diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersions.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersions.java
index a1e2f3c6fbb3b..1750cc642dec6 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersions.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersions.java
@@ -193,17 +193,6 @@ static TransportVersion def(int id) {
     public static final TransportVersion NONE_CHUNKING_STRATEGY_8_19 = def(8_841_0_49);
     public static final TransportVersion IDP_CUSTOM_SAML_ATTRIBUTES_ALLOW_LIST_8_19 = def(8_841_0_50);
     public static final TransportVersion SETTINGS_IN_DATA_STREAMS_8_19 = def(8_841_0_51);
-    public static final TransportVersion ML_INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_REMOVE_ERROR_PARSING_8_19 = def(8_841_0_52);
-    public static final TransportVersion ML_INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_EMBEDDING_BATCH_SIZE_8_19 = def(8_841_0_53);
-    public static final TransportVersion STREAMS_LOGS_SUPPORT_8_19 = def(8_841_0_54);
-    public static final TransportVersion ML_INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_INPUT_TYPE_8_19 = def(8_841_0_55);
-    public static final TransportVersion RANDOM_SAMPLER_QUERY_BUILDER_8_19 = def(8_841_0_56);
-    public static final TransportVersion ML_INFERENCE_SAGEMAKER_ELASTIC_8_19 = def(8_841_0_57);
-    public static final TransportVersion SPARSE_VECTOR_FIELD_PRUNING_OPTIONS_8_19 = def(8_841_0_58);
-    public static final TransportVersion ML_INFERENCE_ELASTIC_DENSE_TEXT_EMBEDDINGS_ADDED_8_19 = def(8_841_0_59);
-    public static final TransportVersion ML_INFERENCE_COHERE_API_VERSION_8_19 = def(8_841_0_60);
-    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 INITIAL_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);
@@ -268,14 +257,12 @@ static TransportVersion def(int id) {
     public static final TransportVersion DEAD_BATCHED_QUERY_EXECUTION_DELAYABLE_WRITABLE = def(9_053_0_00);
     public static final TransportVersion DEAD_SEARCH_INCREMENTAL_TOP_DOCS_NULL = def(9_054_0_00);
     public static final TransportVersion ESQL_QUERY_PLANNING_DURATION = def(9_055_0_00);
-    public static final TransportVersion ESQL_DOCUMENTS_FOUND_AND_VALUES_LOADED = def(9_056_0_00);
     public static final TransportVersion BATCHED_QUERY_EXECUTION_DELAYABLE_WRITABLE = def(9_057_0_00);
     public static final TransportVersion SEARCH_INCREMENTAL_TOP_DOCS_NULL = def(9_058_0_00);
     public static final TransportVersion COMPRESS_DELAYABLE_WRITEABLE = def(9_059_0_00);
     public static final TransportVersion SYNONYMS_REFRESH_PARAM = def(9_060_0_00);
     public static final TransportVersion DOC_FIELDS_AS_LIST = def(9_061_0_00);
     public static final TransportVersion DENSE_VECTOR_OFF_HEAP_STATS = def(9_062_00_0);
-    public static final TransportVersion RANDOM_SAMPLER_QUERY_BUILDER = def(9_063_0_00);
     public static final TransportVersion SETTINGS_IN_DATA_STREAMS = def(9_064_0_00);
     public static final TransportVersion INTRODUCE_FAILURES_LIFECYCLE = def(9_065_0_00);
     public static final TransportVersion PROJECT_METADATA_SETTINGS = def(9_066_0_00);
@@ -314,16 +301,7 @@ static TransportVersion def(int id) {
     public static final TransportVersion SECURITY_CLOUD_API_KEY_REALM_AND_TYPE = def(9_099_0_00);
     public static final TransportVersion STATE_PARAM_GET_SNAPSHOT = def(9_100_0_00);
     public static final TransportVersion PROJECT_ID_IN_SNAPSHOTS_DELETIONS_AND_REPO_CLEANUP = def(9_101_0_00);
-    public static final TransportVersion ML_INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_REMOVE_ERROR_PARSING = def(9_102_0_00);
-    public static final TransportVersion ML_INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_EMBEDDING_BATCH_SIZE = def(9_103_0_00);
-    public static final TransportVersion STREAMS_LOGS_SUPPORT = def(9_104_0_00);
-    public static final TransportVersion ML_INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_INPUT_TYPE = def(9_105_0_00);
-    public static final TransportVersion ML_INFERENCE_SAGEMAKER_ELASTIC = def(9_106_0_00);
-    public static final TransportVersion SPARSE_VECTOR_FIELD_PRUNING_OPTIONS = def(9_107_0_00);
     public static final TransportVersion CLUSTER_STATE_PROJECTS_SETTINGS = def(9_108_0_00);
-    public static final TransportVersion ML_INFERENCE_ELASTIC_DENSE_TEXT_EMBEDDINGS_ADDED = def(9_109_00_0);
-    public static final TransportVersion ML_INFERENCE_COHERE_API_VERSION = def(9_110_0_00);
-    public static final TransportVersion ESQL_PROFILE_INCLUDE_PLAN = def(9_111_0_00);
 
