diff --git a/java/integTest/src/test/java/glide/ConnectionTests.java b/java/integTest/src/test/java/glide/ConnectionTests.java
index dc8ec16828..1c45043920 100644
--- a/java/integTest/src/test/java/glide/ConnectionTests.java
+++ b/java/integTest/src/test/java/glide/ConnectionTests.java
@@ -248,6 +248,10 @@ public void test_az_affinity_non_existing_az() {
     @ParameterizedTest
     @ValueSource(booleans = {true, false})
     public void test_connection_timeout(boolean clusterMode) {
+        assumeTrue(
+                SERVER_VERSION.isGreaterThanOrEqualTo("7.0.0"),
+                "DEBUG command only allowed from ver 7.0.0");
+
         var backoffStrategy =
                 BackoffStrategy.builder().exponentBase(2).factor(100).numOfRetries(1).build();
         var client = createConnectionTimeoutClient(clusterMode, 250, 20000, backoffStrategy);