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 affa8dbb8fa69..57b6c8de5889b 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
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ public NodeStats(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         } else {
             taskCancellationStats = null;
         }
-        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_9_0)) { // TODO Update to 2_9_0 when we backport to 2.x
+        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_9_0)) {
             searchPipelineStats = in.readOptionalWriteable(SearchPipelineStats::new);
         } else {
             searchPipelineStats = null;
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_9_0)) {
             out.writeOptionalWriteable(taskCancellationStats);
         }
-        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_9_0)) { // TODO: Update to 2_9_0 once we backport to 2.x
+        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_9_0)) {
             out.writeOptionalWriteable(searchPipelineStats);
         }
     }