diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/CCRInfoTransportAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/CCRInfoTransportAction.java
index 3a6e17a92885d..da6fd885f98a3 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/CCRInfoTransportAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/CCRInfoTransportAction.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public Usage(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         }
 
         @Override
-        public Version version() {
+        public Version getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
             return Version.V_7_0_0;
         }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/XPackFeatureSet.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/XPackFeatureSet.java
index 428241f2da6a6..f6aee5f84d568 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/XPackFeatureSet.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/XPackFeatureSet.java
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.Version;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.NamedWriteable;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.VersionedNamedWriteable;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContentObject;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public interface XPackFeatureSet {
 
     boolean enabled();
 
-    abstract class Usage implements ToXContentObject, NamedWriteable {
+    abstract class Usage implements ToXContentObject, VersionedNamedWriteable {
 
         private static final String AVAILABLE_XFIELD = "available";
         private static final String ENABLED_XFIELD = "enabled";
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public Usage(String name, boolean available, boolean enabled) {
             this.enabled = enabled;
         }
 
-        public abstract Version version();
+        public abstract Version getMinimalSupportedVersion();
 
         public String name() {
             return name;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/XPackUsageResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/XPackUsageResponse.java
index c2ebca2811e7a..3b7df1a02fb1b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/XPackUsageResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/XPackUsageResponse.java
@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ public List<XPackFeatureSet.Usage> getUsages() {
     @Override
     public void writeTo(final StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         // we can only write the usages with version the coordinating node is compatible with otherwise it will not know the named writeable
-        final List<XPackFeatureSet.Usage> usagesToWrite =
-            usages.stream().filter(usage -> out.getVersion().onOrAfter(usage.version())).collect(Collectors.toUnmodifiableList());
+        final List<XPackFeatureSet.Usage> usagesToWrite = usages
+            .stream()
+            .filter(usage -> out.getVersion().onOrAfter(usage.getMinimalSupportedVersion()))
+            .collect(Collectors.toUnmodifiableList());
         writeTo(out, usagesToWrite);
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/analytics/AnalyticsFeatureSetUsage.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/analytics/AnalyticsFeatureSetUsage.java
index edf01e26e3613..587276ecc52ea 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/analytics/AnalyticsFeatureSetUsage.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/analytics/AnalyticsFeatureSetUsage.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public AnalyticsFeatureSetUsage(StreamInput input) throws IOException {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Version version() {
+    public Version getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
         return Version.V_7_4_0;
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/eql/EqlFeatureSetUsage.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/eql/EqlFeatureSetUsage.java
index bd3d44e37cdc4..a9c8b6dc71156 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/eql/EqlFeatureSetUsage.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/eql/EqlFeatureSetUsage.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Version version() {
+    public Version getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
         return Version.V_7_7_0;
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/frozen/FrozenIndicesFeatureSetUsage.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/frozen/FrozenIndicesFeatureSetUsage.java
index d8dee1f7b008c..062425e02db52 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/frozen/FrozenIndicesFeatureSetUsage.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/frozen/FrozenIndicesFeatureSetUsage.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public FrozenIndicesFeatureSetUsage(StreamInput input) throws IOException {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Version version() {
+    public Version getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
         return Version.V_7_0_0;
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/graph/GraphFeatureSetUsage.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/graph/GraphFeatureSetUsage.java
index 2ae230cd6e290..7feda8b5cd812 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/graph/GraphFeatureSetUsage.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/graph/GraphFeatureSetUsage.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public GraphFeatureSetUsage(boolean available, boolean enabled) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Version version() {
+    public Version getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
         return Version.V_7_0_0;
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ilm/IndexLifecycleFeatureSetUsage.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ilm/IndexLifecycleFeatureSetUsage.java
index e14eb7293ea90..87c24997efe81 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ilm/IndexLifecycleFeatureSetUsage.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ilm/IndexLifecycleFeatureSetUsage.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public IndexLifecycleFeatureSetUsage(StreamInput input) throws IOException {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Version version() {
+    public Version getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
         return Version.V_7_0_0;
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/logstash/LogstashFeatureSetUsage.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/logstash/LogstashFeatureSetUsage.java
index d9e9bc25e4ad9..53eab3334e529 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/logstash/LogstashFeatureSetUsage.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/logstash/LogstashFeatureSetUsage.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public LogstashFeatureSetUsage(boolean available, boolean enabled) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Version version() {
+    public Version getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
         return Version.V_7_0_0;
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/MachineLearningFeatureSetUsage.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/MachineLearningFeatureSetUsage.java
index 68e7650b58c35..9d641dbd4cfd7 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/MachineLearningFeatureSetUsage.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/MachineLearningFeatureSetUsage.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public MachineLearningFeatureSetUsage(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Version version() {
+    public Version getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
