diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/sort/FieldSortBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/sort/FieldSortBuilder.java
index 6b2c82a7b67..405520e2302 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/sort/FieldSortBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/sort/FieldSortBuilder.java
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.search.sort;
 
-import static org.elasticsearch.search.sort.NestedSortBuilder.NESTED_FIELD;
-
 import org.apache.lucene.search.SortField;
 import org.elasticsearch.Version;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
@@ -46,6 +44,8 @@ import org.elasticsearch.search.MultiValueMode;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
+import static org.elasticsearch.search.sort.NestedSortBuilder.NESTED_FIELD;
+
 /**
  * A sort builder to sort based on a document field.
  */
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public class FieldSortBuilder extends SortBuilder<FieldSortBuilder> {
         order = in.readOptionalWriteable(SortOrder::readFromStream);
         sortMode = in.readOptionalWriteable(SortMode::readFromStream);
         unmappedType = in.readOptionalString();
-        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_6_1_0)) {
+        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_7_0_0_alpha1)) {
             nestedSort = in.readOptionalWriteable(NestedSortBuilder::new);
         }
     }
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public class FieldSortBuilder extends SortBuilder<FieldSortBuilder> {
         out.writeOptionalWriteable(order);
         out.writeOptionalWriteable(sortMode);
         out.writeOptionalString(unmappedType);
-        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_6_1_0)) {
+        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_7_0_0_alpha1)) {
             out.writeOptionalWriteable(nestedSort);
         }
     }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/sort/GeoDistanceSortBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/sort/GeoDistanceSortBuilder.java
index f639f760223..686b241489b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/sort/GeoDistanceSortBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/sort/GeoDistanceSortBuilder.java
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ public class GeoDistanceSortBuilder extends SortBuilder<GeoDistanceSortBuilder>
         sortMode = in.readOptionalWriteable(SortMode::readFromStream);
         nestedFilter = in.readOptionalNamedWriteable(QueryBuilder.class);
         nestedPath = in.readOptionalString();
-        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_6_1_0)) {
+        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_7_0_0_alpha1)) {
             nestedSort = in.readOptionalWriteable(NestedSortBuilder::new);
         }
         validation = GeoValidationMethod.readFromStream(in);
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ public class GeoDistanceSortBuilder extends SortBuilder<GeoDistanceSortBuilder>
         out.writeOptionalWriteable(sortMode);
         out.writeOptionalNamedWriteable(nestedFilter);
         out.writeOptionalString(nestedPath);
-        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_6_1_0)) {
+        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_7_0_0_alpha1)) {
             out.writeOptionalWriteable(nestedSort);
         }
         validation.writeTo(out);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/sort/ScriptSortBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/sort/ScriptSortBuilder.java
index e9f28f4617e..866ace6313e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/sort/ScriptSortBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/sort/ScriptSortBuilder.java
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public class ScriptSortBuilder extends SortBuilder<ScriptSortBuilder> {
         sortMode = in.readOptionalWriteable(SortMode::readFromStream);
         nestedPath = in.readOptionalString();
         nestedFilter = in.readOptionalNamedWriteable(QueryBuilder.class);
-        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_6_1_0)) {
+        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_7_0_0_alpha1)) {
             nestedSort = in.readOptionalWriteable(NestedSortBuilder::new);
         }
     }
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public class ScriptSortBuilder extends SortBuilder<ScriptSortBuilder> {
         out.writeOptionalWriteable(sortMode);
         out.writeOptionalString(nestedPath);
         out.writeOptionalNamedWriteable(nestedFilter);
-        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_6_1_0)) {
+        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_7_0_0_alpha1)) {
             out.writeOptionalWriteable(nestedSort);
         }
     }