diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/lib/apm_agent.ts b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/lib/apm_agent.ts
index aeef966e8e70e..8884557782126 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/lib/apm_agent.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/lib/apm_agent.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ export const checkAgentTypeMetric = (versions?: string[]) => {
   }
   versions.forEach((version) => {
     const [major, minor] = version.split('.');
-    if (Number(major) >= 7 && Number(minor) >= 13) {
+    const majorInt = Number(major);
+    if (majorInt > 7 || (majorInt === 7 && Number(minor) >= 13)) {
       return true;
     }
   });
diff --git a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/monitoring/apm/fixtures/cluster.json b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/monitoring/apm/fixtures/cluster.json
index f56440f2e4c4f..34fbe0581d8e8 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/monitoring/apm/fixtures/cluster.json
+++ b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/monitoring/apm/fixtures/cluster.json
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@
     "config": {
       "container": false
     },
-    "timeOfLastEvent": "2018-08-31T13:59:21.201Z"
+    "timeOfLastEvent": "2018-08-31T13:59:21.201Z",
+    "versions": [
+      "7.0.0-alpha1"
+    ]
   },
   "metrics": {
     "apm_cpu": [
diff --git a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/monitoring/cluster/fixtures/overview.json b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/monitoring/cluster/fixtures/overview.json
index 8fed03d9a8a34..5ca02bb9c20bd 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/monitoring/cluster/fixtures/overview.json
+++ b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/monitoring/cluster/fixtures/overview.json
@@ -115,7 +115,10 @@
     },
     "config": {
       "container": false
-    }
+    },
+    "versions": [
+      "7.0.0-alpha1"
+    ]
   },
   "isCcrEnabled": true,
   "isPrimary": true,