     /*
      * STOP! READ THIS FIRST! No, really,
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/StreamsMetadata.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/StreamsMetadata.java
index 7ce18541f9413..89b8f003fe09f 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/StreamsMetadata.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/StreamsMetadata.java
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.TransportVersion;
-import org.elasticsearch.TransportVersions;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.AbstractNamedDiffable;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.NamedDiff;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.collect.Iterators;
@@ -43,6 +42,7 @@ public class StreamsMetadata extends AbstractNamedDiffable<Metadata.ProjectCusto
     static {
         PARSER.declareBoolean(ConstructingObjectParser.constructorArg(), LOGS_ENABLED);
     }
+    private static final TransportVersion STREAMS_LOGS_SUPPORT = TransportVersion.fromName("streams_logs_support");
 
     public boolean logsEnabled;
 
@@ -70,13 +70,12 @@ public String getWriteableName() {
 
     @Override
     public TransportVersion getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
-        return TransportVersions.STREAMS_LOGS_SUPPORT_8_19;
+        return STREAMS_LOGS_SUPPORT;
     }
 
     @Override
     public boolean supportsVersion(TransportVersion version) {
-        return version.onOrAfter(TransportVersions.STREAMS_LOGS_SUPPORT)
-            || version.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.STREAMS_LOGS_SUPPORT_8_19);
+        return version.supports(STREAMS_LOGS_SUPPORT);
     }
 
     public static NamedDiff<Metadata.ProjectCustom> readDiffFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/sampler/random/RandomSamplingQueryBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/sampler/random/RandomSamplingQueryBuilder.java
index 681efdaeb9e3f..87350e90457b5 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/sampler/random/RandomSamplingQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/sampler/random/RandomSamplingQueryBuilder.java
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 import org.apache.lucene.search.Query;
 import org.elasticsearch.TransportVersion;
-import org.elasticsearch.TransportVersions;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Randomness;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
@@ -36,6 +35,8 @@ public class RandomSamplingQueryBuilder extends AbstractQueryBuilder<RandomSampl
     static final ParseField SEED = new ParseField("seed");
     static final ParseField HASH = new ParseField("hash");
 
+    private static final TransportVersion RANDOM_SAMPLER_QUERY_BUILDER = TransportVersion.fromName("random_sampler_query_builder");
+
     private final double probability;
     private int seed = Randomness.get().nextInt();
     private int hash = 0;
@@ -141,8 +142,7 @@ public String getWriteableName() {
 
     @Override
     public boolean supportsVersion(TransportVersion version) {
-        return version.onOrAfter(TransportVersions.RANDOM_SAMPLER_QUERY_BUILDER)
-            || version.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.RANDOM_SAMPLER_QUERY_BUILDER_8_19);
+        return version.supports(RANDOM_SAMPLER_QUERY_BUILDER);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/esql_documents_found_and_values_loaded.csv b/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/esql_documents_found_and_values_loaded.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b776c9c78ccfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/esql_documents_found_and_values_loaded.csv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9056000,8841061
diff --git a/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/esql_profile_include_plan.csv b/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/esql_profile_include_plan.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9b980fefa4f26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/esql_profile_include_plan.csv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9111000,8841062
diff --git a/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/ml_inference_cohere_api_version.csv b/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/ml_inference_cohere_api_version.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8456f0deb1703
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/ml_inference_cohere_api_version.csv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9110000,8841060
diff --git a/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/ml_inference_custom_service_embedding_batch_size.csv b/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/ml_inference_custom_service_embedding_batch_size.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..208f85cbef31d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/ml_inference_custom_service_embedding_batch_size.csv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9103000,8841053
diff --git a/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/ml_inference_custom_service_input_type.csv b/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/ml_inference_custom_service_input_type.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f4bbfc416cbff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/ml_inference_custom_service_input_type.csv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9105000,8841055
diff --git a/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/ml_inference_custom_service_remove_error_parsing.csv b/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/ml_inference_custom_service_remove_error_parsing.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e991681fa43c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/ml_inference_custom_service_remove_error_parsing.csv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9102000,8841052
diff --git a/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/ml_inference_elastic_dense_text_embeddings_added.csv b/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/ml_inference_elastic_dense_text_embeddings_added.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..acfab99081584
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/ml_inference_elastic_dense_text_embeddings_added.csv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9109000,8841059
diff --git a/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/ml_inference_sagemaker_elastic.csv b/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/ml_inference_sagemaker_elastic.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..945cd4650f77e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/ml_inference_sagemaker_elastic.csv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9106000,8841057
diff --git a/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/random_sampler_query_builder.csv b/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/random_sampler_query_builder.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..275653efa1a78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/random_sampler_query_builder.csv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9063000,8841056
diff --git a/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/sparse_vector_field_pruning_options.csv b/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/sparse_vector_field_pruning_options.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1f969550d5ae8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/sparse_vector_field_pruning_options.csv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9107000,8841058
diff --git a/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/streams_logs_support.csv b/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/streams_logs_support.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d6f26b61f6f2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/resources/transport/definitions/referable/streams_logs_support.csv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9104000,8841054
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersionTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersionTests.java
index 715ec1bf7a6f8..c35c8767b3582 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersionTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersionTests.java
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ public void testTransportVersionsLocked() {
             "TransportVersions.java is locked. Generate transport versions with TransportVersion.fromName "
                 + "and generateTransportVersion gradle task",
             TransportVersions.DEFINED_VERSIONS.getLast().id(),
-            equalTo(9_111_0_00)
+            equalTo(9_108_0_00)
         );
     }
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/search/SparseVectorQueryBuilder.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/search/SparseVectorQueryBuilder.java
index cc67bc28d675e..ab995bce54226 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/search/SparseVectorQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/search/SparseVectorQueryBuilder.java
@@ -60,8 +60,9 @@ public class SparseVectorQueryBuilder extends AbstractQueryBuilder<SparseVectorQ
 
     private static final boolean DEFAULT_PRUNE = false;
 
