diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/test/ClusterFormationTasks.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/test/ClusterFormationTasks.groovy
index fccb190bcc38d..bc5999bc60773 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/test/ClusterFormationTasks.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/test/ClusterFormationTasks.groovy
@@ -384,7 +384,11 @@ class ClusterFormationTasks {
         ]
         esConfig['node.max_local_storage_nodes'] = node.config.numNodes
         esConfig['http.port'] = node.config.httpPort
-        esConfig['transport.tcp.port'] =  node.config.transportPort
+        if (node.nodeVersion.onOrAfter('6.7.0')) {
+            esConfig['transport.port'] =  node.config.transportPort
+        } else {
+            esConfig['transport.tcp.port'] =  node.config.transportPort
+        }
         // Default the watermarks to absurdly low to prevent the tests from failing on nodes without enough disk space
         esConfig['cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.low'] = '1b'
         esConfig['cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.high'] = '1b'
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/testclusters/ElasticsearchNode.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/testclusters/ElasticsearchNode.java
index 337a9bdeac774..5a3e0d599f173 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/testclusters/ElasticsearchNode.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/testclusters/ElasticsearchNode.java
@@ -605,7 +605,11 @@ private void createConfiguration()  {
         defaultConfig.put("node.attr.testattr", "test");
         defaultConfig.put("node.portsfile", "true");
         defaultConfig.put("http.port", "0");
-        defaultConfig.put("transport.tcp.port", "0");
+        if (Version.fromString(version).onOrAfter(Version.fromString("6.7.0"))) {
+            defaultConfig.put("transport.port", "0");
+        } else {
+            defaultConfig.put("transport.tcp.port", "0");
+        }
         // Default the watermarks to absurdly low to prevent the tests from failing on nodes without enough disk space
         defaultConfig.put("cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.low", "1b");
         defaultConfig.put("cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.high", "1b");
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/single/SingleNodeDiscoveryIT.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/single/SingleNodeDiscoveryIT.java
index e0fc4a4d5392c..e0177af1bed39 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/single/SingleNodeDiscoveryIT.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/single/SingleNodeDiscoveryIT.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ protected Settings nodeSettings(int nodeOrdinal) {
                 .builder()
                 .put(super.nodeSettings(nodeOrdinal))
                 .put("discovery.type", "single-node")
-                .put("transport.tcp.port", "0")
+                .put("transport.port", "0")
                 .build();
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/tests/certgen.bash b/x-pack/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/tests/certgen.bash
index c0ae9aac4db30..13aed28b4c1ba 100644
--- a/x-pack/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/tests/certgen.bash
+++ b/x-pack/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/tests/certgen.bash
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ xpack.security.http.ssl.certificate: $ESCONFIG/certs/node-master/node-master.crt
 xpack.security.http.ssl.certificate_authorities: ["$ESCONFIG/certs/ca/ca.crt"]
 
 xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled: true
-transport.tcp.port: 9300
+transport.port: 9300
 
 xpack.security.http.ssl.enabled: true
 http.port: 9200