diff --git a/common/src/main/scala/org/apache/celeborn/common/protocol/message/ControlMessages.scala b/common/src/main/scala/org/apache/celeborn/common/protocol/message/ControlMessages.scala
index 36f164d697e..e12d4b697f7 100644
--- a/common/src/main/scala/org/apache/celeborn/common/protocol/message/ControlMessages.scala
+++ b/common/src/main/scala/org/apache/celeborn/common/protocol/message/ControlMessages.scala
@@ -1364,7 +1364,13 @@ object ControlMessages extends Logging {
       case HEARTBEAT_FROM_APPLICATION_RESPONSE_VALUE =>
         val pbHeartbeatFromApplicationResponse =
           PbHeartbeatFromApplicationResponse.parseFrom(message.getPayload)
-        val pbCheckQuotaResponse = pbHeartbeatFromApplicationResponse.getCheckQuotaResponse
+        val checkQuotaResponse =
+          if (pbHeartbeatFromApplicationResponse.hasCheckQuotaResponse) {
+            val pbCheckQuotaResponse = pbHeartbeatFromApplicationResponse.getCheckQuotaResponse
+            CheckQuotaResponse(pbCheckQuotaResponse.getAvailable, pbCheckQuotaResponse.getReason)
+          } else {
+            CheckQuotaResponse(isAvailable = true, "")
+          }
         HeartbeatFromApplicationResponse(
           StatusCode.fromValue(pbHeartbeatFromApplicationResponse.getStatus),
           pbHeartbeatFromApplicationResponse.getExcludedWorkersList.asScala
@@ -1374,7 +1380,7 @@ object ControlMessages extends Logging {
           pbHeartbeatFromApplicationResponse.getShuttingWorkersList.asScala
             .map(PbSerDeUtils.fromPbWorkerInfo).toList.asJava,
           pbHeartbeatFromApplicationResponse.getRegisteredShufflesList,
-          CheckQuotaResponse(pbCheckQuotaResponse.getAvailable, pbCheckQuotaResponse.getReason))
+          checkQuotaResponse)
 
       case CHECK_QUOTA_VALUE =>
         val pbCheckAvailable = PbCheckQuota.parseFrom(message.getPayload)
diff --git a/common/src/test/scala/org/apache/celeborn/common/util/PbSerDeUtilsTest.scala b/common/src/test/scala/org/apache/celeborn/common/util/PbSerDeUtilsTest.scala
index 5b8fe9979a1..47b618b566e 100644
--- a/common/src/test/scala/org/apache/celeborn/common/util/PbSerDeUtilsTest.scala
+++ b/common/src/test/scala/org/apache/celeborn/common/util/PbSerDeUtilsTest.scala
@@ -31,10 +31,11 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.shaded.org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils
 import org.apache.celeborn.CelebornFunSuite
 import org.apache.celeborn.common.identity.UserIdentifier
 import org.apache.celeborn.common.meta._
-import org.apache.celeborn.common.protocol.{PartitionLocation, PartitionType, PbFileInfo, PbPackedWorkerResource, PbWorkerResource, StorageInfo}
+import org.apache.celeborn.common.network.protocol.TransportMessage
+import org.apache.celeborn.common.protocol.{MessageType, PartitionLocation, PartitionType, PbFileInfo, PbHeartbeatFromApplicationResponse, PbPackedWorkerResource, PbWorkerResource, StorageInfo}
 import org.apache.celeborn.common.protocol.PartitionLocation.Mode
 import org.apache.celeborn.common.protocol.message.{ControlMessages, StatusCode}
-import org.apache.celeborn.common.protocol.message.ControlMessages.{GetReducerFileGroupResponse, WorkerResource}
+import org.apache.celeborn.common.protocol.message.ControlMessages.{CheckQuotaResponse, GetReducerFileGroupResponse, HeartbeatFromApplicationResponse, WorkerResource}
 import org.apache.celeborn.common.quota.ResourceConsumption
 import org.apache.celeborn.common.util.PbSerDeUtils.{fromPbPackedPartitionLocationsPair, toPbPackedPartitionLocationsPair, toPbUserIdentifier}
 import org.apache.celeborn.common.write.LocationPushFailedBatches
@@ -806,4 +807,52 @@ class PbSerDeUtilsTest extends CelebornFunSuite {
     assert(restoredFailedBatch.equals(failedBatch))
   }
 
+  test("fromAndToHeartbeatFromApplicationResponse") {
+    val heartbeatFromApplicationResponse = HeartbeatFromApplicationResponse(
+      StatusCode.SUCCESS,
+      mockWorkers("host0").toList.asJava,
+      mockWorkers("host1").toList.asJava,
+      mockWorkers("host2").toList.asJava,
+      Array(Integer.valueOf(1)).toList.asJava,
+      CheckQuotaResponse(isAvailable = false, "test_reason"))
+    val toTransportHeartbeatFromApplicationResponse =
+      ControlMessages.toTransportMessage(heartbeatFromApplicationResponse)
+    val fromTransportHeartbeatFromApplicationResponse =
+      ControlMessages.fromTransportMessage(toTransportHeartbeatFromApplicationResponse)
+        .asInstanceOf[HeartbeatFromApplicationResponse]
+
+    assert(fromTransportHeartbeatFromApplicationResponse.equals(heartbeatFromApplicationResponse))
+  }
+
+  test("HeartbeatFromApplicationResponse backward compatibility without checkQuotaResponse") {
+    val payload = PbHeartbeatFromApplicationResponse.newBuilder()
+      .setStatus(StatusCode.SUCCESS.getValue)
+      .addAllExcludedWorkers(
+        mockWorkers("host0").map(PbSerDeUtils.toPbWorkerInfo(
+          _,
+          true,
+          true)).toList.asJava)
+      .addAllUnknownWorkers(
+        mockWorkers("host1").map(PbSerDeUtils.toPbWorkerInfo(
+          _,
+          true,
+          true)).toList.asJava)
+      .addAllShuttingWorkers(
+        mockWorkers("host2").map(PbSerDeUtils.toPbWorkerInfo(
+          _,
+          true,
+          true)).toList.asJava)
+      .addAllRegisteredShuffles(Array(Integer.valueOf(1)).toList.asJava)
+      .build().toByteArray
+    val fromTransportHeartbeatFromApplicationResponse = ControlMessages.fromTransportMessage(
+      new TransportMessage(MessageType.HEARTBEAT_FROM_APPLICATION_RESPONSE, payload))
+      .asInstanceOf[HeartbeatFromApplicationResponse]
+    assert(
+      fromTransportHeartbeatFromApplicationResponse.checkQuotaResponse.isAvailable.equals(true))
+    assert(fromTransportHeartbeatFromApplicationResponse.checkQuotaResponse.reason.equals(""))
+  }
+
+  def mockWorkers(host: String): Array[WorkerInfo] = {
+    Array(new WorkerInfo(host, -1, -1, -1, -1))
+  }
 }