diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/RemoteClusterConnection.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/RemoteClusterConnection.java
index 55edd0c86ec29..e73debc601430 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/RemoteClusterConnection.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/RemoteClusterConnection.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import org.apache.lucene.store.AlreadyClosedException;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.SetOnce;
+import org.elasticsearch.Version;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.info.NodeInfo;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.info.NodesInfoAction;
@@ -280,6 +281,11 @@ public void sendRequest(long requestId, String action, TransportRequest request,
             public void close() throws IOException {
                 assert false: "proxy connections must not be closed";
             }
+
+            @Override
+            public Version getVersion() {
+                return connection.getVersion();
+            }
         };
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/RemoteClusterConnectionTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/RemoteClusterConnectionTests.java
index e6d278af085b2..e7dccf702fe26 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/RemoteClusterConnectionTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/RemoteClusterConnectionTests.java
@@ -81,7 +81,11 @@
 
 import static java.util.Collections.emptyMap;
 import static java.util.Collections.emptySet;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.iterableWithSize;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.startsWith;
 
 public class RemoteClusterConnectionTests extends ESTestCase {
@@ -305,6 +309,63 @@ public void testConnectWithIncompatibleTransports() throws Exception {
         }
     }
 
+    public void testRemoteConnectionVersionMatchesTransportConnectionVersion() throws Exception {
+        List<DiscoveryNode> knownNodes = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<>();
+        final Version previousVersion = VersionUtils.getPreviousVersion();
+        try (MockTransportService seedTransport = startTransport("seed_node", knownNodes, previousVersion);
+             MockTransportService discoverableTransport = startTransport("discoverable_node", knownNodes, Version.CURRENT)) {
+
+            DiscoveryNode seedNode = seedTransport.getLocalDiscoNode();
+            assertThat(seedNode, notNullValue());
+            knownNodes.add(seedNode);
+
+            DiscoveryNode oldVersionNode = discoverableTransport.getLocalDiscoNode();
+            assertThat(oldVersionNode, notNullValue());
+            knownNodes.add(oldVersionNode);
+
+            assertThat(seedNode.getVersion(), not(equalTo(oldVersionNode.getVersion())));
+            try (MockTransportService service = MockTransportService.createNewService(Settings.EMPTY, Version.CURRENT, threadPool, null)) {
+                final Transport.Connection seedConnection = new Transport.Connection() {
+                    @Override
+                    public DiscoveryNode getNode() {
+                        return seedNode;
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    public void sendRequest(long requestId, String action, TransportRequest request, TransportRequestOptions options)
+                        throws IOException, TransportException {
+                        // no-op
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    public void close() throws IOException {
+                        // no-op
+                    }
+                };
+                service.addDelegate(seedNode.getAddress(), new MockTransportService.DelegateTransport(service.getOriginalTransport()) {
+                    @Override
+                    public Connection getConnection(DiscoveryNode node) {
+                        if (node == seedNode) {
+                            return seedConnection;
+                        }
+                        return super.getConnection(node);
+                    }
+                });
+                service.start();
+                service.acceptIncomingRequests();
+                try (RemoteClusterConnection connection = new RemoteClusterConnection(Settings.EMPTY, "test-cluster",
+                    Arrays.asList(seedNode), service, Integer.MAX_VALUE, n -> true)) {
+                    connection.addConnectedNode(seedNode);
+                    for (DiscoveryNode node : knownNodes) {
+                        final Transport.Connection transportConnection = connection.getConnection(node);
+                        assertThat(transportConnection.getVersion(), equalTo(previousVersion));
+                    }
+                    assertThat(knownNodes, iterableWithSize(2));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     @SuppressForbidden(reason = "calls getLocalHost here but it's fine in this case")
     public void testSlowNodeCanBeCanceled() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
         try (ServerSocket socket = new MockServerSocket()) {