diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/field_caps/40_time_series.yml b/rest-api-spec/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/field_caps/40_time_series.yml
index 2f99a11cce98a..e0d4b19a1a228 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/field_caps/40_time_series.yml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/field_caps/40_time_series.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
 setup:
   - skip:
-      version: " - 8.0.99"
-      reason: introduced in 8.1.0
+      version: " - 8.0.99, 8.7.00 - 8.9.99"
+      reason: introduced in 8.1.0, synthetic source shows up in the mapping in 8.10 and on, may trigger assert failures in mixed cluster tests
 
   - do:
       indices.create:
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ setup:
         index: tsdb_index1,tsdb_index2
         fields: [ "metricset", "non_tsdb_field", "k8s.pod.*" ]
 
+  - length: {indices: 2}
+
   - match: {fields.metricset.keyword.searchable: true}
   - match: {fields.metricset.keyword.aggregatable: true}
   - is_false: fields.metricset.keyword.time_series_dimension