diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/remote/RemoteSegmentStats.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/remote/RemoteSegmentStats.java
index 5992923a4157b..4228ec60c4524 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/remote/RemoteSegmentStats.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/remote/RemoteSegmentStats.java
@@ -95,8 +95,7 @@ public RemoteSegmentStats(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         totalRefreshBytesLag = in.readLong();
         totalUploadTime = in.readLong();
         totalDownloadTime = in.readLong();
-        // TODO: change to V_2_12_0 on main after backport to 2.x
-        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
+        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_12_0)) {
             totalRejections = in.readVLong();
         }
     }
@@ -260,8 +259,7 @@ public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         out.writeLong(totalRefreshBytesLag);
         out.writeLong(totalUploadTime);
         out.writeLong(totalDownloadTime);
-        // TODO: change to V_2_12_0 on main after backport to 2.x
-        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
+        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_12_0)) {
             out.writeVLong(totalRejections);
         }
     }