diff --git a/test/e2e/kubectl.go b/test/e2e/kubectl.go
index ed65d4593be..d3fcaff2d05 100644
--- a/test/e2e/kubectl.go
+++ b/test/e2e/kubectl.go
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Kubectl client", func() {
 		})
 
 		It("should create and stop a working application [Conformance]", func() {
-			framework.SkipUnlessServerVersionGTE(nodePortsOptionalVersion, c)
+			framework.SkipUnlessServerVersionGTE(deploymentsVersion, c)
 
 			defer framework.Cleanup(guestbookPath, ns, frontendSelector, redisMasterSelector, redisSlaveSelector)