diff --git a/curator-framework/src/test/java/org/apache/curator/framework/state/TestConnectionStateManager.java b/curator-framework/src/test/java/org/apache/curator/framework/state/TestConnectionStateManager.java
index 67d36cc613..6dfc6e4bc2 100644
--- a/curator-framework/src/test/java/org/apache/curator/framework/state/TestConnectionStateManager.java
+++ b/curator-framework/src/test/java/org/apache/curator/framework/state/TestConnectionStateManager.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assumptions.assumeTrue;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Queues;
 import org.apache.curator.framework.CuratorFramework;
@@ -91,7 +92,10 @@ public void stateChanged(CuratorFramework client, ConnectionState newState)
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testConnectionStateRecoversFromUnexpectedExpiredConnection() throws Exception {
+    void testConnectionStateRecoversFromUnexpectedExpiredConnection() throws Exception {
+        final int major = getVersionPart("MAJOR");
+        final int minor = getVersionPart("MINOR");
+        assumeTrue(major == 3 && minor >= 6 || major > 4, "Zookeeper version must be 3.6 or higher");
         Timing2 timing = new Timing2();
         CuratorFramework client = CuratorFrameworkFactory.builder()
                 .connectString(server.getConnectString())
@@ -128,4 +132,13 @@ public String getPath() {
             CloseableUtils.closeQuietly(client);
         }
     }
+
+    private int getVersionPart(String part) {
+        try {
+            return Class.forName("org.apache.zookeeper.version.Info").getDeclaredField(part).getInt(null);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
 }