diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/shrink/ResizeRequest.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/shrink/ResizeRequest.java
index f83431994a649..9f9c85933f394 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/shrink/ResizeRequest.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/shrink/ResizeRequest.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public ResizeRequest(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         sourceIndex = in.readString();
         type = in.readEnum(ResizeType.class);
         copySettings = in.readOptionalBoolean();
-        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
+        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_5_0)) {
             maxShardSize = in.readOptionalWriteable(ByteSizeValue::new);
         }
     }
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         out.writeString(sourceIndex);
         out.writeEnum(type);
         out.writeOptionalBoolean(copySettings);
-        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
+        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_5_0)) {
             out.writeOptionalWriteable(maxShardSize);
         }
     }