diff --git a/airbyte-protocol/protocol-models/src/main/resources/airbyte_protocol/v0/airbyte_protocol.yaml b/airbyte-protocol/protocol-models/src/main/resources/airbyte_protocol/v0/airbyte_protocol.yaml
new file mode 120000
index 000000000000..c327ab20a10c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/airbyte-protocol/protocol-models/src/main/resources/airbyte_protocol/v0/airbyte_protocol.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../airbyte_protocol.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/airbyte-protocol/protocol-models/src/test/java/io/airbyte/protocol/models/AirbyteProtocolSchemaTest.java b/airbyte-protocol/protocol-models/src/test/java/io/airbyte/protocol/models/AirbyteProtocolSchemaTest.java
index 5f9529335d50..01ac97efafbc 100644
--- a/airbyte-protocol/protocol-models/src/test/java/io/airbyte/protocol/models/AirbyteProtocolSchemaTest.java
+++ b/airbyte-protocol/protocol-models/src/test/java/io/airbyte/protocol/models/AirbyteProtocolSchemaTest.java
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@
 
 package io.airbyte.protocol.models;
 
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
+import io.airbyte.commons.json.Jsons;
+import io.airbyte.protocol.models.AirbyteMessage.Type;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
@@ -33,4 +36,16 @@ void testJsonSchemaType() {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void testVersionedObjectsAccessibility() {
+    final var message = new io.airbyte.protocol.models.AirbyteMessage()
+        .withType(Type.SPEC);
+    final var messageV0 = new io.airbyte.protocol.models.v0.AirbyteMessage()
+        .withType(io.airbyte.protocol.models.v0.AirbyteMessage.Type.SPEC);
+
+    // This only works as long as the default version and v0 are equal
+    final var deserializedMessage = Jsons.deserialize(Jsons.serialize(message), io.airbyte.protocol.models.v0.AirbyteMessage.class);
+    assertEquals(messageV0, deserializedMessage);
+  }
+
 }