diff --git a/t/006_query.t b/t/006_query.t
index ea926e1..385d4da 100644
--- a/t/006_query.t
+++ b/t/006_query.t
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ is_deeply $q->params, { node_id => 1}, 'params accessor';
 
 SKIP : {
   skip 'no local connection to neo4j', $num_live_tests if $not_connected;
+  skip 'MATCH query requires Neo4j 2 or later', $num_live_tests unless REST::Neo4p->_check_version(2,0,0,0);
 
   ok my $n1 = REST::Neo4p::Node->new({name => 'Fred', role => 'husband'}), 'Fred';
   ok my $n2 = REST::Neo4p::Node->new({name => 'Wilma', role => 'wife'}), 'Wilma';
diff --git a/t/011_neo4p_synopsis.t b/t/011_neo4p_synopsis.t
index bc9e931..33a1e21 100644
--- a/t/011_neo4p_synopsis.t
+++ b/t/011_neo4p_synopsis.t
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ diag "Test server unavailable (".$not_connected->message.") : tests skipped" if
 
 plan skip_all => neo4j_index_unavailable() if neo4j_index_unavailable();
 plan skip_all => 'no local connection to neo4j' if $not_connected;
+plan skip_all => 'MATCH query requires Neo4j 2 or later' unless REST::Neo4p->_check_version(2,0,0,0);
 plan tests => 13 + 4;
 
 {
diff --git a/t/id_roundtrip.t b/t/id_roundtrip.t
index 2aa06a8..7de2fd7 100644
--- a/t/id_roundtrip.t
+++ b/t/id_roundtrip.t
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ diag "Test server unavailable (".$not_connected->message.") : tests skipped" if
 
 SKIP : {
   skip 'no local connection to neo4j', 34 if $not_connected;
+  skip 'MATCH query requires Neo4j 2 or later', 34 unless REST::Neo4p->_check_version(2,0,0,0);
 
   my $n1 = REST::Neo4p::Node->new();
   ok $n1, 'new node' and push @cleanup, $n1;
diff --git a/t/json_utf8.t b/t/json_utf8.t
index 440517a..6bbc3b1 100644
--- a/t/json_utf8.t
+++ b/t/json_utf8.t
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ sub to_hex ($) {
 
 SKIP : {
   skip 'no local connection to neo4j', 37 if $not_connected;
+  skip 'MATCH query requires Neo4j 2 or later', 37 unless REST::Neo4p->_check_version(2,0,0,0);
 
   my %props = (
     singlebyte => "\N{U+0025}",  # '%' PERCENT SIGN = 0x25
diff --git a/t/rt_81128.t b/t/rt_81128.t
index 9ebe88c..e2dbc4c 100644
--- a/t/rt_81128.t
+++ b/t/rt_81128.t
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ diag "Test server unavailable (".$not_connected->message.") : tests skipped" if
 
 SKIP : {
   skip 'no local connection to neo4j', $num_live_tests if $not_connected;
+  skip 'MATCH query requires Neo4j 2 or later', $num_live_tests unless REST::Neo4p->_check_version(2,0,0,0);
   
   ok my $n1 = REST::Neo4p::Node->new( {name => 'ricky'} ), 'new node 1';
   push @cleanup, $n1 if $n1;
diff --git a/t/rt_91640.t b/t/rt_91640.t
index 4baa6ca..830ceb2 100644
--- a/t/rt_91640.t
+++ b/t/rt_91640.t
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ my $not_connected = connect($TEST_SERVER,$user,$pass);
 diag "Test server unavailable (".$not_connected->message.") : tests skipped" if $not_connected;
 
 
-#SKIP : {
-#  skip "Neo4j server version >= 2.0.0-M02 required, skipping...", $num_live_tests unless  REST::Neo4p->_check_version(2,0,0,2);
+SKIP : {
+  skip "Neo4j server version >= 2.0.0-M02 required, skipping...", $num_live_tests unless REST::Neo4p->_check_version(2,0,0,2);
 
 my $neo4p = 'REST::Neo4p';
 my ($n, $m, $t);
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ STMT1
   is $$r[0]->get_property('utf8'), 'Сохранить', 'cyrillic property value retrieved correctly';
 
 }
-#}
 
   END {
     
     eval { $t && $t->delete_sample; };
   }
+}