diff --git a/.github/actions/integration-tests/run-ci-stage1 b/.github/actions/integration-tests/run-ci-stage1
index 7f68e91..2d4a19e 100755
--- a/.github/actions/integration-tests/run-ci-stage1
+++ b/.github/actions/integration-tests/run-ci-stage1
@@ -784,9 +784,16 @@ run_cmd "crucible ls --type tags"
 
 run_cmd "crucible opensearch repair"
 
-run_cmd "crucible opensearch init"
+case "${CI_RELEASE}" in
+    "2024.4"|"2025.1"|"2025.2"|"2025.3")
+        run_cmd "crucible opensearch init"
 
-run_cmd "crucible opensearch rebuild"
+        run_cmd "crucible opensearch rebuild"
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "Skipping 'crucible opensearch init/rebuild' since they are not supported on the ${CI_RELEASE} release"
+        ;;
+esac
 
 for scenario in $(echo "${CI_SCENARIOS}" | sed -e "s/,/ /g"); do
     if [ "${scenario}" == "multi" ]; then