diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/transform/action/StartTransformAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/transform/action/StartTransformAction.java
index 2b219aa5e3a70..7d55237b2d507 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/transform/action/StartTransformAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/transform/action/StartTransformAction.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public Request(String id) {
         public Request(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
             super(in);
             id = in.readString();
-            if(in.getVersion().before(Version.V_8_0_0)) {
+            if(in.getVersion().before(Version.V_7_5_0)) {
                 in.readBoolean();
             }
         }
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public String getId() {
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
             super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeString(id);
-            if(out.getVersion().before(Version.V_8_0_0)) {
+            if(out.getVersion().before(Version.V_7_5_0)) {
                 out.writeBoolean(false);
             }
         }
diff --git a/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/mixed_cluster/80_data_frame_jobs_crud.yml b/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/mixed_cluster/80_data_frame_jobs_crud.yml
index bac5a6a9e993c..8954be68c88d6 100644
--- a/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/mixed_cluster/80_data_frame_jobs_crud.yml
+++ b/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/mixed_cluster/80_data_frame_jobs_crud.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ---
 "Test put batch data frame transforms on mixed cluster":
+  - skip:
+      version: "7.5.0 - "
+      reason: waiting backport of https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/46414
   - do:
       cluster.health:
         index: "dataframe-transform-airline-data"
@@ -106,6 +109,9 @@
 
 ---
 "Test put continuous data frame transform on mixed cluster":
+  - skip:
+      version: "7.5.0 - "
+      reason: waiting backport of https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/46414
   - do:
       cluster.health:
         index: "dataframe-transform-airline-data-cont"
@@ -168,6 +174,9 @@
 
 ---
 "Test GET, start, and stop old cluster batch transforms":
+  - skip:
+      version: "7.5.0 - "
+      reason: waiting backport of https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/46414
   - do:
       cluster.health:
         index: "dataframe-transform-airline-data"
@@ -245,6 +254,9 @@
 
 ---
 "Test GET, stop, start, old continuous transforms":
+  - skip:
+      version: "7.5.0 - "
+      reason: waiting backport of https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/46414
   - do:
       cluster.health:
         index: "dataframe-transform-airline-data-cont"
diff --git a/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/old_cluster/80_data_frame_jobs_crud.yml b/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/old_cluster/80_data_frame_jobs_crud.yml
index bf2b1f6b939f8..c06948467f59f 100644
--- a/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/old_cluster/80_data_frame_jobs_crud.yml
+++ b/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/old_cluster/80_data_frame_jobs_crud.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ---
 "Test put batch data frame transforms on old cluster":
+  - skip:
+      version: "7.5.0 - "
+      reason: waiting backport of https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/46414
   - do:
       indices.create:
         index: dataframe-transform-airline-data
@@ -136,6 +139,9 @@
 
 ---
 "Test put continuous data frame transform on old cluster":
+  - skip:
+      version: "7.5.0 - "
+      reason: waiting backport of https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/46414
   - do:
       indices.create:
         index: dataframe-transform-airline-data-cont
diff --git a/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/upgraded_cluster/80_data_frame_jobs_crud.yml b/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/upgraded_cluster/80_data_frame_jobs_crud.yml
index 4d92199625860..a1258fe5f64fd 100644
--- a/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/upgraded_cluster/80_data_frame_jobs_crud.yml
+++ b/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/upgraded_cluster/80_data_frame_jobs_crud.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ setup:
         timeout: 70s
 ---
 "Get start, stop, and delete old and mixed cluster batch data frame transforms":
+  - skip:
+      version: "7.5.0 - "
+      reason: waiting backport of https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/46414
   # Simple and complex OLD transforms
   - do:
       data_frame.get_data_frame_transform:
@@ -162,6 +165,9 @@ setup:
 
 ---
 "Test GET, stop, delete, old and mixed continuous transforms":
+  - skip:
+      version: "7.5.0 - "
+      reason: waiting backport of https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/46414
   - do:
       data_frame.get_data_frame_transform:
         transform_id: "old-simple-continuous-transform"