diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersions.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersions.java
index dc7e563759241..6aa13508ec467 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersions.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersions.java
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ static TransportVersion def(int id) {
     public static final TransportVersion V_8_14_0 = def(8_636_00_1);
     public static final TransportVersion V_8_15_0 = def(8_702_00_2);
     public static final TransportVersion V_8_15_2 = def(8_702_00_3);
+    public static final TransportVersion QUERY_RULES_LIST_INCLUDES_TYPES_BACKPORT_8_15 = def(8_702_00_4);
     public static final TransportVersion ML_INFERENCE_DONT_DELETE_WHEN_SEMANTIC_TEXT_EXISTS = def(8_703_00_0);
     public static final TransportVersion INFERENCE_ADAPTIVE_ALLOCATIONS = def(8_704_00_0);
     public static final TransportVersion INDEX_REQUEST_UPDATE_BY_SCRIPT_ORIGIN = def(8_705_00_0);
@@ -177,6 +178,7 @@ static TransportVersion def(int id) {
     public static final TransportVersion INFERENCE_DONT_PERSIST_ON_READ_BACKPORT_8_16 = def(8_772_00_1);
     public static final TransportVersion ADD_COMPATIBILITY_VERSIONS_TO_NODE_INFO_BACKPORT_8_16 = def(8_772_00_2);
     public static final TransportVersion SKIP_INNER_HITS_SEARCH_SOURCE_BACKPORT_8_16 = def(8_772_00_3);
+    public static final TransportVersion QUERY_RULES_LIST_INCLUDES_TYPES_BACKPORT_8_16 = def(8_772_00_4);
     public static final TransportVersion REMOVE_MIN_COMPATIBLE_SHARD_NODE = def(8_773_00_0);
     public static final TransportVersion REVERT_REMOVE_MIN_COMPATIBLE_SHARD_NODE = def(8_774_00_0);
     public static final TransportVersion ESQL_FIELD_ATTRIBUTE_PARENT_SIMPLIFIED = def(8_775_00_0);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ent-search/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/application/rules/QueryRulesetListItem.java b/x-pack/plugin/ent-search/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/application/rules/QueryRulesetListItem.java
index a5e2d3f79da0e..3a61c848d3813 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ent-search/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/application/rules/QueryRulesetListItem.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ent-search/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/application/rules/QueryRulesetListItem.java
@@ -67,7 +67,10 @@ public QueryRulesetListItem(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         } else {
             this.criteriaTypeToCountMap = Map.of();
         }
-        if (in.getTransportVersion().onOrAfter(TransportVersions.QUERY_RULES_LIST_INCLUDES_TYPES)) {
+        TransportVersion streamTransportVersion = in.getTransportVersion();
+        if (streamTransportVersion.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.QUERY_RULES_LIST_INCLUDES_TYPES_BACKPORT_8_15)
+            || streamTransportVersion.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.QUERY_RULES_LIST_INCLUDES_TYPES_BACKPORT_8_16)
+            || streamTransportVersion.onOrAfter(TransportVersions.QUERY_RULES_LIST_INCLUDES_TYPES)) {
             this.ruleTypeToCountMap = in.readMap(m -> in.readEnum(QueryRule.QueryRuleType.class), StreamInput::readInt);
         } else {
             this.ruleTypeToCountMap = Map.of();
@@ -100,7 +103,10 @@ public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         if (out.getTransportVersion().onOrAfter(EXPANDED_RULESET_COUNT_TRANSPORT_VERSION)) {
             out.writeMap(criteriaTypeToCountMap, StreamOutput::writeEnum, StreamOutput::writeInt);
         }
-        if (out.getTransportVersion().onOrAfter(TransportVersions.QUERY_RULES_LIST_INCLUDES_TYPES)) {
+        TransportVersion streamTransportVersion = out.getTransportVersion();
+        if (streamTransportVersion.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.QUERY_RULES_LIST_INCLUDES_TYPES_BACKPORT_8_15)
+            || streamTransportVersion.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.QUERY_RULES_LIST_INCLUDES_TYPES_BACKPORT_8_16)
+            || streamTransportVersion.onOrAfter(TransportVersions.QUERY_RULES_LIST_INCLUDES_TYPES)) {
             out.writeMap(ruleTypeToCountMap, StreamOutput::writeEnum, StreamOutput::writeInt);
         }
     }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ent-search/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/application/rules/action/ListQueryRulesetsActionResponseBWCSerializingTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/ent-search/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/application/rules/action/ListQueryRulesetsActionResponseBWCSerializingTests.java
index 27ac214558f89..27d5e240534b2 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ent-search/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/application/rules/action/ListQueryRulesetsActionResponseBWCSerializingTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ent-search/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/application/rules/action/ListQueryRulesetsActionResponseBWCSerializingTests.java
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ protected ListQueryRulesetsAction.Response mutateInstanceForVersion(
         ListQueryRulesetsAction.Response instance,
         TransportVersion version
     ) {
-        if (version.onOrAfter(TransportVersions.QUERY_RULES_LIST_INCLUDES_TYPES)) {
+        if (version.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.QUERY_RULES_LIST_INCLUDES_TYPES_BACKPORT_8_15)
+            || version.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.QUERY_RULES_LIST_INCLUDES_TYPES_BACKPORT_8_16)
+            || version.onOrAfter(TransportVersions.QUERY_RULES_LIST_INCLUDES_TYPES)) {
             return instance;
         } else if (version.onOrAfter(QueryRulesetListItem.EXPANDED_RULESET_COUNT_TRANSPORT_VERSION)) {
             List<QueryRulesetListItem> updatedResults = new ArrayList<>();