Fix version check after backport

[mgodwan]

Fix version check after backport

Check List

• Functionality includes testing.
• API changes companion pull request created, if applicable.
• Public documentation issue/PR created, if applicable.

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❌ Gradle check result for 5754b0b: FAILURE

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✅ Gradle check result for 5754b0b: SUCCESS

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✅ Gradle check result for 563f69c: SUCCESS

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Codecov Report

Attention: Patch coverage is 0% with 2 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.

Project coverage is 71.79%. Comparing base (1fe58b5) to head (563f69c).
Report is 5 commits behind head on main.

Files	Patch %	Lines
...arch/cluster/metadata/ComposableIndexTemplate.java	0.00%	0 Missing and 2 partials ⚠️

Additional details and impacted files

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##               main   #14985    +/-   ##
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  Coverage     71.78%   71.79%            
- Complexity    62694    62731    +37     
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  Files          5160     5161     +1     
  Lines        294211   294357   +146     
  Branches      42553    42576    +23     
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+ Hits         211212   211329   +117     
- Misses        65599    65654    +55     
+ Partials      17400    17374    -26     

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[mgodwan]

Codecov is failing due to partial hits on if condition i.e. no false evaluation
We cannot provide a version less than 2.16 since cluster won't come up itself due to wire compatibility failure.