diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/restspec/ClientYamlSuiteRestApiParser.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/restspec/ClientYamlSuiteRestApiParser.java
index fefd6e6a276c6..3c6216eed76ed 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/restspec/ClientYamlSuiteRestApiParser.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/restspec/ClientYamlSuiteRestApiParser.java
@@ -70,11 +70,16 @@ public ClientYamlSuiteRestApi parse(String location, XContentParser parser) thro
                         }
                         if (parser.currentToken() == XContentParser.Token.START_ARRAY && "paths".equals(currentFieldName)) {
                             while (parser.nextToken() == XContentParser.Token.VALUE_STRING) {
-                                String path = parser.text();
-                                if (restApi.getPaths().contains(path)) {
-                                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Found duplicate path [" + path + "]");
+                                addPathToApi(parser.text(), restApi);
+                            }
+                        }
+                        if (parser.currentToken() == XContentParser.Token.START_ARRAY && "deprecated_paths".equals(currentFieldName)) {
+                            while (parser.nextToken() != XContentParser.Token.END_ARRAY) {
+                                if (parser.currentToken() == XContentParser.Token.FIELD_NAME && "path".equals(parser.currentName()))
+                                {
+                                    parser.nextToken();
+                                    addPathToApi(parser.text(), restApi);
                                 }
-                                restApi.addPath(path);
                             }
                         }
 
@@ -142,6 +147,13 @@ public ClientYamlSuiteRestApi parse(String location, XContentParser parser) thro
         return restApi;
     }
 
+    private void addPathToApi(String path, ClientYamlSuiteRestApi restApi) {
+        if (restApi.getPaths().contains(path)) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Found duplicate path [" + path + "]");
+        }
+        restApi.addPath(path);
+    }
+
     private static class Parameter {
         private boolean required;
         public boolean isRequired() {