diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/cat.thread_pool/10_basic.yml b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/cat.thread_pool/10_basic.yml
index 9d08f2e4ba53b..00ec838489f63 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/cat.thread_pool/10_basic.yml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/cat.thread_pool/10_basic.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 "Test cat thread_pool total_wait_time output":
   - skip:
-      version: " - 3.0.0"
-      reason: thread_pool total_wait_time stats were introduced in V_3.0.0
+      version: " - 2.10.99"
+      reason: thread_pool total_wait_time stats were introduced in V_2.11.0
 
   - do:
       cat.thread_pool: {}
@@ -19,11 +19,10 @@
 
   - match:
       $body: |
-        /^  id  \s+ name             \s+ total_wait_time    \s+ twt \n
-           (\S+ \s+ search           \s+ \d+s               \s+ \d+ \n
-            \S+ \s+ search_throttled \s+ \d+s               \s+ \d+ \n
-            \S+ \s+ index_searcher   \s+ \d+s               \s+ \d+ \n
-            \S+ \s+ generic          \s+ -1                 \s+ -1  \n)+  $/
+        /^  name              \s+ total_wait_time \s+ twt              \n
+           (generic           \s+ -1              \s+ -1               \n
+            search            \s+ \d*\.*\d*\D+    \s+ \d*\.*\d*\D+     \n
+            search_throttled  \s+ \d*\.*\d*\D+    \s+ \d*\.*\d*\D+     \n)+  $/
 
 ---
 "Test cat thread_pool output":
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/threadpool/ThreadPoolStats.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/threadpool/ThreadPoolStats.java
index 8b1e1461d8b02..7b4c1504d927a 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/threadpool/ThreadPoolStats.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/threadpool/ThreadPoolStats.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public Stats(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
             rejected = in.readLong();
             largest = in.readInt();
             completed = in.readLong();
-            waitTimeNanos = in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0) ? in.readLong() : -1;
+            waitTimeNanos = in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_11_0) ? in.readLong() : -1;
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
             out.writeLong(rejected);
             out.writeInt(largest);
             out.writeLong(completed);
-            if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
+            if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_11_0)) {
                 out.writeLong(waitTimeNanos);
             }
         }