diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/CommonStatsFlags.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/CommonStatsFlags.java
index cf09a6ff7a093..e80a7cc8a1730 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/CommonStatsFlags.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/CommonStatsFlags.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public CommonStatsFlags(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         fieldDataFields = in.readStringArray();
         completionDataFields = in.readStringArray();
         includeSegmentFileSizes = in.readBoolean();
-        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_8_0_0)) {
+        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_7_1_0)) {
             includeUnloadedSegments = in.readBoolean();
         }
     }
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         out.writeStringArrayNullable(fieldDataFields);
         out.writeStringArrayNullable(completionDataFields);
         out.writeBoolean(includeSegmentFileSizes);
-        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_8_0_0)) {
+        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_7_1_0)) {
             out.writeBoolean(includeUnloadedSegments);
         }
     }