diff --git a/aswb/tests/unittests/com/google/idea/blaze/android/sync/aspects/strategy/RenderResolveOutputGroupProviderTest.java b/aswb/tests/unittests/com/google/idea/blaze/android/sync/aspects/strategy/RenderResolveOutputGroupProviderTest.java
index b3cdd21eaed..cc78c525025 100644
--- a/aswb/tests/unittests/com/google/idea/blaze/android/sync/aspects/strategy/RenderResolveOutputGroupProviderTest.java
+++ b/aswb/tests/unittests/com/google/idea/blaze/android/sync/aspects/strategy/RenderResolveOutputGroupProviderTest.java
@@ -141,5 +141,10 @@ public String getName() {
     protected Optional<String> getAspectFlag() {
       return Optional.empty();
     }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Boolean supportsAspectsParameters() {
+      return true;
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/base/src/com/google/idea/blaze/base/sync/aspects/strategy/AspectStrategy.java b/base/src/com/google/idea/blaze/base/sync/aspects/strategy/AspectStrategy.java
index fda55f4af09..a7f39a259a5 100644
--- a/base/src/com/google/idea/blaze/base/sync/aspects/strategy/AspectStrategy.java
+++ b/base/src/com/google/idea/blaze/base/sync/aspects/strategy/AspectStrategy.java
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ protected AspectStrategy(boolean aspectSupportsDirectDepsTrimming) {
 
   protected abstract Optional<String> getAspectFlag();
 
+  protected abstract Boolean supportsAspectsParameters();
+
   /**
    * Add the aspect to the build and request the given {@code OutputGroup}s. This method should only
    * be called once.
@@ -111,7 +113,7 @@ public final void addAspectAndOutputGroups(
         outputGroups.stream()
             .flatMap(g -> getOutputGroups(g, activeLanguages, directDepsOnly).stream())
             .collect(toImmutableList());
-    if (optimize_building_jars.isEnabled()){
+    if (optimize_building_jars.isEnabled() && supportsAspectsParameters()){
       builder
         .addBlazeFlags(getAspectFlag().map(List::of).orElse(List.of()))
         .addBlazeFlags("--aspects_parameters=optimize_building_jars=enabled")
diff --git a/base/src/com/google/idea/blaze/base/sync/aspects/strategy/AspectStrategyBazel.java b/base/src/com/google/idea/blaze/base/sync/aspects/strategy/AspectStrategyBazel.java
index 59cbcf69c3b..f5d78c8cea2 100644
--- a/base/src/com/google/idea/blaze/base/sync/aspects/strategy/AspectStrategyBazel.java
+++ b/base/src/com/google/idea/blaze/base/sync/aspects/strategy/AspectStrategyBazel.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 /** Aspect strategy for Bazel, where the aspect is situated in an external repository. */
 public class AspectStrategyBazel extends AspectStrategy {
   private final String aspectFlag;
+  Boolean supportsAspectParameters;
 
   static final class Provider implements AspectStrategyProvider {
     @Override
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ public AspectStrategyBazel(BlazeVersionData versionData) {
     } else {
       aspectFlag = "--aspects=@intellij_aspect//:intellij_info_bundled.bzl%intellij_info_aspect";
     }
+    supportsAspectParameters = versionData.bazelIsAtLeastVersion(6, 0, 0);
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -62,6 +64,11 @@ public Optional<String> getAspectFlag() {
     return Optional.of(aspectFlag);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  protected Boolean supportsAspectsParameters() {
+    return supportsAspectParameters;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public String getName() {
     return "AspectStrategySkylarkBazel";
diff --git a/base/tests/unittests/com/google/idea/blaze/base/sync/aspects/strategy/AspectStrategyTest.java b/base/tests/unittests/com/google/idea/blaze/base/sync/aspects/strategy/AspectStrategyTest.java
index 7ac6eead17a..815631d24cf 100644
--- a/base/tests/unittests/com/google/idea/blaze/base/sync/aspects/strategy/AspectStrategyTest.java
+++ b/base/tests/unittests/com/google/idea/blaze/base/sync/aspects/strategy/AspectStrategyTest.java
@@ -217,5 +217,10 @@ public String getName() {
     protected Optional<String> getAspectFlag() {
       return Optional.empty();
     }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Boolean supportsAspectsParameters() {
+      return true;
+    }
   }
 }