diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotsService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotsService.java
index c6585985fc82a..a2364d96f2098 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotsService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotsService.java
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ public void executeSnapshot(final CreateSnapshotRequest request, final ActionLis
         if (remoteStoreIndexShallowCopy
             && isSnapshotV2
             && request.indices().length == 0
-            && clusterService.state().nodes().getMinNodeVersion().onOrAfter(Version.CURRENT)) {
+            && clusterService.state().nodes().getMinNodeVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_17_0)) {
             createSnapshotV2(request, listener);
         } else {
             createSnapshot(