diff --git a/packages/compass-connections/src/utils/end-of-life-server.spec.ts b/packages/compass-connections/src/utils/end-of-life-server.spec.ts
index ad0e0271008..317c9f7ddf9 100644
--- a/packages/compass-connections/src/utils/end-of-life-server.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compass-connections/src/utils/end-of-life-server.spec.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { expect } from 'chai';
 import { isEndOfLifeVersion } from './end-of-life-server';
 
 describe('isEndOfLifeVersion', function () {
-  const LATEST_END_OF_LIFE_VERSION = '4.4.x';
+  const LATEST_END_OF_LIFE_VERSION = '6.x';
 
   function expectVersions(versions: string[], expected: boolean) {
     for (const version of versions) {
@@ -15,17 +15,25 @@ describe('isEndOfLifeVersion', function () {
     }
   }
 
-  it('returns true for v4.4 and below', () => {
+  it('returns true for versions below v7.0', () => {
     expectVersions(
-      ['4.4.0', '4.3.0', '4.0', '4.0-beta.0', '1.0.0', '0.0.1', '3.999.0'],
+      [
+        '6.2',
+        '6.0.2',
+        '6.0.0',
+        '4.4.0',
+        '4.3.0',
+        '4.0',
+        '4.0-beta.0',
+        '1.0.0',
+        '0.0.1',
+        '3.999.0',
+      ],
       true
     );
   });
 
-  it('returns true for v4.5 and above', () => {
-    expectVersions(
-      ['4.5.0', '5.0.0', '5.0.25', '6.0.0', '7.0.0', '8.0.0'],
-      false
-    );
+  it('returns false for v7.0 and above', () => {
+    expectVersions(['7.0.0', '8.0.0'], false);
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/compass-connections/src/utils/end-of-life-server.ts b/packages/compass-connections/src/utils/end-of-life-server.ts
index bd069796fec..1951f37e24e 100644
--- a/packages/compass-connections/src/utils/end-of-life-server.ts
+++ b/packages/compass-connections/src/utils/end-of-life-server.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { createLogger } from '@mongodb-js/compass-logging';
 
 const { mongoLogId, log, debug } = createLogger('END-OF-LIFE-SERVER');
 
-const FALLBACK_END_OF_LIFE_SERVER_VERSION = '4.4';
+const FALLBACK_END_OF_LIFE_SERVER_VERSION = '6.x';
 const {
   HADRON_AUTO_UPDATE_ENDPOINT = process.env
     .HADRON_AUTO_UPDATE_ENDPOINT_OVERRIDE,
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 939c4944d36..4b32eefd0fc 100644
--- a/packages/compass-e2e-tests/tests/collection-aggregations-tab.test.ts
+++ b/packages/compass-e2e-tests/tests/collection-aggregations-tab.test.ts
@@ -157,7 +157,9 @@ describe('Collection aggregations tab', function () {
       '$bucketAuto',
       '$collStats',
       '$count',
+      '$densify',
       '$facet',
+      '$fill',
       '$geoNear',
       '$graphLookup',
       '$group',
@@ -165,38 +167,25 @@ describe('Collection aggregations tab', function () {
       '$limit',
       '$lookup',
       '$match',
+      '$merge',
       '$out',
       '$project',
       '$redact',
       '$replaceRoot',
+      '$replaceWith',
       '$sample',
+      '$search',
+      '$searchMeta',
+      '$set',
+      '$setWindowFields',
       '$skip',
       '$sort',
       '$sortByCount',
+      '$unionWith',
+      '$unset',
       '$unwind',
     ];
 
-    if (serverSatisfies('>= 4.1.11')) {
-      expectedAggregations.push('$search');
-    }
-    if (serverSatisfies('>= 4.2.0')) {
-      expectedAggregations.push('$merge', '$replaceWith', '$set', '$unset');
-    }
-    if (serverSatisfies('>= 4.4.0')) {
-      expectedAggregations.push('$unionWith');
-    }
-    if (serverSatisfies('>= 4.4.9')) {
-      expectedAggregations.push('$searchMeta');
-    }
-    if (serverSatisfies('>= 5.0.0')) {
-      expectedAggregations.push('$setWindowFields');
-    }
-    if (serverSatisfies('>= 5.1.0')) {
-      expectedAggregations.push('$densify');
-    }
-    if (serverSatisfies('>= 5.3.0')) {
-      expectedAggregations.push('$fill');
-    }
     if (serverSatisfies('>=6.0.10 <7.0.0 || >=7.0.2')) {
       expectedAggregations.push('$vectorSearch');
     }
@@ -225,10 +214,6 @@ describe('Collection aggregations tab', function () {
   });
 
   it('shows atlas only stage preview', async function () {
-    if (serverSatisfies('< 4.1.11')) {
-      this.skip();
-    }
-
     await browser.selectStageOperator(0, '$search');
 
     await browser.waitUntil(async function () {
@@ -255,11 +240,6 @@ describe('Collection aggregations tab', function () {
   });
 
