diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersions.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersions.java
index e5a8012f45c38..ec174fcd9ad1e 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersions.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersions.java
@@ -334,7 +334,6 @@ 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_FIXED_INDEX_LIKE_9_1 = def(9_112_0_02);
-    public static final TransportVersion ESQL_SAMPLE_OPERATOR_STATUS_9_1 = def(9_112_0_03);
     public static final TransportVersion INITIAL_ELASTICSEARCH_9_1_1 = def(9_112_0_04);
     public static final TransportVersion INITIAL_ELASTICSEARCH_9_1_2 = def(9_112_0_05);
     public static final TransportVersion INITIAL_ELASTICSEARCH_9_1_3 = def(9_112_0_06);
@@ -352,7 +351,6 @@ static TransportVersion def(int id) {
     public static final TransportVersion PROJECT_STATE_REGISTRY_ENTRY = def(9_124_0_00);
     public static final TransportVersion ML_INFERENCE_LLAMA_ADDED = def(9_125_0_00);
     public static final TransportVersion SHARD_WRITE_LOAD_IN_CLUSTER_INFO = def(9_126_0_00);
-    public static final TransportVersion ESQL_SAMPLE_OPERATOR_STATUS = def(9_127_0_00);
     public static final TransportVersion PROJECT_RESERVED_STATE_MOVE_TO_REGISTRY = def(9_147_0_00);
     public static final TransportVersion STREAMS_ENDPOINT_PARAM_RESTRICTIONS = def(9_148_0_00);
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/esql_sample_operator_status.csv b/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/esql_sample_operator_status.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ba187a5040aea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/esql_sample_operator_status.csv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9127000,9112003
diff --git a/server/src/main/resources/transport/upper_bounds/9.1.csv b/server/src/main/resources/transport/upper_bounds/9.1.csv
index 19c743726530c..fc2e2273c9855 100644
--- a/server/src/main/resources/transport/upper_bounds/9.1.csv
+++ b/server/src/main/resources/transport/upper_bounds/9.1.csv
@@ -1 +1 @@
-esql_split_on_big_values,9112001
+esql_sample_operator_status,9112003
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/compute/operator/SampleOperator.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/compute/operator/SampleOperator.java
index 1395a0d0ad73c..f10709c793636 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/compute/operator/SampleOperator.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/compute/operator/SampleOperator.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.compute.operator;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.TransportVersion;
-import org.elasticsearch.TransportVersions;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Randomness;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.NamedWriteableRegistry;
@@ -177,6 +176,8 @@ public record Status(long collectNanos, long emitNanos, int pagesProcessed, long
             Status::new
         );
 
+        private static final TransportVersion ESQL_SAMPLE_OPERATOR_STATUS = TransportVersion.fromName("esql_sample_operator_status");
+
         Status(StreamInput streamInput) throws IOException {
             this(
                 streamInput.readVLong(),
@@ -248,8 +249,7 @@ public TransportVersion getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
 
         @Override
         public boolean supportsVersion(TransportVersion version) {
-            return version.onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ESQL_SAMPLE_OPERATOR_STATUS)
-                || version.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ESQL_SAMPLE_OPERATOR_STATUS_9_1);
+            return version.supports(ESQL_SAMPLE_OPERATOR_STATUS);
         }
     }
 }