-    static final TransportVersion SPARSE_VECTOR_FIELD_PRUNING_OPTIONS_8_19 = TransportVersions.SPARSE_VECTOR_FIELD_PRUNING_OPTIONS_8_19;
-    static final TransportVersion SPARSE_VECTOR_FIELD_PRUNING_OPTIONS = TransportVersions.SPARSE_VECTOR_FIELD_PRUNING_OPTIONS;
+    private static final TransportVersion SPARSE_VECTOR_FIELD_PRUNING_OPTIONS = TransportVersion.fromName(
+        "sparse_vector_field_pruning_options"
+    );
 
     private final String fieldName;
     private final List<WeightedToken> queryVectors;
@@ -129,8 +130,7 @@ public SparseVectorQueryBuilder(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         super(in);
         this.fieldName = in.readString();
 
-        if (in.getTransportVersion().isPatchFrom(SPARSE_VECTOR_FIELD_PRUNING_OPTIONS_8_19)
-            || in.getTransportVersion().onOrAfter(SPARSE_VECTOR_FIELD_PRUNING_OPTIONS)) {
+        if (in.getTransportVersion().supports(SPARSE_VECTOR_FIELD_PRUNING_OPTIONS)) {
             this.shouldPruneTokens = in.readOptionalBoolean();
         } else {
             this.shouldPruneTokens = in.readBoolean();
@@ -185,8 +185,7 @@ protected void doWriteTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
 
         out.writeString(fieldName);
 
-        if (out.getTransportVersion().isPatchFrom(SPARSE_VECTOR_FIELD_PRUNING_OPTIONS_8_19)
-            || out.getTransportVersion().onOrAfter(SPARSE_VECTOR_FIELD_PRUNING_OPTIONS)) {
+        if (out.getTransportVersion().supports(SPARSE_VECTOR_FIELD_PRUNING_OPTIONS)) {
             out.writeOptionalBoolean(shouldPruneTokens);
         } else {
             out.writeBoolean(shouldPruneTokens);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/compute/lucene/read/ValuesSourceReaderOperatorStatus.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/compute/lucene/read/ValuesSourceReaderOperatorStatus.java
index 9bc37d239e7f4..ac3a58e14e1c2 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/compute/lucene/read/ValuesSourceReaderOperatorStatus.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/compute/lucene/read/ValuesSourceReaderOperatorStatus.java
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-import static org.elasticsearch.TransportVersions.ESQL_DOCUMENTS_FOUND_AND_VALUES_LOADED;
-import static org.elasticsearch.TransportVersions.ESQL_DOCUMENTS_FOUND_AND_VALUES_LOADED_8_19;
-
 public class ValuesSourceReaderOperatorStatus extends AbstractPageMappingToIteratorOperator.Status {
     public static final NamedWriteableRegistry.Entry ENTRY = new NamedWriteableRegistry.Entry(
         Operator.Status.class,
@@ -31,6 +28,9 @@ public class ValuesSourceReaderOperatorStatus extends AbstractPageMappingToItera
         ValuesSourceReaderOperatorStatus::readFrom
     );
 
+    private static final TransportVersion ESQL_DOCUMENTS_FOUND_AND_VALUES_LOADED = TransportVersion.fromName(
+        "esql_documents_found_and_values_loaded"
+    );
     private static final TransportVersion ESQL_SPLIT_ON_BIG_VALUES = TransportVersion.fromName("esql_split_on_big_values");
 
     private final Map<String, Integer> readersBuilt;
@@ -106,8 +106,7 @@ private static boolean supportsSplitOnBigValues(TransportVersion version) {
     }
 
     private static boolean supportsValuesLoaded(TransportVersion version) {
-        return version.onOrAfter(ESQL_DOCUMENTS_FOUND_AND_VALUES_LOADED)
-            || version.isPatchFrom(ESQL_DOCUMENTS_FOUND_AND_VALUES_LOADED_8_19);
+        return version.supports(ESQL_DOCUMENTS_FOUND_AND_VALUES_LOADED);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/compute/operator/DriverCompletionInfo.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/compute/operator/DriverCompletionInfo.java
index 8f88f9d73b0d4..a1a3ac2070ac0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/compute/operator/DriverCompletionInfo.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/compute/operator/DriverCompletionInfo.java
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.compute.operator;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.TransportVersions;
+import org.elasticsearch.TransportVersion;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
@@ -89,15 +89,16 @@ public static DriverCompletionInfo excludingProfiles(List<Driver> drivers) {
         return new DriverCompletionInfo(documentsFound, valuesLoaded, List.of(), List.of());
     }
 
