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 019fe35b518ba..4e0e71a80b139 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
@@ -172,11 +172,10 @@ 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();
         }
     }
@@ -215,11 +214,10 @@ 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);
         }
     }