diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/garage/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/garage/default.nix
index 177862b18d26..5af808b5a78b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/garage/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/garage/default.nix
@@ -92,7 +92,9 @@ let
         "k2v::poll::test_poll_item"
       ];
 
-      passthru.tests = nixosTests."garage_${lib.versions.major version}";
+      passthru.tests =
+        lib.optionalAttrs (lib.versionAtLeast version "1")
+          nixosTests."garage_${lib.versions.major version}";
 
       meta = {
         description = "S3-compatible object store for small self-hosted geo-distributed deployments";