+    private static final TransportVersion ESQL_PROFILE_INCLUDE_PLAN = TransportVersion.fromName("esql_profile_include_plan");
+
     public static DriverCompletionInfo readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         return new DriverCompletionInfo(
             in.readVLong(),
             in.readVLong(),
             in.readCollectionAsImmutableList(DriverProfile::readFrom),
-            in.getTransportVersion().onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ESQL_PROFILE_INCLUDE_PLAN)
-                || in.getTransportVersion().isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ESQL_PROFILE_INCLUDE_PLAN_8_19)
-                    ? in.readCollectionAsImmutableList(PlanProfile::readFrom)
-                    : List.of()
+            in.getTransportVersion().supports(ESQL_PROFILE_INCLUDE_PLAN)
+                ? in.readCollectionAsImmutableList(PlanProfile::readFrom)
+                : List.of()
         );
     }
 
@@ -106,8 +107,7 @@ public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         out.writeVLong(documentsFound);
         out.writeVLong(valuesLoaded);
         out.writeCollection(driverProfiles);
-        if (out.getTransportVersion().onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ESQL_PROFILE_INCLUDE_PLAN)
-            || out.getTransportVersion().isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ESQL_PROFILE_INCLUDE_PLAN_8_19)) {
+        if (out.getTransportVersion().supports(ESQL_PROFILE_INCLUDE_PLAN)) {
             out.writeCollection(planProfiles);
         }
     }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/action/EsqlQueryResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/action/EsqlQueryResponse.java
index 4afb1418b2585..28f49b61942b3 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/action/EsqlQueryResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/action/EsqlQueryResponse.java
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
-import static org.elasticsearch.TransportVersions.ESQL_DOCUMENTS_FOUND_AND_VALUES_LOADED;
-import static org.elasticsearch.TransportVersions.ESQL_DOCUMENTS_FOUND_AND_VALUES_LOADED_8_19;
-
 public class EsqlQueryResponse extends org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.esql.action.EsqlQueryResponse
     implements
         ChunkedToXContentObject,
@@ -48,6 +45,11 @@ public class EsqlQueryResponse extends org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.esql.action.
     @SuppressWarnings("this-escape")
     private final AbstractRefCounted counted = AbstractRefCounted.of(this::closeInternal);
 
+    private static final TransportVersion ESQL_DOCUMENTS_FOUND_AND_VALUES_LOADED = TransportVersion.fromName(
+        "esql_documents_found_and_values_loaded"
+    );
+    private static final TransportVersion ESQL_PROFILE_INCLUDE_PLAN = TransportVersion.fromName("esql_profile_include_plan");
+
     public static final String DROP_NULL_COLUMNS_OPTION = "drop_null_columns";
 
     private final List<ColumnInfoImpl> columns;
@@ -169,8 +171,7 @@ public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
     }
 
     private static boolean supportsValuesLoaded(TransportVersion version) {
-        return version.onOrAfter(ESQL_DOCUMENTS_FOUND_AND_VALUES_LOADED)
-            || version.isPatchFrom(ESQL_DOCUMENTS_FOUND_AND_VALUES_LOADED_8_19);
+        return version.supports(ESQL_DOCUMENTS_FOUND_AND_VALUES_LOADED);
     }
 
     public List<ColumnInfoImpl> columns() {
@@ -401,18 +402,16 @@ public record Profile(List<DriverProfile> drivers, List<PlanProfile> plans) impl
         public static Profile readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
             return new Profile(
                 in.readCollectionAsImmutableList(DriverProfile::readFrom),
-                in.getTransportVersion().onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ESQL_PROFILE_INCLUDE_PLAN)
-                    || in.getTransportVersion().isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ESQL_PROFILE_INCLUDE_PLAN_8_19)
-                        ? in.readCollectionAsImmutableList(PlanProfile::readFrom)
-                        : List.of()
+                in.getTransportVersion().supports(ESQL_PROFILE_INCLUDE_PLAN)
+                    ? in.readCollectionAsImmutableList(PlanProfile::readFrom)
+                    : List.of()
             );
         }
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
             out.writeCollection(drivers);
-            if (out.getTransportVersion().onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ESQL_PROFILE_INCLUDE_PLAN)
-                || out.getTransportVersion().isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ESQL_PROFILE_INCLUDE_PLAN_8_19)) {
+            if (out.getTransportVersion().supports(ESQL_PROFILE_INCLUDE_PLAN)) {
                 out.writeCollection(plans);
             }
         }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/ComputeResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/ComputeResponse.java
index ac49213d6151c..4ffa5bca65b24 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/ComputeResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/ComputeResponse.java
@@ -20,13 +20,15 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import static org.elasticsearch.TransportVersions.ESQL_DOCUMENTS_FOUND_AND_VALUES_LOADED;
-import static org.elasticsearch.TransportVersions.ESQL_DOCUMENTS_FOUND_AND_VALUES_LOADED_8_19;
-
 /**
  * The compute result of {@link DataNodeRequest} or {@link ClusterComputeRequest}
  */
 final class ComputeResponse extends TransportResponse {
+
+    private static final TransportVersion ESQL_DOCUMENTS_FOUND_AND_VALUES_LOADED = TransportVersion.fromName(
+        "esql_documents_found_and_values_loaded"
+    );
+
     private final DriverCompletionInfo completionInfo;
 
