diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersions.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersions.java
index 64f185a450dca..b0eef1fc65d8e 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersions.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersions.java
@@ -200,7 +200,6 @@ static TransportVersion def(int id) {
     public static final TransportVersion ESQL_DOCUMENTS_FOUND_AND_VALUES_LOADED_8_19 = def(8_841_0_61);
     public static final TransportVersion ESQL_PROFILE_INCLUDE_PLAN_8_19 = def(8_841_0_62);
     public static final TransportVersion ESQL_SPLIT_ON_BIG_VALUES_8_19 = def(8_841_0_63);
-    public static final TransportVersion ESQL_FIXED_INDEX_LIKE_8_19 = def(8_841_0_64);
     public static final TransportVersion INITIAL_ELASTICSEARCH_8_19_4 = def(8_841_0_68);
     public static final TransportVersion INITIAL_ELASTICSEARCH_9_0 = def(9_000_0_00);
     public static final TransportVersion REMOVE_SNAPSHOT_FAILURES_90 = def(9_000_0_01);
@@ -325,7 +324,6 @@ static TransportVersion def(int id) {
     public static final TransportVersion ESQL_PROFILE_INCLUDE_PLAN = def(9_111_0_00);
     public static final TransportVersion MAPPINGS_IN_DATA_STREAMS = def(9_112_0_00);
     public static final TransportVersion ESQL_SPLIT_ON_BIG_VALUES_9_1 = def(9_112_0_01);
-    public static final TransportVersion ESQL_FIXED_INDEX_LIKE_9_1 = def(9_112_0_02);
     public static final TransportVersion INITIAL_ELASTICSEARCH_9_1_4 = def(9_112_0_07);
 
     /*
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/WildcardQueryBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/WildcardQueryBuilder.java
index 2d100efd7858f..9b64ec672afe3 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/WildcardQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/WildcardQueryBuilder.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 import org.apache.lucene.search.MultiTermQuery;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.Query;
 import org.elasticsearch.TransportVersion;
-import org.elasticsearch.TransportVersions;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ParsingException;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
@@ -41,6 +40,7 @@
  */
 public class WildcardQueryBuilder extends AbstractQueryBuilder<WildcardQueryBuilder> implements MultiTermQueryBuilder {
     public static final String NAME = "wildcard";
+    private static final TransportVersion ESQL_FIXED_INDEX_LIKE = TransportVersion.fromName("esql_fixed_index_like");
 
     private static final ParseField WILDCARD_FIELD = new ParseField("wildcard");
     private static final ParseField VALUE_FIELD = new ParseField("value");
@@ -126,8 +126,7 @@ protected void doWriteTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
      * Returns true if the Transport version is compatible with ESQL_FIXED_INDEX_LIKE
      */
     public static boolean expressionTransportSupported(TransportVersion version) {
-        return version.onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ESQL_FIXED_INDEX_LIKE_9_1)
-            || version.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ESQL_FIXED_INDEX_LIKE_8_19);
+        return version.supports(ESQL_FIXED_INDEX_LIKE);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/esql_fixed_index_like.csv b/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/esql_fixed_index_like.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8877f97304f36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/esql_fixed_index_like.csv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9119000,9112002,8841064
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/io/stream/PlanStreamWrapperQueryBuilder.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/io/stream/PlanStreamWrapperQueryBuilder.java
index 17554e8bf09fe..72188253e8696 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/io/stream/PlanStreamWrapperQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/io/stream/PlanStreamWrapperQueryBuilder.java
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 import org.apache.lucene.search.Query;
 import org.elasticsearch.TransportVersion;
-import org.elasticsearch.TransportVersions;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.NamedWriteableRegistry;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
@@ -33,6 +32,8 @@ public class PlanStreamWrapperQueryBuilder implements QueryBuilder {
         PlanStreamWrapperQueryBuilder::new
     );
 
+    private static final TransportVersion ESQL_FIXED_INDEX_LIKE = TransportVersion.fromName("esql_fixed_index_like");
+
     private final Configuration configuration;
     private final QueryBuilder next;
 
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
 
     @Override
     public TransportVersion getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
-        return TransportVersions.ESQL_FIXED_INDEX_LIKE_9_1;
+        return ESQL_FIXED_INDEX_LIKE;
     }
 
     @Override