diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/tasks/TaskInfo.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/tasks/TaskInfo.java
index 2e5415279d804..d66647d134d43 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/tasks/TaskInfo.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/tasks/TaskInfo.java
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ public TaskInfo(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         } else {
             resourceStats = null;
         }
-        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
+        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_8_0)) {
             cancellationStartTime = in.readOptionalLong();
         } else {
             cancellationStartTime = null;
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_1_0)) {
             out.writeOptionalWriteable(resourceStats);
         }
-        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
+        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_8_0)) {
             out.writeOptionalLong(cancellationStartTime);
         }
     }