     // for use with ClusterComputeRequests (cross-cluster searches)
@@ -114,8 +116,7 @@ public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
     }
 
     private static boolean supportsCompletionInfo(TransportVersion version) {
-        return version.onOrAfter(ESQL_DOCUMENTS_FOUND_AND_VALUES_LOADED)
-            || version.isPatchFrom(ESQL_DOCUMENTS_FOUND_AND_VALUES_LOADED_8_19);
+        return version.supports(ESQL_DOCUMENTS_FOUND_AND_VALUES_LOADED);
     }
 
     public DriverCompletionInfo getCompletionInfo() {
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 e21f6d7e44b56..968b966f09744 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
@@ -19,13 +19,15 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import static org.elasticsearch.TransportVersions.ESQL_DOCUMENTS_FOUND_AND_VALUES_LOADED;
-import static org.elasticsearch.TransportVersions.ESQL_DOCUMENTS_FOUND_AND_VALUES_LOADED_8_19;
-
 /**
  * The compute result of {@link DataNodeRequest}
  */
 final class DataNodeComputeResponse extends TransportResponse {
+
+    private static final TransportVersion ESQL_DOCUMENTS_FOUND_AND_VALUES_LOADED = TransportVersion.fromName(
+        "esql_documents_found_and_values_loaded"
+    );
+
     private final DriverCompletionInfo completionInfo;
     private final Map<ShardId, Exception> shardLevelFailures;
 
@@ -68,8 +70,7 @@ public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
     }
 
     private static boolean supportsCompletionInfo(TransportVersion version) {
-        return version.onOrAfter(ESQL_DOCUMENTS_FOUND_AND_VALUES_LOADED)
-            || version.isPatchFrom(ESQL_DOCUMENTS_FOUND_AND_VALUES_LOADED_8_19);
+        return version.supports(ESQL_DOCUMENTS_FOUND_AND_VALUES_LOADED);
     }
 
     public DriverCompletionInfo completionInfo() {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/cohere/CohereServiceSettings.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/cohere/CohereServiceSettings.java
index 07b81c22c8083..aadd40ccb448a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/cohere/CohereServiceSettings.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/cohere/CohereServiceSettings.java
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ public class CohereServiceSettings extends FilteredXContentObject implements Ser
     public static final String API_VERSION = "api_version";
     public static final String MODEL_REQUIRED_FOR_V2_API = "The [service_settings.model_id] field is required for the Cohere V2 API.";
 
+    private static final TransportVersion ML_INFERENCE_COHERE_API_VERSION = TransportVersion.fromName("ml_inference_cohere_api_version");
+
     public enum CohereApiVersion {
         V1,
         V2;
@@ -182,8 +184,7 @@ public CohereServiceSettings(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         } else {
             rateLimitSettings = DEFAULT_RATE_LIMIT_SETTINGS;
         }
-        if (in.getTransportVersion().onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_COHERE_API_VERSION)
-            || in.getTransportVersion().isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_COHERE_API_VERSION_8_19)) {
+        if (in.getTransportVersion().supports(ML_INFERENCE_COHERE_API_VERSION)) {
             this.apiVersion = in.readEnum(CohereServiceSettings.CohereApiVersion.class);
         } else {
             this.apiVersion = CohereServiceSettings.CohereApiVersion.V1;
@@ -285,8 +286,7 @@ public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         if (out.getTransportVersion().onOrAfter(TransportVersions.V_8_15_0)) {
             rateLimitSettings.writeTo(out);
         }
-        if (out.getTransportVersion().onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_COHERE_API_VERSION)
-            || out.getTransportVersion().isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_COHERE_API_VERSION_8_19)) {
+        if (out.getTransportVersion().supports(ML_INFERENCE_COHERE_API_VERSION)) {
             out.writeEnum(apiVersion);
         }
     }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/cohere/completion/CohereCompletionServiceSettings.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/cohere/completion/CohereCompletionServiceSettings.java
index 7f8ef305e5db6..3f49f5c61a00d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/cohere/completion/CohereCompletionServiceSettings.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/cohere/completion/CohereCompletionServiceSettings.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 public class CohereCompletionServiceSettings extends FilteredXContentObject implements ServiceSettings, CohereRateLimitServiceSettings {
 
     public static final String NAME = "cohere_completion_service_settings";
+    private static final TransportVersion ML_INFERENCE_COHERE_API_VERSION = TransportVersion.fromName("ml_inference_cohere_api_version");
 
     // Production key rate limits for all endpoints: https://docs.cohere.com/docs/going-live#production-key-specifications
     // 10K requests per minute
@@ -102,8 +103,7 @@ public CohereCompletionServiceSettings(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         uri = createOptionalUri(in.readOptionalString());
         modelId = in.readOptionalString();
         rateLimitSettings = new RateLimitSettings(in);
-        if (in.getTransportVersion().onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_COHERE_API_VERSION)
-            || in.getTransportVersion().isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_COHERE_API_VERSION_8_19)) {
+        if (in.getTransportVersion().supports(ML_INFERENCE_COHERE_API_VERSION)) {
             this.apiVersion = in.readEnum(CohereServiceSettings.CohereApiVersion.class);
         } else {
             this.apiVersion = CohereServiceSettings.CohereApiVersion.V1;
@@ -155,8 +155,7 @@ public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         out.writeOptionalString(uriToWrite);
         out.writeOptionalString(modelId);
         rateLimitSettings.writeTo(out);
-        if (out.getTransportVersion().onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_COHERE_API_VERSION)
-            || out.getTransportVersion().isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_COHERE_API_VERSION_8_19)) {
+        if (out.getTransportVersion().supports(ML_INFERENCE_COHERE_API_VERSION)) {
             out.writeEnum(apiVersion);
         }
     }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/cohere/rerank/CohereRerankServiceSettings.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/cohere/rerank/CohereRerankServiceSettings.java
index 651b8758c37f3..3da857433704e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/cohere/rerank/CohereRerankServiceSettings.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/cohere/rerank/CohereRerankServiceSettings.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 
 public class CohereRerankServiceSettings extends FilteredXContentObject implements ServiceSettings, CohereRateLimitServiceSettings {
     public static final String NAME = "cohere_rerank_service_settings";
+    private static final TransportVersion ML_INFERENCE_COHERE_API_VERSION = TransportVersion.fromName("ml_inference_cohere_api_version");
 
