diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotSharedTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotSharedTest.java
index a0a667254d228..3c26614405f25 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotSharedTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotSharedTest.java
@@ -114,8 +114,14 @@ public static void testBasicWorkflow(ESLogger logger, ESIntegTestCase testCase,
         assertThat(createSnapshotResponse.getSnapshotInfo().successfulShards(), greaterThan(0));
         assertThat(createSnapshotResponse.getSnapshotInfo().successfulShards(), equalTo(createSnapshotResponse.getSnapshotInfo().totalShards()));
 
+        String snapshotName;
+        if (ESIntegTestCase.getMinimumVersionInCluster().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_2_0)) {
+            snapshotName = randomFrom("test-snap", "_all", "*", "*-snap", "test*");
+        } else {
+            snapshotName = "test-snap";
+        }
         SnapshotInfo snapshotInfo = client().admin().cluster().prepareGetSnapshots("test-repo")
-            .setSnapshots(randomFrom("test-snap", "_all", "*", "*-snap", "test*")).get().getSnapshots().get(0);
+            .setSnapshots(snapshotName).get().getSnapshots().get(0);
         assertThat(snapshotInfo.state(), equalTo(SnapshotState.SUCCESS));
         assertThat(snapshotInfo.version(), snapshotVersion);
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ESIntegTestCase.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ESIntegTestCase.java
index ea98d74204ffa..d18c9566fc513 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ESIntegTestCase.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ESIntegTestCase.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import org.apache.lucene.util.TestUtil;
 import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException;
 import org.elasticsearch.ExceptionsHelper;
+import org.elasticsearch.Version;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ShardOperationFailedException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.health.ClusterHealthRequest;
@@ -1914,6 +1915,18 @@ public Set<String> assertAllShardsOnNodes(String index, String... pattern) {
         return nodes;
     }
 
+    // returns the minimum Version of all nodes in the current cluster
+    public static Version getMinimumVersionInCluster() {
+        NodesInfoResponse nodesInfoResponse = client().admin().cluster().prepareNodesInfo().get();
+        Version minimumVersionInCluster = Version.CURRENT;
+        for (NodeInfo nodeInfo : nodesInfoResponse) {
+            if (nodeInfo.getVersion().before(minimumVersionInCluster)) {
+                minimumVersionInCluster = nodeInfo.getVersion();
+            }
+        }
+        return minimumVersionInCluster;
+    }
+
     protected static class NumShards {
         public final int numPrimaries;
         public final int numReplicas;