diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/CatShardsRequest.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/CatShardsRequest.java
index 0319fa103138f..9511a45423e63 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/CatShardsRequest.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/CatShardsRequest.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public CatShardsRequest() {}
 
     public CatShardsRequest(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         super(in);
-        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
+        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_18_0)) {
             indices = in.readStringArray();
             cancelAfterTimeInterval = in.readOptionalTimeValue();
             if (in.readBoolean()) {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public CatShardsRequest(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         super.writeTo(out);
-        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
+        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_18_0)) {
             if (indices == null) {
                 out.writeVInt(0);
             } else {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/CatShardsResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/CatShardsResponse.java
index c2499ab190ded..dee0b0f2d45c0 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/CatShardsResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/CatShardsResponse.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public CatShardsResponse() {}
     public CatShardsResponse(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         super(in);
         indicesStatsResponse = new IndicesStatsResponse(in);
-        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
+        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_18_0)) {
             nodes = DiscoveryNodes.readFrom(in, null);
             responseShards = in.readList(ShardRouting::new);
             if (in.readBoolean()) {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public CatShardsResponse(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         indicesStatsResponse.writeTo(out);
-        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
+        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_18_0)) {
             nodes.writeToWithAttribute(out);
             out.writeList(responseShards);
             out.writeBoolean(pageToken != null);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/pagination/PageParams.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/pagination/PageParams.java
index 03de1aa465a15..6459893a8505f 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/pagination/PageParams.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/pagination/PageParams.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  *
  * Class specific to paginated queries, which will contain common query params required by a paginated API.
  */
-@PublicApi(since = "3.0.0")
+@PublicApi(since = "2.18.0")
 public class PageParams implements Writeable {
 
     public static final String PARAM_SORT = "sort";
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/CatShardsRequestTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/CatShardsRequestTests.java
index f4215f54c1e21..e161342c3c609 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/CatShardsRequestTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/CatShardsRequestTests.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public void testSerializationWithOlderVersionsParametersNotSerialized() throws E
         catShardsRequest.setCancelAfterTimeInterval(TimeValue.timeValueMillis(randomIntBetween(1, 5)));
         catShardsRequest.setIndices(new String[2]);
 
-        Version version = VersionUtils.getPreviousVersion(Version.CURRENT);
+        Version version = VersionUtils.getPreviousVersion(Version.V_2_18_0);
         try (BytesStreamOutput out = new BytesStreamOutput()) {
             out.setVersion(version);
             catShardsRequest.writeTo(out);