diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/analytics/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/analytics/rate/RateAggregationBuilder.java b/x-pack/plugin/analytics/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/analytics/rate/RateAggregationBuilder.java
index 12120e88a892d..53e1c57b91aef 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/analytics/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/analytics/rate/RateAggregationBuilder.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/analytics/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/analytics/rate/RateAggregationBuilder.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public RateAggregationBuilder(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         } else {
             rateUnit = null;
         }
-        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_8_0_0)) {
+        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_7_11_0)) {
             if (in.readBoolean()) {
                 rateMode = in.readEnum(RateMode.class);
             }
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ protected void innerWriteTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         } else {
             out.writeByte((byte) 0);
         }
-        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_8_0_0)) {
+        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_7_11_0)) {
             if (rateMode != null) {
                 out.writeBoolean(true);
                 out.writeEnum(rateMode);