diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/ClusterMetadataManifest.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/ClusterMetadataManifest.java
index 97b37d9532f85..4725f40076ce2 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/ClusterMetadataManifest.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/ClusterMetadataManifest.java
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ public ClusterMetadataManifest(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         this.indices = Collections.unmodifiableList(in.readList(UploadedIndexMetadata::new));
         this.previousClusterUUID = in.readString();
         this.clusterUUIDCommitted = in.readBoolean();
-        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
+        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_12_0)) {
             this.codecVersion = in.readInt();
             this.globalMetadataFileName = in.readString();
         } else {
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         out.writeCollection(indices);
         out.writeString(previousClusterUUID);
         out.writeBoolean(clusterUUIDCommitted);
-        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
+        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_12_0)) {
             out.writeInt(codecVersion);
             out.writeString(globalMetadataFileName);
         }