diff --git a/Could b/Could
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/rest/FieldExtractorTestCase.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/rest/FieldExtractorTestCase.java
index 350260e17640a..70da757129563 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/rest/FieldExtractorTestCase.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/rest/FieldExtractorTestCase.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.annotations.ParametersFactory;
 
 import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
+import org.elasticsearch.Build;
 import org.elasticsearch.Version;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.Request;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.Response;
@@ -79,6 +80,9 @@ public static List<Object[]> args() throws Exception {
 
     protected FieldExtractorTestCase(MappedFieldType.FieldExtractPreference preference) {
         this.preference = preference;
+        if (preference != null) {
+            assumeTrue("Requires pragma", Build.current().isSnapshot());
+        }
     }
 
     @Before