diff --git a/curator-test-zk35/src/test/java/org/apache/curator/zk35/TestIs35.java b/curator-test-zk35/src/test/java/org/apache/curator/zk35/TestIs35.java
index 9af5368f3..11b8f04a2 100644
--- a/curator-test-zk35/src/test/java/org/apache/curator/zk35/TestIs35.java
+++ b/curator-test-zk35/src/test/java/org/apache/curator/zk35/TestIs35.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 import org.apache.curator.test.compatibility.CuratorTestBase;
 import org.apache.curator.utils.Compatibility;
+import org.apache.curator.utils.ZookeeperCompatibility;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
@@ -33,6 +34,14 @@ public void testIsZk35() {
         assertFalse(Compatibility.hasGetReachableOrOneMethod());
         assertTrue(Compatibility.hasAddrField());
         assertFalse(Compatibility.hasPersistentWatchers());
+        assertFalse(ZookeeperCompatibility.LATEST.hasPersistentWatchers());
+        assertFalse(ZookeeperCompatibility.builder()
+            .build()
+            .hasPersistentWatchers());
+        assertFalse(ZookeeperCompatibility.builder()
+                .hasPersistentWatchers(false)
+                .build()
+                .hasPersistentWatchers());
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/curator-test-zk36/src/test/java/org/apache/curator/zk36/TestIs36.java b/curator-test-zk36/src/test/java/org/apache/curator/zk36/TestIs36.java
index 373160bf7..3bc68e79b 100644
--- a/curator-test-zk36/src/test/java/org/apache/curator/zk36/TestIs36.java
+++ b/curator-test-zk36/src/test/java/org/apache/curator/zk36/TestIs36.java
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@
 
 package org.apache.curator.zk36;
 
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
 import org.apache.curator.test.compatibility.CuratorTestBase;
 import org.apache.curator.utils.Compatibility;
+import org.apache.curator.utils.ZookeeperCompatibility;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
@@ -33,6 +35,14 @@ public void testIsZk36() {
         assertTrue(Compatibility.hasGetReachableOrOneMethod());
         assertTrue(Compatibility.hasAddrField());
         assertTrue(Compatibility.hasPersistentWatchers());
+        assertTrue(ZookeeperCompatibility.LATEST.hasPersistentWatchers());
+        assertFalse(ZookeeperCompatibility.builder()
+            .build()
+            .hasPersistentWatchers());
+        assertFalse(ZookeeperCompatibility.builder()
+                .hasPersistentWatchers(false)
+                .build()
+                .hasPersistentWatchers());
         try {
             Class.forName("org.apache.zookeeper.proto.WhoAmIResponse");
             fail("WhoAmIResponse is introduced after ZooKeeper 3.7");