diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotInfo.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotInfo.java
index bc33928acf3da..08433dc6f2e0b 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotInfo.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotInfo.java
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ public SnapshotInfo(final StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_9_0)) {
             remoteStoreIndexShallowCopy = in.readOptionalBoolean();
         }
-        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
+        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_17_0)) {
             pinnedTimestamp = in.readVLong();
         }
     }
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ public void writeTo(final StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_9_0)) {
             out.writeOptionalBoolean(remoteStoreIndexShallowCopy);
         }
-        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
+        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_17_0)) {
             out.writeVLong(pinnedTimestamp);
         }
     }