diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/NodeStats.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/NodeStats.java
index 0c8aa027e5f01..e9bfa358103c8 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/NodeStats.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/NodeStats.java
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ public NodeStats(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         } else {
             resourceUsageStats = null;
         }
-        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
+        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_12_0)) {
             repositoriesStats = in.readOptionalWriteable(RepositoriesStats::new);
         } else {
             repositoriesStats = null;
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_12_0)) {
             out.writeOptionalWriteable(resourceUsageStats);
         }
-        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
+        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_12_0)) {
             out.writeOptionalWriteable(repositoriesStats);
         }
     }