     public static CohereRerankServiceSettings fromMap(Map<String, Object> map, ConfigurationParseContext context) {
         ValidationException validationException = new ValidationException();
@@ -124,8 +125,7 @@ public CohereRerankServiceSettings(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
             this.rateLimitSettings = DEFAULT_RATE_LIMIT_SETTINGS;
         }
 
-        if (in.getTransportVersion().onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_COHERE_API_VERSION)
-            || in.getTransportVersion().isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_COHERE_API_VERSION_8_19)) {
+        if (in.getTransportVersion().supports(ML_INFERENCE_COHERE_API_VERSION)) {
             this.apiVersion = in.readEnum(CohereServiceSettings.CohereApiVersion.class);
         } else {
             this.apiVersion = CohereServiceSettings.CohereApiVersion.V1;
@@ -206,8 +206,7 @@ public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         if (out.getTransportVersion().onOrAfter(TransportVersions.V_8_15_0)) {
             rateLimitSettings.writeTo(out);
         }
-        if (out.getTransportVersion().onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_COHERE_API_VERSION)
-            || out.getTransportVersion().isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_COHERE_API_VERSION_8_19)) {
+        if (out.getTransportVersion().supports(ML_INFERENCE_COHERE_API_VERSION)) {
             out.writeEnum(apiVersion);
         }
     }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/custom/CustomServiceSettings.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/custom/CustomServiceSettings.java
index 931eb3b798553..8637ff18a000d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/custom/CustomServiceSettings.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/custom/CustomServiceSettings.java
@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@ public class CustomServiceSettings extends FilteredXContentObject implements Ser
     private static final String RESPONSE_SCOPE = String.join(".", ModelConfigurations.SERVICE_SETTINGS, RESPONSE);
     private static final int DEFAULT_EMBEDDING_BATCH_SIZE = 10;
 
+    private static final TransportVersion ML_INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_REMOVE_ERROR_PARSING = TransportVersion.fromName(
+        "ml_inference_custom_service_remove_error_parsing"
+    );
+    private static final TransportVersion ML_INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_EMBEDDING_BATCH_SIZE = TransportVersion.fromName(
+        "ml_inference_custom_service_embedding_batch_size"
+    );
+    private static final TransportVersion ML_INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_INPUT_TYPE = TransportVersion.fromName(
+        "ml_inference_custom_service_input_type"
+    );
+
     public static CustomServiceSettings fromMap(
         Map<String, Object> map,
         ConfigurationParseContext context,
@@ -260,22 +270,19 @@ public CustomServiceSettings(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         responseJsonParser = in.readNamedWriteable(CustomResponseParser.class);
         rateLimitSettings = new RateLimitSettings(in);
 
-        if (in.getTransportVersion().before(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_REMOVE_ERROR_PARSING)
-            && in.getTransportVersion().isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_REMOVE_ERROR_PARSING_8_19) == false) {
+        if (in.getTransportVersion().supports(ML_INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_REMOVE_ERROR_PARSING) == false) {
             // Read the error parsing fields for backwards compatibility
             in.readString();
             in.readString();
         }
 
-        if (in.getTransportVersion().onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_EMBEDDING_BATCH_SIZE)
-            || in.getTransportVersion().isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_EMBEDDING_BATCH_SIZE_8_19)) {
+        if (in.getTransportVersion().supports(ML_INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_EMBEDDING_BATCH_SIZE)) {
             batchSize = in.readVInt();
         } else {
             batchSize = DEFAULT_EMBEDDING_BATCH_SIZE;
         }
 
-        if (in.getTransportVersion().onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_INPUT_TYPE)
-            || in.getTransportVersion().isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_INPUT_TYPE_8_19)) {
+        if (in.getTransportVersion().supports(ML_INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_INPUT_TYPE)) {
             inputTypeTranslator = new InputTypeTranslator(in);
         } else {
             inputTypeTranslator = InputTypeTranslator.EMPTY_TRANSLATOR;
@@ -414,20 +421,17 @@ public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         out.writeNamedWriteable(responseJsonParser);
         rateLimitSettings.writeTo(out);
 
-        if (out.getTransportVersion().before(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_REMOVE_ERROR_PARSING)
-            && out.getTransportVersion().isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_REMOVE_ERROR_PARSING_8_19) == false) {
+        if (out.getTransportVersion().supports(ML_INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_REMOVE_ERROR_PARSING) == false) {
             // Write empty strings for backwards compatibility for the error parsing fields
             out.writeString("");
             out.writeString("");
         }
 
