diff --git a/command/snapshot/save/snapshot_save.go b/command/snapshot/save/snapshot_save.go
index a15147baa4c7..0b776e11bf4b 100644
--- a/command/snapshot/save/snapshot_save.go
+++ b/command/snapshot/save/snapshot_save.go
@@ -75,9 +75,7 @@ func (c *cmd) Run(args []string) int {
 
 	if len(appendFileNameFlags) != 0 && len(c.appendFileNameFlag.String()) > 0 {
 		agentSelfResponse, err := client.Agent().Self()
-		operatorHealthResponse, error := client.Operator().AutopilotServerHealth(nil)
-
-		if err != nil && error != nil {
+		if err != nil {
 			c.UI.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error connecting to Consul agent and fetching datacenter/version: %s", err))
 			return 1
 		}
@@ -86,11 +84,19 @@ func (c *cmd) Run(args []string) int {
 		fileNameWithoutExt := strings.TrimSuffix(file, fileExt)
 
 		if slices.Contains(appendFileNameFlags, "version") {
-			if config, ok := agentSelfResponse["Config"]; ok {
-				if version, ok := config["Version"]; ok {
-					fileNameWithoutExt = fileNameWithoutExt + "-" + version.(string)
+			operatorHealthResponse, err := client.Operator().AutopilotServerHealth(nil)
+			if err != nil {
+				c.UI.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error fetching version of Consul agent Leader: %s", err))
+				return 1
+			}
+			version := ""
+			for _, server := range operatorHealthResponse.Servers {
+				if server.Leader {
+					version = server.Version
+					break
 				}
 			}
+			fileNameWithoutExt = fileNameWithoutExt + "-" + version
 		}
 
 		if slices.Contains(appendFileNameFlags, "dc") {
diff --git a/command/snapshot/save/snapshot_save_test.go b/command/snapshot/save/snapshot_save_test.go
index a5fce4133dec..702d43a08ca7 100644
--- a/command/snapshot/save/snapshot_save_test.go
+++ b/command/snapshot/save/snapshot_save_test.go
@@ -88,19 +88,11 @@ func TestSnapshotSaveCommandWithAppendFileNameFlag(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := testutil.TempDir(t, "snapshot")
 	file := filepath.Join(dir, "backup.tgz")
 	args := []string{
-		"-append-filename=version,dc,node,status",
+		"-append-filename=version,dc",
 		"-http-addr=" + a.HTTPAddr(),
 		file,
 	}
 
-	stats := a.Stats()
-
-	status := "follower"
-
-	if stats["consul"]["leader"] == "true" {
-		status = "leader"
-	}
-
 	// We need to use the self endpoint here for ENT, which returns the product suffix (+ent)
 	self, err := client.Agent().Self()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -108,14 +100,21 @@ func TestSnapshotSaveCommandWithAppendFileNameFlag(t *testing.T) {
 	cfg, ok := self["Config"]
 	require.True(t, ok)
 
-	versionAny, ok := cfg["Version"]
+	dc, ok := cfg["Datacenter"]
 	require.True(t, ok)
 
-	version, ok := versionAny.(string)
-	require.True(t, ok)
+	datacenter := dc.(string)
+
+	operatorHealth, err := client.Operator().AutopilotServerHealth(nil)
+
+	version := ""
+	for _, server := range operatorHealth.Servers {
+		if server.Leader {
+			version = server.Version
+		}
+	}
 
-	newFilePath := filepath.Join(dir, "backup"+"-"+version+"-"+a.Config.Datacenter+
-		"-"+a.Config.NodeName+"-"+status+".tgz")
+	newFilePath := filepath.Join(dir, "backup"+"-"+version+"-"+datacenter+".tgz")
 
 	code := c.Run(args)
 	if code != 0 {