f);
 
-        SearchHits results = copyWriteable(hits, getNamedWriteableRegistry(), SearchHits::new, Version.V_3_0_0);
+        SearchHits results = copyWriteable(hits, getNamedWriteableRegistry(), SearchHits::new, Version.V_2_13_0);
         SearchShardTarget deserializedTarget = results.getAt(0).getShard();
         assertThat(deserializedTarget, equalTo(target));
         assertThat(results.getAt(0).getInnerHits().get("1").getAt(0).getShard(), notNullValue());