diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/deprecation/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/deprecation/MlDeprecationChecker.java b/x-pack/plugin/deprecation/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/deprecation/MlDeprecationChecker.java
index c0e1c054f7a13..de73d05a5a37e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/deprecation/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/deprecation/MlDeprecationChecker.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/deprecation/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/deprecation/MlDeprecationChecker.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
-import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.MachineLearningField.MIN_CHECKED_SUPPORTED_SNAPSHOT_VERSION;
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.MachineLearningField.MIN_REPORTED_SUPPORTED_SNAPSHOT_VERSION;
 
 public class MlDeprecationChecker implements DeprecationChecker {
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ static Optional<DeprecationIssue> checkDataFeedAggregations(DatafeedConfig dataf
     }
 
     static Optional<DeprecationIssue> checkModelSnapshot(ModelSnapshot modelSnapshot) {
-        if (modelSnapshot.getMinVersion().before(MIN_CHECKED_SUPPORTED_SNAPSHOT_VERSION)) {
+        if (modelSnapshot.getMinVersion().before(MIN_REPORTED_SUPPORTED_SNAPSHOT_VERSION)) {
             StringBuilder details = new StringBuilder(
                 String.format(
                     Locale.ROOT,