diff --git a/packages/compass-e2e-tests/tests/collection-aggregations-tab.test.ts b/packages/compass-e2e-tests/tests/collection-aggregations-tab.test.ts
index 2e8504c42bb..49a7650bc92 100644
--- a/packages/compass-e2e-tests/tests/collection-aggregations-tab.test.ts
+++ b/packages/compass-e2e-tests/tests/collection-aggregations-tab.test.ts
@@ -623,6 +623,7 @@ describe('Collection aggregations tab', function () {
       if (serverSatisfies('< 5.0.0')) {
         return this.skip();
       }
+
       await browser.setValidation({
         connectionName: DEFAULT_CONNECTION_NAME_1,
         database: 'test',
@@ -639,6 +640,10 @@ describe('Collection aggregations tab', function () {
     });
 
     afterEach(async function () {
+      if (serverSatisfies('< 5.0.0')) {
+        return this.skip();
+      }
+
       await browser.setValidation({
         connectionName: DEFAULT_CONNECTION_NAME_1,
         database: 'test',
diff --git a/packages/compass-e2e-tests/tests/collection-documents-tab.test.ts b/packages/compass-e2e-tests/tests/collection-documents-tab.test.ts
index cd2db036837..9e161a3b2b9 100644
--- a/packages/compass-e2e-tests/tests/collection-documents-tab.test.ts
+++ b/packages/compass-e2e-tests/tests/collection-documents-tab.test.ts
@@ -698,6 +698,7 @@ FindIterable<Document> result = collection.find(filter);`);
       if (serverSatisfies('< 5.0.0')) {
         return this.skip();
       }
+
       await browser.setValidation({
         connectionName: DEFAULT_CONNECTION_NAME_1,
         database: 'test',