   it('shows $merge stage preview', async function () {
-    // $merge operator is supported from 4.2.0
-    if (serverSatisfies('< 4.2.0')) {
-      return this.skip();
-    }
-
     await browser.selectStageOperator(0, '$merge');
     await browser.setCodemirrorEditorValue(
       Selectors.stageEditor(0),
@@ -623,10 +603,6 @@ describe('Collection aggregations tab', function () {
       '{ $jsonSchema: { bsonType: "object", required: [ "phone" ] } }';
     const VALIDATED_OUT_COLLECTION = 'nestedDocs';
     beforeEach(async function () {
-      if (serverSatisfies('< 5.0.0')) {
-        return this.skip();
-      }
-
       await browser.setValidation({
         connectionName: DEFAULT_CONNECTION_NAME_1,
         database: 'test',
@@ -643,10 +619,6 @@ 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',
@@ -755,10 +727,6 @@ describe('Collection aggregations tab', function () {
   });
 
   it('supports $merge as the last stage', async function () {
-    if (serverSatisfies('< 4.2.0')) {
-      return this.skip();
-    }
-
     await browser.selectStageOperator(0, '$merge');
     await browser.setCodemirrorEditorValue(
       Selectors.stageEditor(0),
@@ -823,10 +791,6 @@ describe('Collection aggregations tab', function () {
   });
 
   it('cancels pipeline with $merge as the last stage', async function () {
-    if (serverSatisfies('< 4.2.0')) {
-      return this.skip();
-    }
-
     await browser.selectStageOperator(0, '$merge');
     await browser.setCodemirrorEditorValue(
       Selectors.stageEditor(0),
@@ -951,12 +915,6 @@ describe('Collection aggregations tab', function () {
   });
 
   it('supports cancelling long-running aggregations', async function () {
-    if (serverSatisfies('< 4.4.0')) {
-      // $function expression that we use to simulate slow aggregation is only
-      // supported since server 4.4
-      this.skip();
-    }
-
     const slowQuery = `{
       sleep: {
         $function: {
@@ -1518,10 +1476,6 @@ describe('Collection aggregations tab', function () {
     });
 
     it('handles $merge stage operators', async function () {
-      if (serverSatisfies('< 4.2.0')) {
-        return this.skip();
-      }
-
       await browser.selectStageOperator(0, '$merge');
       await browser.setCodemirrorEditorValue(
         Selectors.stageEditor(0),
@@ -1540,10 +1494,6 @@ describe('Collection aggregations tab', function () {
     });
 
     it('handles atlas only operator', async function () {
-      if (serverSatisfies('< 4.1.11')) {
-        this.skip();
-      }
-
       await browser.selectStageOperator(0, '$search');
       await browser.setCodemirrorEditorValue(Selectors.stageEditor(0), '{}');
 
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 7e8293bbc02..5466975e8ab 100644
--- a/packages/compass-e2e-tests/tests/collection-documents-tab.test.ts
+++ b/packages/compass-e2e-tests/tests/collection-documents-tab.test.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import {
   TEST_COMPASS_WEB,
   skipForWeb,
   DEFAULT_CONNECTION_NAME_1,
-  serverSatisfies,
 } from '../helpers/compass';
 import type { Compass } from '../helpers/compass';
 import * as Selectors from '../helpers/selectors';
@@ -697,10 +696,6 @@ FindIterable<Document> result = collection.find(filter);`);
     const REQUIRE_PHONE_VALIDATOR =
       '{ $jsonSchema: { bsonType: "object", required: [ "phone" ] } }';
     beforeEach(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-import.test.ts b/packages/compass-e2e-tests/tests/collection-import.test.ts
index fd76d88b85a..de333b24c2a 100644
--- a/packages/compass-e2e-tests/tests/collection-import.test.ts
+++ b/packages/compass-e2e-tests/tests/collection-import.test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import {
   skipForWeb,
   TEST_COMPASS_WEB,
   DEFAULT_CONNECTION_NAME_1,
-  serverSatisfies,
 } from '../helpers/compass';
 import type { Compass } from '../helpers/compass';
 import * as Selectors from '../helpers/selectors';
@@ -545,11 +544,6 @@ describe('Collection import', function () {
     });
 
     it('with JSON + abort on error checked, it displays a validation error with details', async function () {
-      // 4.x doesn't provide validation details
-      if (serverSatisfies('< 5.0.0')) {
-        this.skip();
-      }
-
       const jsonPath = path.resolve(
         __dirname,
         '..',
@@ -605,11 +599,6 @@ describe('Collection import', function () {
     });
 
     it('with CSV + abort on error unchecked, it includes the details in a file', async function () {
-      // 4.x doesn't provide validation details
-      if (serverSatisfies('< 5.0.0')) {
-        this.skip();
-      }
-
       const filename = 'array-documents.csv';
       const csvPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'fixtures', filename);
 
diff --git a/packages/compass-e2e-tests/tests/collection-indexes-tab.test.ts b/packages/compass-e2e-tests/tests/collection-indexes-tab.test.ts
index d95d6ba3912..6ad4d9fd8a4 100644
--- a/packages/compass-e2e-tests/tests/collection-indexes-tab.test.ts
+++ b/packages/compass-e2e-tests/tests/collection-indexes-tab.test.ts
@@ -75,47 +75,35 @@ describe('Collection indexes tab', function () {
     await browser.dropIndex(createdIndexName, 'drop-index-modal-basic.png');
   });
 
