diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/restore/RestoreSnapshotRequest.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/restore/RestoreSnapshotRequest.java
index 42c64e04268e3..84bc87a5cb1ba 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/restore/RestoreSnapshotRequest.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/restore/RestoreSnapshotRequest.java
@@ -166,11 +166,10 @@ public RestoreSnapshotRequest(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_17_0)) {
             sourceRemoteTranslogRepository = in.readOptionalString();
         }
-        // TODO: change to V_2_18_0 once this is backported into that version
-        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.CURRENT)) {
+        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_18_0)) {
             renameAliasPattern = in.readOptionalString();
         }
-        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.CURRENT)) {
+        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_18_0)) {
             renameAliasReplacement = in.readOptionalString();
         }
     }
@@ -200,11 +199,10 @@ public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_17_0)) {
             out.writeOptionalString(sourceRemoteTranslogRepository);
         }
-        // TODO: change to V_2_18_0 once this is backported into that version
-        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.CURRENT)) {
+        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_18_0)) {
             out.writeOptionalString(renameAliasPattern);
         }
-        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.CURRENT)) {
+        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_18_0)) {
             out.writeOptionalString(renameAliasReplacement);
         }
     }