diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/stats/CommonStatsFlags.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/stats/CommonStatsFlags.java
index 04f39d77ce6c8..03fb55323feec 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/stats/CommonStatsFlags.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/stats/CommonStatsFlags.java
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public CommonStatsFlags(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
             includeCaches = in.readEnumSet(CacheType.class);
             levels = in.readStringArray();
         }
-        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
+        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_17_0)) {
             includeIndicesStatsByLevel = in.readBoolean();
         }
     }
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
             out.writeEnumSet(includeCaches);
             out.writeStringArrayNullable(levels);
         }
-        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
+        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_17_0)) {
             out.writeBoolean(includeIndicesStatsByLevel);
         }
     }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/NodeIndicesStats.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/NodeIndicesStats.java
index 83a759cdb71c5..4c28c08d8061b 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/NodeIndicesStats.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/NodeIndicesStats.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class NodeIndicesStats implements Writeable, ToXContentFragment {
 
     public NodeIndicesStats(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         stats = new CommonStats(in);
-        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
+        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_17_0)) {
             // contains statsByIndex
             if (in.readBoolean()) {
                 statsByIndex = readStatsByIndex(in);
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ public RecoveryStats getRecoveryStats() {
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         stats.writeTo(out);
 
-        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
+        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_17_0)) {
             out.writeBoolean(statsByIndex != null);
             if (statsByIndex != null) {
                 writeStatsByIndex(out);