diff --git a/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/jira/JiraRepository.java b/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/jira/JiraRepository.java
index b1b23eecffb7..d070ff1034ec 100644
--- a/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/jira/JiraRepository.java
+++ b/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/jira/JiraRepository.java
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public class JiraRepository extends BaseRepositoryImpl {
     // may be used instead version string parsing
     JiraRestApi version = JiraRestApi.fromJiraVersion(object.get("version").getAsString(), this);
     if (version == null) {
-      throw new Exception("JIRA below 4.0.0 doesn't have REST API and is no longer supported.");
+      throw new Exception("JIRA below 4.2.0 doesn't have REST API and is no longer supported.");
     }
     return version;
   }
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ public class JiraRepository extends BaseRepositoryImpl {
       // may be null if 204 No Content received
       final InputStream stream = method.getResponseBodyAsStream();
       entityContent = stream == null ? "" : StreamUtil.readText(stream, CharsetToolkit.UTF8);
-      LOG.debug(entityContent);
+      TaskUtil.prettyFormatJsonToLog(LOG, entityContent);
     }
     finally {
       method.releaseConnection();
@@ -224,4 +224,4 @@ public class JiraRepository extends BaseRepositoryImpl {
   public String getRestUrl(String... parts) {
     return getUrl() + REST_API_PATH + "/" + StringUtil.join(parts, "/");
   }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/jira/JiraRestApi.java b/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/jira/JiraRestApi.java
index cc6fd11cdaf2..7856fc4ee730 100644
--- a/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/jira/JiraRestApi.java
+++ b/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/jira/JiraRestApi.java
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ public abstract class JiraRestApi {
 
   public static JiraRestApi fromJiraVersion(@NotNull JiraVersion jiraVersion, @NotNull JiraRepository repository) {
     LOG.debug("JIRA version is " + jiraVersion);
-    if (jiraVersion.getMajorNumber() == 4) {
+    if (jiraVersion.getMajorNumber() == 4 && jiraVersion.getMinorNumber() >= 2) {
       return new JiraRestApi20Alpha1(repository);
     }
     else if (jiraVersion.getMajorNumber() >= 5) {
       return new JiraRestApi2(repository);
     }
     else {
-      LOG.warn("JIRA below 4.0.0 doesn't support REST API (" + jiraVersion + " used)");
+      LOG.warn("JIRA below 4.2.0 doesn't support REST API (" + jiraVersion + " used)");
       return null;
     }
   }