diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersions.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersions.java
index 90397f7513e60..64f185a450dca 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersions.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersions.java
@@ -326,7 +326,6 @@ static TransportVersion def(int id) {
     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 ESQL_SAMPLE_OPERATOR_STATUS_9_1 = def(9_112_0_03);
     public static final TransportVersion INITIAL_ELASTICSEARCH_9_1_4 = def(9_112_0_07);
 
     /*
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/9.2.csv b/server/src/main/resources/transport/upper_bounds/9.2.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f7e1e0e42836d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/resources/transport/upper_bounds/9.2.csv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+esql_sample_operator_status,9127000
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 47d0be6c314e5..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(),
@@ -248,7 +249,7 @@ public TransportVersion getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
 
         @Override
         public boolean supportsVersion(TransportVersion version) {
-            return version.onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ESQL_SAMPLE_OPERATOR_STATUS_9_1);
+            return version.supports(ESQL_SAMPLE_OPERATOR_STATUS);
         }
     }
 }