diff --git a/e2e-tests/test_sessionjob_operations.sh b/e2e-tests/test_sessionjob_operations.sh
index 80a6bd050..c2d8fdcc8 100755
--- a/e2e-tests/test_sessionjob_operations.sh
+++ b/e2e-tests/test_sessionjob_operations.sh
@@ -68,17 +68,23 @@ assert_available_slots 1 $CLUSTER_ID
 
 echo "Successfully run the sessionjob savepoint upgrade test"
 
-echo "Starting sessionjob last-state upgrade test"
-# Testing last-state mode upgrade
-# Update the FlinkSessionJob and trigger the last-state upgrade
-kubectl patch sessionjob ${SESSION_JOB_NAME} --type merge --patch '{"spec":{"job": {"parallelism": 2, "upgradeMode": "last-state" } } }'
+flink_version=$(kubectl get $SESSION_CLUSTER_IDENTIFIER -o yaml | yq '.spec.flinkVersion')
 
-# Check the job was restarted with the new parallelism
-wait_for_status $SESSION_JOB_IDENTIFIER '.status.jobStatus.state' CANCELLING ${TIMEOUT} || exit 1
-wait_for_status $SESSION_JOB_IDENTIFIER '.status.jobStatus.state' RUNNING ${TIMEOUT} || exit 1
-assert_available_slots 0 $CLUSTER_ID
+if [ "$flink_version" != "v1_16" ]; then
+  echo "Starting sessionjob last-state upgrade test"
+  # Testing last-state mode upgrade
+  # Update the FlinkSessionJob and trigger the last-state upgrade
+  kubectl patch sessionjob ${SESSION_JOB_NAME} --type merge --patch '{"spec":{"job": {"parallelism": 2, "upgradeMode": "last-state" } } }'
 
-echo "Successfully run the sessionjob last-state upgrade test"
+  # Check the job was restarted with the new parallelism
+  wait_for_status $SESSION_JOB_IDENTIFIER '.status.jobStatus.state' CANCELLING ${TIMEOUT} || exit 1
+  wait_for_status $SESSION_JOB_IDENTIFIER '.status.jobStatus.state' RUNNING ${TIMEOUT} || exit 1
+  assert_available_slots 0 $CLUSTER_ID
+
+  echo "Successfully run the sessionjob last-state upgrade test"
+else
+  echo "Skipping last-state test for flink version 1.16"
+fi
 
 # Test Operator restart
 echo "Delete session job " + $SESSION_JOB_NAME