-  describe('server version 4.2.0', function () {
-    it('supports creating a wildcard index', async function () {
-      if (serverSatisfies('< 4.2.0')) {
-        return this.skip();
-      }
-
-      const indexName = await browser.createIndex(
-        {
-          fieldName: '$**',
-          indexType: '1',
-        },
-        {
-          wildcardProjection: '{ "fieldA": 1, "fieldB.fieldC": 1 }',
-        },
-        'create-index-modal-wildcard.png'
-      );
+  it('supports creating a wildcard index', async function () {
+    const indexName = await browser.createIndex(
+      {
+        fieldName: '$**',
+        indexType: '1',
+      },
+      {
+        wildcardProjection: '{ "fieldA": 1, "fieldB.fieldC": 1 }',
+      },
+      'create-index-modal-wildcard.png'
+    );
 
-      const indexFieldTypeSelector = `${Selectors.indexComponent(indexName)} ${
-        Selectors.IndexFieldType
-      }`;
-      const indexFieldTypeElement = browser.$(indexFieldTypeSelector);
-      expect(await indexFieldTypeElement.getText()).to.equal('WILDCARD');
+    const indexFieldTypeSelector = `${Selectors.indexComponent(indexName)} ${
+      Selectors.IndexFieldType
+    }`;
+    const indexFieldTypeElement = browser.$(indexFieldTypeSelector);
+    expect(await indexFieldTypeElement.getText()).to.equal('WILDCARD');
 
-      await browser.dropIndex(indexName, 'drop-index-modal-wildcard.png');
-    });
+    await browser.dropIndex(indexName, 'drop-index-modal-wildcard.png');
   });
 
-  describe('server version 4.4.0', function () {
-    it('supports hiding and unhiding indexes', async function () {
-      if (serverSatisfies('< 4.4.0')) {
-        return this.skip();
-      }
-
-      const indexName = await browser.createIndex({
-        fieldName: 'i',
-        indexType: 'text',
-      });
-
-      await browser.hideIndex(indexName, 'hide-index-modal.png');
-      await browser.unhideIndex(indexName, 'unhide-index-modal.png');
+  it('supports hiding and unhiding indexes', async function () {
+    const indexName = await browser.createIndex({
+      fieldName: 'i',
+      indexType: 'text',
     });
+
+    await browser.hideIndex(indexName, 'hide-index-modal.png');
+    await browser.unhideIndex(indexName, 'unhide-index-modal.png');
   });
 
   describe('server version 20.0.0', function () {
diff --git a/packages/compass-e2e-tests/tests/database-collections-tab.test.ts b/packages/compass-e2e-tests/tests/database-collections-tab.test.ts
index 86181e19d6c..d0d2436a56b 100644
--- a/packages/compass-e2e-tests/tests/database-collections-tab.test.ts
+++ b/packages/compass-e2e-tests/tests/database-collections-tab.test.ts
@@ -212,10 +212,6 @@ describe('Database collections tab', function () {
   });
 
   it('can create a time series collection', async function () {
-    if (serverSatisfies('< 5.0.0')) {
-      return this.skip();
-    }
-
     const collectionName = 'my-timeseries-collection';
 
     // open the create collection modal from the button at the top
@@ -285,10 +281,6 @@ describe('Database collections tab', function () {
   });
 
   it('can create a clustered collection', async function () {
-    if (serverSatisfies('< 5.3.0')) {
-      return this.skip();
-    }
-
     const collectionName = 'my-clustered-collection';
     const indexName = 'my-clustered-index';
 
diff --git a/packages/compass-e2e-tests/tests/search-indexes.test.ts b/packages/compass-e2e-tests/tests/search-indexes.test.ts
index 841f21937f2..0bbd3c529c6 100644
--- a/packages/compass-e2e-tests/tests/search-indexes.test.ts
+++ b/packages/compass-e2e-tests/tests/search-indexes.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import {
   cleanup,
   screenshotIfFailed,
   Selectors,
-  serverSatisfies,
   skipForWeb,
   TEST_COMPASS_WEB,
   DEFAULT_CONNECTION_STRING_1,
@@ -158,11 +157,6 @@ describe('Search Indexes', function () {
 
   before(async function () {
     skipForWeb(this, 'search indexes disabled on compass-web');
-
-    // $search works with server 4.2 or more
-    if (!serverSatisfies('>= 4.1.11')) {
-      this.skip();
-    }
     compass = await init(this.test?.fullTitle());
     browser = compass.browser;
   });