diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a927ecdaf262c2db2e762d67079fb4c352799eb8..615fe391fa162da9553f216f5e186b830f110800 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ An additional new option is `Vtk.CoordPrecision` which changes the precision of
 
 - __Examples__: The documentation of the examples has been improved further, focusing on readability and convenience. Further, three additional examples are included the folder `examples`. To get an overview, point your browser to https://git.iws.uni-stuttgart.de/dumux-repositories/dumux/tree/master/examples.
 
-- __Linear solvers__: There is a new ISTL solver factory backend which allows to choose solvers at runtime (requires dune-istl 2.7) and also enables more parallel solvers (requires dune-istl > 2.7.1).
+- __Linear solvers__: There is a new ISTL solver factory backend which allows to choose solvers at runtime (requires dune-istl 2.7) and also enables more parallel solvers (requires dune-istl > 2.7.0).
 
 
 ### Immediate interface changes not allowing/requiring a deprecation period
diff --git a/dumux/linear/istlsolverfactorybackend.hh b/dumux/linear/istlsolverfactorybackend.hh
index 2fda1567de72a3b266f2e282ec9fdbd49fd1d921..2781d5ceec9980b9153102eb7a0a4072782b5560 100644
--- a/dumux/linear/istlsolverfactorybackend.hh
+++ b/dumux/linear/istlsolverfactorybackend.hh
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ private:
     template<class ParallelTraits, class Matrix, class Vector>
     void solveParallel_(Matrix& A, Vector& x, Vector& b)
     {
+#if DUNE_VERSION_GT_REV(DUNE_ISTL,2,7,0)
         using Comm = typename ParallelTraits::Comm;
         using LinearOperator = typename ParallelTraits::LinearOperator;
         using ScalarProduct = typename ParallelTraits::ScalarProduct;
@@ -259,6 +260,9 @@ private:
 
         // solve linear system
         solver->apply(x, b, result_);
+#else
+        DUNE_THROW(Dune::NotImplemented, "Parallel solvers only available for dune-istl > 2.7.0");
+#endif
     }
 #endif // HAVE_MPI
 
diff --git a/test/freeflow/shallowwater/dambreak/main.cc b/test/freeflow/shallowwater/dambreak/main.cc
index 18080ada723be04023372aace5d43bf8e260c2a3..7471c8ab8972080851fdcd6415e87edf06d53b15 100644
--- a/test/freeflow/shallowwater/dambreak/main.cc
+++ b/test/freeflow/shallowwater/dambreak/main.cc
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
 #include <dumux/linear/linearsolvertraits.hh>
 
-#if DUNE_VERSION_NEWER_REV(DUNE_ISTL,2,7,1)
+#if DUNE_VERSION_GT_REV(DUNE_ISTL,2,7,0)
 #include <dumux/linear/istlsolverfactorybackend.hh>
 #else
 #include <dumux/linear/amgbackend.hh>
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) try
     auto assembler = std::make_shared<Assembler>(problem, gridGeometry, gridVariables, timeLoop, xOld);
 
     // the linear solver
-#if DUNE_VERSION_NEWER_REV(DUNE_ISTL,2,7,1)
+#if DUNE_VERSION_GT_REV(DUNE_ISTL,2,7,0)
     using LinearSolver = IstlSolverFactoryBackend<LinearSolverTraits<GridGeometry>>;
 #else
     using LinearSolver = AMGBiCGSTABBackend<LinearSolverTraits<GridGeometry>>;
diff --git a/test/porousmediumflow/richards/implicit/lens/main.cc b/test/porousmediumflow/richards/implicit/lens/main.cc
index 40e3cbbb1d8230458efc0c2de8e059cb16bdad3a..960133a45127dbcdaa48e69cc21633df3e497bc7 100644
--- a/test/porousmediumflow/richards/implicit/lens/main.cc
+++ b/test/porousmediumflow/richards/implicit/lens/main.cc
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #include <dumux/common/dumuxmessage.hh>
 #include <dumux/linear/linearsolvertraits.hh>
 
-#if DUNE_VERSION_NEWER_REV(DUNE_ISTL,2,7,1)
+#if DUNE_VERSION_GT_REV(DUNE_ISTL,2,7,0)
 #include <dumux/linear/istlsolverfactorybackend.hh>
 #include <dumux/linear/linearsolvertraits.hh>
 #else
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) try
     auto assembler = std::make_shared<Assembler>(problem, gridGeometry, gridVariables, timeLoop, xOld);
 
     // the linear solver
-#if DUNE_VERSION_NEWER_REV(DUNE_ISTL,2,7,1)
+#if DUNE_VERSION_GT_REV(DUNE_ISTL,2,7,0)
     using LinearSolver = IstlSolverFactoryBackend<LinearSolverTraits<GridGeometry>>;
 #else
     using LinearSolver = AMGBiCGSTABBackend<LinearSolverTraits<GridGeometry>>;