-        if (out.getTransportVersion().onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_EMBEDDING_BATCH_SIZE)
-            || out.getTransportVersion().isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_EMBEDDING_BATCH_SIZE_8_19)) {
+        if (out.getTransportVersion().supports(ML_INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_EMBEDDING_BATCH_SIZE)) {
             out.writeVInt(batchSize);
         }
 
-        if (out.getTransportVersion().onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_INPUT_TYPE)
-            || out.getTransportVersion().isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_INPUT_TYPE_8_19)) {
+        if (out.getTransportVersion().supports(ML_INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_INPUT_TYPE)) {
             inputTypeTranslator.writeTo(out);
         }
     }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/elastic/densetextembeddings/ElasticInferenceServiceDenseTextEmbeddingsServiceSettings.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/elastic/densetextembeddings/ElasticInferenceServiceDenseTextEmbeddingsServiceSettings.java
index e8eeee5a34dd4..8a74f665ae604 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/elastic/densetextembeddings/ElasticInferenceServiceDenseTextEmbeddingsServiceSettings.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/elastic/densetextembeddings/ElasticInferenceServiceDenseTextEmbeddingsServiceSettings.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.inference.services.elastic.densetextembeddings;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.TransportVersion;
-import org.elasticsearch.TransportVersions;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
@@ -42,9 +41,12 @@ public class ElasticInferenceServiceDenseTextEmbeddingsServiceSettings extends F
         ElasticInferenceServiceRateLimitServiceSettings {
 
     public static final String NAME = "elastic_inference_service_dense_embeddings_service_settings";
-
     public static final RateLimitSettings DEFAULT_RATE_LIMIT_SETTINGS = new RateLimitSettings(10_000);
 
+    private static final TransportVersion ML_INFERENCE_ELASTIC_DENSE_TEXT_EMBEDDINGS_ADDED = TransportVersion.fromName(
+        "ml_inference_elastic_dense_text_embeddings_added"
+    );
+
     private final String modelId;
     private final SimilarityMeasure similarity;
     private final Integer dimensions;
@@ -206,13 +208,12 @@ public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws
     @Override
     public TransportVersion getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
         assert false : "should never be called when supportsVersion is used";
-        return TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_ELASTIC_DENSE_TEXT_EMBEDDINGS_ADDED;
+        return ML_INFERENCE_ELASTIC_DENSE_TEXT_EMBEDDINGS_ADDED;
     }
 
     @Override
     public boolean supportsVersion(TransportVersion version) {
-        return version.onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_ELASTIC_DENSE_TEXT_EMBEDDINGS_ADDED)
-            || version.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_ELASTIC_DENSE_TEXT_EMBEDDINGS_ADDED_8_19);
+        return version.supports(ML_INFERENCE_ELASTIC_DENSE_TEXT_EMBEDDINGS_ADDED);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/sagemaker/schema/elastic/ElasticTextEmbeddingPayload.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/sagemaker/schema/elastic/ElasticTextEmbeddingPayload.java
index 6e1407beab1d8..a5fd194f12109 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/sagemaker/schema/elastic/ElasticTextEmbeddingPayload.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/sagemaker/schema/elastic/ElasticTextEmbeddingPayload.java
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.sagemakerruntime.model.InvokeEndpointResponse;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.TransportVersion;
-import org.elasticsearch.TransportVersions;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.NamedWriteableRegistry;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
@@ -61,6 +60,8 @@ public class ElasticTextEmbeddingPayload implements ElasticPayload {
     private static final EnumSet<TaskType> SUPPORTED_TASKS = EnumSet.of(TaskType.TEXT_EMBEDDING);
     private static final ParseField EMBEDDING = new ParseField("embedding");
 
+    private static final TransportVersion ML_INFERENCE_SAGEMAKER_ELASTIC = TransportVersion.fromName("ml_inference_sagemaker_elastic");
+
     @Override
     public EnumSet<TaskType> supportedTasks() {
         return SUPPORTED_TASKS;
@@ -251,13 +252,12 @@ public String getWriteableName() {
         @Override
         public TransportVersion getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
             assert false : "should never be called when supportsVersion is used";
-            return TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_SAGEMAKER_ELASTIC;
+            return ML_INFERENCE_SAGEMAKER_ELASTIC;
         }
 
         @Override
         public boolean supportsVersion(TransportVersion version) {
-            return version.onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_SAGEMAKER_ELASTIC)
-                || version.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_SAGEMAKER_ELASTIC_8_19);
+            return version.supports(ML_INFERENCE_SAGEMAKER_ELASTIC);
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/sagemaker/schema/elastic/SageMakerElasticTaskSettings.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/sagemaker/schema/elastic/SageMakerElasticTaskSettings.java
index dc0bc91fccd75..d219253376ede 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/sagemaker/schema/elastic/SageMakerElasticTaskSettings.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/sagemaker/schema/elastic/SageMakerElasticTaskSettings.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.inference.services.sagemaker.schema.elastic;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.TransportVersion;
-import org.elasticsearch.TransportVersions;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@
  */
 record SageMakerElasticTaskSettings(@Nullable Map<String, Object> passthroughSettings) implements SageMakerStoredTaskSchema {
     static final String NAME = "sagemaker_elastic_task_settings";
+    private static final TransportVersion ML_INFERENCE_SAGEMAKER_ELASTIC = TransportVersion.fromName("ml_inference_sagemaker_elastic");
 
     static SageMakerElasticTaskSettings empty() {
         return new SageMakerElasticTaskSettings(Map.of());
@@ -63,13 +63,12 @@ public String getWriteableName() {
     @Override
     public TransportVersion getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
         assert false : "should never be called when supportsVersion is used";
-        return TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_SAGEMAKER_ELASTIC;
+        return ML_INFERENCE_SAGEMAKER_ELASTIC;
     }
 
