diff --git a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/openwire/OpenWireFormat.java b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/openwire/OpenWireFormat.java
index d9375ba32e..62e269cdb0 100755
--- a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/openwire/OpenWireFormat.java
+++ b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/openwire/OpenWireFormat.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import org.apache.activemq.wireformat.WireFormat;
 public final class OpenWireFormat implements WireFormat {
 
     public static final int DEFAULT_VERSION = CommandTypes.PROTOCOL_STORE_VERSION;
+    public static final int DEFAULT_WIRE_VERSION = CommandTypes.PROTOCOL_VERSION;
 
     static final byte NULL_TYPE = CommandTypes.NULL;
     private static final int MARSHAL_CACHE_SIZE = Short.MAX_VALUE / 2;
diff --git a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/openwire/OpenWireFormatFactory.java b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/openwire/OpenWireFormatFactory.java
index 083c155484..4b297f48f9 100755
--- a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/openwire/OpenWireFormatFactory.java
+++ b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/openwire/OpenWireFormatFactory.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
  */
 package org.apache.activemq.openwire;
 
-import org.apache.activemq.command.CommandTypes;
 import org.apache.activemq.command.WireFormatInfo;
 import org.apache.activemq.wireformat.WireFormat;
 import org.apache.activemq.wireformat.WireFormatFactory;
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ public class OpenWireFormatFactory implements WireFormatFactory {
     // default negotiation.
     //
 
-    private int version = CommandTypes.PROTOCOL_VERSION;
+    private int version = OpenWireFormat.DEFAULT_WIRE_VERSION;
     private boolean stackTraceEnabled = true;
     private boolean tcpNoDelayEnabled = true;
     private boolean cacheEnabled = true;
diff --git a/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/openwire/DataFileGeneratorTestSupport.java b/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/openwire/DataFileGeneratorTestSupport.java
index 85024920a5..60b31a06bf 100644
--- a/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/openwire/DataFileGeneratorTestSupport.java
+++ b/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/openwire/DataFileGeneratorTestSupport.java
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ public abstract class DataFileGeneratorTestSupport extends TestSupport {
         OpenWireFormat wf = new OpenWireFormat();
         wf.setCacheEnabled(true);
         wf.setStackTraceEnabled(false);
-        wf.setVersion(OpenWireFormat.DEFAULT_VERSION);
+        wf.setVersion(OpenWireFormat.DEFAULT_WIRE_VERSION);
         return wf;
     }