diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/VersionTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/VersionTests.java
index de377aa3532..5ed9143ce2e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/VersionTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/VersionTests.java
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.Version.V_0_20_0;
 import static org.elasticsearch.Version.V_0_90_0;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.sameInstance;
 
 public class VersionTests extends ElasticsearchTestCase {
 
@@ -48,4 +50,16 @@ public class VersionTests extends ElasticsearchTestCase {
         assertThat(V_0_90_0.onOrAfter(V_0_20_0), is(true));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testVersionConstantPresent() {
+        assertThat(Version.CURRENT, sameInstance(Version.fromId(Version.CURRENT.id)));
+        assertThat(Version.CURRENT.luceneVersion.ordinal(), equalTo(org.apache.lucene.util.Version.LUCENE_CURRENT.ordinal() - 1));
+        final int iters = atLeast(20);
+        for (int i = 0; i < iters; i++) {
+            Version version = randomVersion();
+            assertThat(version, sameInstance(Version.fromId(version.id)));
+            assertThat(version.luceneVersion, sameInstance(Version.fromId(version.id).luceneVersion));
+        }
+    }
+
 }
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