diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersions.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersions.java
index 57a24562344de..703e5c7af19ea 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersions.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersions.java
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ static TransportVersion def(int id) {
     public static final TransportVersion ML_INFERENCE_IBM_WATSONX_RERANK_ADDED = def(8_840_0_00);
     public static final TransportVersion COHERE_BIT_EMBEDDING_TYPE_SUPPORT_ADDED_BACKPORT_8_X = def(8_840_0_01);
     public static final TransportVersion REMOVE_ALL_APPLICABLE_SELECTOR_BACKPORT_8_X = def(8_840_0_02);
+    public static final TransportVersion ESQL_RETRY_ON_SHARD_LEVEL_FAILURE_BACKPORT_8_19 = def(8_840_0_03);
     public static final TransportVersion ELASTICSEARCH_9_0 = def(9_000_0_00);
     public static final TransportVersion REMOVE_SNAPSHOT_FAILURES_90 = def(9_000_0_01);
     public static final TransportVersion TRANSPORT_STATS_HANDLING_TIME_REQUIRED_90 = def(9_000_0_02);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/DataNodeComputeHandler.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/DataNodeComputeHandler.java
index 45048c4a142f1..3106a7b5a43cd 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/DataNodeComputeHandler.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/DataNodeComputeHandler.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.plugin;
 
+import org.elasticsearch.TransportVersion;
 import org.elasticsearch.TransportVersions;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListenerResponseHandler;
@@ -466,7 +467,12 @@ public void messageReceived(DataNodeRequest request, TransportChannel channel, T
             request.runNodeLevelReduction()
         );
         // the sender doesn't support retry on shard failures, so we need to fail fast here.
-        final boolean failFastOnShardFailures = channel.getVersion().before(TransportVersions.ESQL_RETRY_ON_SHARD_LEVEL_FAILURE);
+        final boolean failFastOnShardFailures = supportShardLevelRetryFailure(channel.getVersion()) == false;
         runComputeOnDataNode((CancellableTask) task, sessionId, reductionPlan, request, failFastOnShardFailures, listener);
     }
+
+    static boolean supportShardLevelRetryFailure(TransportVersion transportVersion) {
+        return transportVersion.onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ESQL_RETRY_ON_SHARD_LEVEL_FAILURE)
+            || transportVersion.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ESQL_RETRY_ON_SHARD_LEVEL_FAILURE_BACKPORT_8_19);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/DataNodeComputeResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/DataNodeComputeResponse.java
index 34a92fb135277..b1eb41ffc99d8 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/DataNodeComputeResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/DataNodeComputeResponse.java
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.plugin;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.TransportVersions;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 import org.elasticsearch.compute.operator.DriverProfile;
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ final class DataNodeComputeResponse extends TransportResponse {
     }
 
     DataNodeComputeResponse(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-        if (in.getTransportVersion().onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ESQL_RETRY_ON_SHARD_LEVEL_FAILURE)) {
+        if (DataNodeComputeHandler.supportShardLevelRetryFailure(in.getTransportVersion())) {
             this.profiles = in.readCollectionAsImmutableList(DriverProfile::new);
             this.shardLevelFailures = in.readMap(ShardId::new, StreamInput::readException);
         } else {
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ final class DataNodeComputeResponse extends TransportResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        if (out.getTransportVersion().onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ESQL_RETRY_ON_SHARD_LEVEL_FAILURE)) {
+        if (DataNodeComputeHandler.supportShardLevelRetryFailure(out.getTransportVersion())) {
             out.writeCollection(profiles, (o, v) -> v.writeTo(o));
             out.writeMap(shardLevelFailures, (o, v) -> v.writeTo(o), StreamOutput::writeException);
         } else {