diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/verify/VerifyRepositoryResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/verify/VerifyRepositoryResponse.java
index b399923b2025b..d5cc0b6f95728 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/verify/VerifyRepositoryResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/verify/VerifyRepositoryResponse.java
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public VerifyRepositoryResponse(ClusterName clusterName, DiscoveryNode[] nodes)
     @Override
     public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         super.readFrom(in);
-        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_7_0_0_alpha1)) {
+        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_6_4_0)) {
             this.nodes = in.readList(NodeView::new).stream().map(n -> n.convertToDiscoveryNode()).collect(Collectors.toList());
         } else {
             clusterName = new ClusterName(in);
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         super.writeTo(out);
-        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_7_0_0_alpha1)) {
+        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_6_4_0)) {
             out.writeList(getNodes());
         } else {
             clusterName.writeTo(out);