diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.clone/10_basic.yml b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.clone/10_basic.yml
index fa48820a71a89..07df09225c624 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.clone/10_basic.yml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.clone/10_basic.yml
@@ -113,12 +113,12 @@ setup:
             index.number_of_replicas: 0
             index.number_of_shards: 6
 
+# Related issue: https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/issues/4845
 ---
 "Returns error if target index's metadata write is blocked":
-
   - skip:
-      version: " - 2.99.99"
-      reason: "only available in 3.0+"
+      version: " - 2.7.99"
+      reason: "the bug was fixed in 2.8.0"
 
   # block source index's write operations
   - do:
diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.shrink/10_basic.yml b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.shrink/10_basic.yml
index 426729e737978..67b5be7eb0fd5 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.shrink/10_basic.yml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.shrink/10_basic.yml
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ setup:
   - match: { _id:      "1"     }
   - match: { _source:  { foo: "hello world" } }
 
+# Related issue: https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/issues/4845
 ---
 "Returns error if target index's metadata write is blocked":
-
   - skip:
-      version: " - 2.99.99"
-      reason: "only available in 3.0+"
+      version: " - 2.7.99"
+      reason: "the bug was fixed in 2.8.0"
 
   # block source index's write operations
   - do:
diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.split/10_basic.yml b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.split/10_basic.yml
index 50c2819eac9d5..096a61a765288 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.split/10_basic.yml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.split/10_basic.yml
@@ -219,12 +219,12 @@ setup:
             index.number_of_replicas: 0
             index.number_of_shards: 6
 
+# Related issue: https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/issues/4845
 ---
 "Returns error if target index's metadata write is blocked":
-
   - skip:
-      version: " - 2.99.99"
-      reason: "only available in 3.0+"
+      version: " - 2.7.99"
+      reason: "the bug was fixed in 2.8.0"
 
   # block source index's write operations
   - do: