diff --git a/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/job/config/Job.java b/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/job/config/Job.java
index c898415b5f7..f08b4ff93b0 100644
--- a/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/job/config/Job.java
+++ b/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/job/config/Job.java
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ public class Job extends AbstractDiffable<Job> implements Writeable, ToXContentO
         resultsRetentionDays = in.readOptionalLong();
         customSettings = in.readMap();
         modelSnapshotId = in.readOptionalString();
-        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_6_3_0) && in.readBoolean()) {
+        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_7_0_0_alpha1) && in.readBoolean()) {
             modelSnapshotMinVersion = Version.readVersion(in);
         } else {
             modelSnapshotMinVersion = null;