diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryPrepareForTranslogOperationsRequest.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryPrepareForTranslogOperationsRequest.java
index ce96013d343..28df2897d97 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryPrepareForTranslogOperationsRequest.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryPrepareForTranslogOperationsRequest.java
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ class RecoveryPrepareForTranslogOperationsRequest extends TransportRequest {
         out.writeLong(recoveryId);
         shardId.writeTo(out);
         out.writeVInt(totalTranslogOps);
-        if (out.getVersion().before(Version.V_6_2_0)) {
+        if (out.getVersion().before(Version.V_6_0_0_alpha1)) {
             out.writeLong(IndexRequest.UNSET_AUTO_GENERATED_TIMESTAMP); // maxUnsafeAutoIdTimestamp
         }
-        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_7_0_0_alpha1)) {
+        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_6_2_0)) {
             out.writeBoolean(createNewTranslog);
         }
     }