diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/search/SearchRequest.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/search/SearchRequest.java
index 9e50213eab5f9..fb026dae630b7 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/search/SearchRequest.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/search/SearchRequest.java
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ public SearchRequest(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_7_0)) {
             pipeline = in.readOptionalString();
         }
-        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
+        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_12_0)) {
             phaseTook = in.readOptionalBoolean();
         }
     }
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_7_0)) {
             out.writeOptionalString(pipeline);
         }
-        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
+        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_12_0)) {
             out.writeOptionalBoolean(phaseTook);
         }
     }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/search/SearchResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/search/SearchResponse.java
index 91f0dc0737637..96d07982d03db 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/search/SearchResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/search/SearchResponse.java
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public SearchResponse(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         clusters = new Clusters(in);
         scrollId = in.readOptionalString();
         tookInMillis = in.readVLong();
-        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
+        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_12_0)) {
             phaseTook = in.readOptionalWriteable(PhaseTook::new);
         } else {
             phaseTook = null;
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         clusters.writeTo(out);
         out.writeOptionalString(scrollId);
         out.writeVLong(tookInMillis);
-        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
+        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_12_0)) {
             out.writeOptionalWriteable(phaseTook);
         }
         out.writeVInt(skippedShards);