diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.get_settings/40_number_of_routing_shards.yml b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.get_settings/40_number_of_routing_shards.yml
index 3fb392d6db134..3c86678a690b8 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.get_settings/40_number_of_routing_shards.yml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.get_settings/40_number_of_routing_shards.yml
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ setup:
 ---
 Test retrieval of number_routing_shards settings:
   - skip:
-      version: " - 2.99.99"
-      reason: "introduced in 3.0.0" # TODO: change it to 2.18.0 after backport to 2.x branch
+      version: " - 2.18.99"
+      reason: "introduced in 2.19.0"
   - do:
       indices.get_settings:
         flat_settings: true