         return Version.V_7_0_0;
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/monitoring/MonitoringFeatureSetUsage.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/monitoring/MonitoringFeatureSetUsage.java
index f63bdb39ed676..acb15d8e7301c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/monitoring/MonitoringFeatureSetUsage.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/monitoring/MonitoringFeatureSetUsage.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public MonitoringFeatureSetUsage(boolean available, boolean enabled,
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Version version() {
+    public Version getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
         return Version.V_7_0_0;
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/RollupFeatureSetUsage.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/RollupFeatureSetUsage.java
index c0f78a25cf67c..3dfcc0d4e8c6d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/RollupFeatureSetUsage.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/RollupFeatureSetUsage.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public RollupFeatureSetUsage(boolean available, boolean enabled) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Version version() {
+    public Version getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
         return Version.V_7_0_0;
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/SecurityFeatureSetUsage.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/SecurityFeatureSetUsage.java
index 1d6725fafa82b..2f8f22fe030f6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/SecurityFeatureSetUsage.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/SecurityFeatureSetUsage.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public SecurityFeatureSetUsage(boolean available, boolean enabled, Map<String, O
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Version version() {
+    public Version getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
         return Version.V_7_0_0;
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/slm/SLMFeatureSetUsage.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/slm/SLMFeatureSetUsage.java
index e3474cb9d642d..42048086cea34 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/slm/SLMFeatureSetUsage.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/slm/SLMFeatureSetUsage.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public SLMFeatureSetUsage(boolean available, boolean enabled, @Nullable Snapshot
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Version version() {
+    public Version getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
         return Version.V_7_5_0;
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/spatial/SpatialFeatureSetUsage.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/spatial/SpatialFeatureSetUsage.java
index 7a2f3406ce5e9..27f3cb75224cc 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/spatial/SpatialFeatureSetUsage.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/spatial/SpatialFeatureSetUsage.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public SpatialFeatureSetUsage(StreamInput input) throws IOException {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Version version() {
+    public Version getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
         return Version.V_7_4_0;
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/sql/SqlFeatureSetUsage.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/sql/SqlFeatureSetUsage.java
index 3f1128815b5fe..c1a04232cc17b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/sql/SqlFeatureSetUsage.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/sql/SqlFeatureSetUsage.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public SqlFeatureSetUsage(boolean available, boolean enabled, Map<String, Object
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Version version() {
+    public Version getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
         return Version.V_7_0_0;
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/transform/TransformFeatureSetUsage.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/transform/TransformFeatureSetUsage.java
index bc6c5cf4970dd..81ed1f2ba3948 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/transform/TransformFeatureSetUsage.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/transform/TransformFeatureSetUsage.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public TransformFeatureSetUsage(boolean available, boolean enabled, Map<String,
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Version version() {
+    public Version getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
         return Version.V_7_5_0;
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/vectors/VectorsFeatureSetUsage.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/vectors/VectorsFeatureSetUsage.java
index 969154b13c1ad..a5eb5409f21af 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/vectors/VectorsFeatureSetUsage.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/vectors/VectorsFeatureSetUsage.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Version version() {
+    public Version getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
         return Version.V_7_3_0;
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/votingonly/VotingOnlyNodeFeatureSetUsage.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/votingonly/VotingOnlyNodeFeatureSetUsage.java
index eaeb729ea419e..6c1d23948e181 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/votingonly/VotingOnlyNodeFeatureSetUsage.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/votingonly/VotingOnlyNodeFeatureSetUsage.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public VotingOnlyNodeFeatureSetUsage(boolean available) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Version version() {
+    public Version getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
         return Version.V_7_3_0;
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/WatcherFeatureSetUsage.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/WatcherFeatureSetUsage.java
index d4515ad816ca0..bb3a63534d7f4 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/WatcherFeatureSetUsage.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/WatcherFeatureSetUsage.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public WatcherFeatureSetUsage(boolean available, boolean enabled, Map<String, Ob
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Version version() {
+    public Version getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
         return Version.V_7_0_0;
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/XPackUsageResponseTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/XPackUsageResponseTests.java
index b65ca5df67986..bcc5d0163ea7d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/XPackUsageResponseTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/XPackUsageResponseTests.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public OldUsage(final StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         }
 
         @Override
-        public Version version() {
+        public Version getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
             return oldVersion;
         }
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public NewUsage(final StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         }
 
         @Override
-        public Version version() {
+        public Version getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
             return newVersion;
         }