diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/support/clustermanager/term/GetTermVersionResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/support/clustermanager/term/GetTermVersionResponse.java
index cf8e6085d4b32..f3fd756c6db4b 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/support/clustermanager/term/GetTermVersionResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/support/clustermanager/term/GetTermVersionResponse.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public GetTermVersionResponse(ClusterStateTermVersion clusterStateTermVersion, b
     public GetTermVersionResponse(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         super(in);
         this.clusterStateTermVersion = new ClusterStateTermVersion(in);
-        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
+        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_18_0)) {
             this.isStatePresentInRemote = in.readOptionalBoolean();
         } else {
             this.isStatePresentInRemote = false;
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public GetTermVersionResponse(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         clusterStateTermVersion.writeTo(out);
-        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
+        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_18_0)) {
             out.writeOptionalBoolean(isStatePresentInRemote);
         }
     }