diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetDataFrameAnalyticsStatsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetDataFrameAnalyticsStatsAction.java
index 3f65a917a7427..e37ccbbefc5b1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetDataFrameAnalyticsStatsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/GetDataFrameAnalyticsStatsAction.java
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ public Stats(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
                 } else {
                     progress = in.readList(PhaseProgress::new);
                 }
-                if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_8_0_0)) {
+                if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_7_7_0)) {
                     dataCounts = in.readOptionalWriteable(DataCounts::new);
                 } else {
                     dataCounts = null;
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
                 } else {
                     out.writeList(progress);
                 }
-                if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_8_0_0)) {
+                if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_7_7_0)) {
                     out.writeOptionalWriteable(dataCounts);
                 }
                 if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_7_7_0)) {
diff --git a/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/mixed_cluster/90_ml_data_frame_analytics_crud.yml b/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/mixed_cluster/90_ml_data_frame_analytics_crud.yml
index 38c78803b6f61..5049f3360a42e 100644
--- a/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/mixed_cluster/90_ml_data_frame_analytics_crud.yml
+++ b/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/mixed_cluster/90_ml_data_frame_analytics_crud.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-setup:
-  - skip:
-      version: "all"
-      reason:  "Until backport of https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/53998"
-
 ---
 "Get old outlier_detection job":
 
diff --git a/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/old_cluster/90_ml_data_frame_analytics_crud.yml b/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/old_cluster/90_ml_data_frame_analytics_crud.yml
index 3f5c68ab93d28..923a56395e8a4 100644
--- a/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/old_cluster/90_ml_data_frame_analytics_crud.yml
+++ b/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/old_cluster/90_ml_data_frame_analytics_crud.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 setup:
-  - skip:
-      version: "all"
-      reason:  "Until backport of https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/53998"
 
   - do:
       index:
diff --git a/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/upgraded_cluster/90_ml_data_frame_analytics_crud.yml b/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/upgraded_cluster/90_ml_data_frame_analytics_crud.yml
index 4a98e6440c662..3af10eb33e286 100644
--- a/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/upgraded_cluster/90_ml_data_frame_analytics_crud.yml
+++ b/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/upgraded_cluster/90_ml_data_frame_analytics_crud.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-setup:
-  - skip:
-      version: "all"
-      reason:  "Until backport of https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/53998"
-
 ---
 "Get old cluster outlier_detection job":