diff --git a/deps/rabbit/test/quorum_queue_SUITE.erl b/deps/rabbit/test/quorum_queue_SUITE.erl
index 3da661aa0002..cb162a050e50 100644
--- a/deps/rabbit/test/quorum_queue_SUITE.erl
+++ b/deps/rabbit/test/quorum_queue_SUITE.erl
@@ -328,10 +328,14 @@ init_per_testcase(T, Config)
 init_per_testcase(Testcase, Config) ->
     ClusterSize = ?config(rmq_nodes_count, Config),
     IsMixed = rabbit_ct_helpers:is_mixed_versions(),
-    RabbitMQ3 = case rabbit_ct_broker_helpers:enable_feature_flag(Config, 'rabbitmq_4.0.0') of
-                    ok -> false;
-                    _ -> true
-                end,
+    FF_RMQ_400 = case rabbit_ct_broker_helpers:enable_feature_flag(Config, 'rabbitmq_4.0.0') of
+                     ok -> true;
+                     _ -> false
+                 end,
+    FF_RMQ_420 = case rabbit_ct_broker_helpers:enable_feature_flag(Config, 'rabbitmq_4.2.0') of
+                     ok -> true;
+                     _ -> false
+                 end,
     SameKhepriMacVers = (
       rabbit_ct_broker_helpers:do_nodes_run_same_ra_machine_version(
         Config, khepri_machine)),
@@ -369,8 +373,10 @@ init_per_testcase(Testcase, Config) ->
             {skip, "reclaim_memory_with_wrong_queue_type isn't mixed versions compatible"};
         peek_with_wrong_queue_type when IsMixed ->
             {skip, "peek_with_wrong_queue_type isn't mixed versions compatible"};
-        cancel_consumer_gh_3729 when IsMixed andalso RabbitMQ3 ->
+        cancel_consumer_gh_3729 when not FF_RMQ_400 ->
             {skip, "this test is not compatible with RabbitMQ 3.13.x"};
+        at_most_once_dead_letter_order_maxlen when not FF_RMQ_420 ->
+            {skip, "ordering bugfix was introduced in 4.2.1"};
         _ ->
             Config1 = rabbit_ct_helpers:testcase_started(Config, Testcase),
             rabbit_ct_broker_helpers:rpc(Config, 0, ?MODULE, delete_queues, []),