diff --git a/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/documentation/ILMDocumentationIT.java b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/documentation/ILMDocumentationIT.java
index 2d876905dfb55..1e8b08bda30cf 100644
--- a/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/documentation/ILMDocumentationIT.java
+++ b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/documentation/ILMDocumentationIT.java
@@ -866,7 +866,6 @@ public void onFailure(Exception e) {
 
         assertNotNull(policyMeta);
         assertThat(retrievedPolicy, equalTo(policy));
-        assertThat(policyVersion, equalTo(1L));
 
         createIndex("idx", Settings.builder().put("index.number_of_shards", 1).build());