diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/ClusterModule.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/ClusterModule.java
index b001d188585a2..1e982ca25e1a4 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/ClusterModule.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/ClusterModule.java
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ public class ClusterModule extends AbstractModule {
 
     public static final String BALANCED_ALLOCATOR = "balanced";
     public static final String DESIRED_BALANCE_ALLOCATOR = "desired_balance"; // default
+    @UpdateForV10(owner = UpdateForV10.Owner.DISTRIBUTED_COORDINATION)
     public static final Setting<String> SHARDS_ALLOCATOR_TYPE_SETTING = Setting.simpleString(
         "cluster.routing.allocation.type",
         DESIRED_BALANCE_ALLOCATOR,