diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/descriptor.cc b/src/google/protobuf/descriptor.cc
index 08870ccac099b..901f883874ba8 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/descriptor.cc
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/descriptor.cc
@@ -7737,7 +7737,8 @@ void DescriptorBuilder::ValidateOptions(const FieldDescriptor* field,
 
   // The following check is temporarily OSS only till we fix all affected
   // google3 TAP tests.
-  if (field->options().has_ctype()) {
+  if (field->file()->edition() >= Edition::EDITION_2023 &&
+      field->options().has_ctype()) {
     if (field->cpp_type() != FieldDescriptor::CPPTYPE_STRING) {
       AddError(
           field->full_name(), proto, DescriptorPool::ErrorCollector::TYPE,
diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/descriptor_unittest.cc b/src/google/protobuf/descriptor_unittest.cc
index f0b6eef050004..de25e35476ba8 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/descriptor_unittest.cc
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/descriptor_unittest.cc
@@ -2957,6 +2957,9 @@ TEST_F(MiscTest, InvalidFieldOptions) {
   FileDescriptorProto file_proto;
   file_proto.set_name("foo.proto");
 
+  file_proto.set_syntax("editions");
+  file_proto.set_edition(Edition::EDITION_2023);
+
   DescriptorProto* message_proto = AddMessage(&file_proto, "TestMessage");
   AddField(message_proto, "foo", 1, FieldDescriptorProto::LABEL_OPTIONAL,
            FieldDescriptorProto::TYPE_INT32);