     @Override
     public boolean supportsVersion(TransportVersion version) {
-        return version.onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_SAGEMAKER_ELASTIC)
-            || version.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_SAGEMAKER_ELASTIC_8_19);
+        return version.supports(ML_INFERENCE_SAGEMAKER_ELASTIC);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/cohere/CohereServiceSettingsTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/cohere/CohereServiceSettingsTests.java
index cac416fd454a8..c711fe2da79fc 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/cohere/CohereServiceSettingsTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/cohere/CohereServiceSettingsTests.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.inference.services.cohere;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.TransportVersion;
-import org.elasticsearch.TransportVersions;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
@@ -34,6 +33,8 @@
 
 public class CohereServiceSettingsTests extends AbstractBWCWireSerializationTestCase<CohereServiceSettings> {
 
+    private static final TransportVersion ML_INFERENCE_COHERE_API_VERSION = TransportVersion.fromName("ml_inference_cohere_api_version");
+
     public static CohereServiceSettings createRandomWithNonNullUrl() {
         return createRandom(randomAlphaOfLength(15));
     }
@@ -364,8 +365,7 @@ public static Map<String, Object> getServiceSettingsMap(@Nullable String url, @N
 
     @Override
     protected CohereServiceSettings mutateInstanceForVersion(CohereServiceSettings instance, TransportVersion version) {
-        if (version.before(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_COHERE_API_VERSION)
-            && (version.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_COHERE_API_VERSION_8_19) == false)) {
+        if (version.supports(ML_INFERENCE_COHERE_API_VERSION) == false) {
             return new CohereServiceSettings(
                 instance.uri(),
                 instance.similarity(),
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/cohere/completion/CohereCompletionServiceSettingsTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/cohere/completion/CohereCompletionServiceSettingsTests.java
index 92ebb3fdc0a00..0e4f364d58c56 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/cohere/completion/CohereCompletionServiceSettingsTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/cohere/completion/CohereCompletionServiceSettingsTests.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.inference.services.cohere.completion;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.TransportVersion;
-import org.elasticsearch.TransportVersions;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
 import org.elasticsearch.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
@@ -29,6 +28,8 @@
 
 public class CohereCompletionServiceSettingsTests extends AbstractBWCWireSerializationTestCase<CohereCompletionServiceSettings> {
 
+    private static final TransportVersion ML_INFERENCE_COHERE_API_VERSION = TransportVersion.fromName("ml_inference_cohere_api_version");
+
     public static CohereCompletionServiceSettings createRandom() {
         return new CohereCompletionServiceSettings(
             randomAlphaOfLength(8),
@@ -115,8 +116,7 @@ protected CohereCompletionServiceSettings mutateInstance(CohereCompletionService
 
     @Override
     protected CohereCompletionServiceSettings mutateInstanceForVersion(CohereCompletionServiceSettings instance, TransportVersion version) {
-        if (version.before(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_COHERE_API_VERSION)
-            && (version.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_COHERE_API_VERSION_8_19) == false)) {
+        if (version.supports(ML_INFERENCE_COHERE_API_VERSION) == false) {
             return new CohereCompletionServiceSettings(
                 instance.uri(),
                 instance.modelId(),
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/cohere/rerank/CohereRerankServiceSettingsTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/cohere/rerank/CohereRerankServiceSettingsTests.java
index 773ccc5933aa7..08635c25c240d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/cohere/rerank/CohereRerankServiceSettingsTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/cohere/rerank/CohereRerankServiceSettingsTests.java
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.inference.MatchersUtils.equalToIgnoringWhitespaceInJsonString;
 
 public class CohereRerankServiceSettingsTests extends AbstractBWCWireSerializationTestCase<CohereRerankServiceSettings> {
+
+    private static final TransportVersion ML_INFERENCE_COHERE_API_VERSION = TransportVersion.fromName("ml_inference_cohere_api_version");
+
     public static CohereRerankServiceSettings createRandom() {
         return createRandom(randomFrom(new RateLimitSettings[] { null, RateLimitSettingsTests.createRandom() }));
     }
@@ -88,15 +91,14 @@ protected CohereRerankServiceSettings mutateInstanceForVersion(CohereRerankServi
                 CohereServiceSettings.DEFAULT_RATE_LIMIT_SETTINGS,
                 CohereServiceSettings.CohereApiVersion.V1
             );
-        } else if (version.before(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_COHERE_API_VERSION)
-            && version.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_COHERE_API_VERSION_8_19) == false) {
-                return new CohereRerankServiceSettings(
-                    instance.uri(),
-                    instance.modelId(),
-                    instance.rateLimitSettings(),
-                    CohereServiceSettings.CohereApiVersion.V1
-                );
-            }
+        } else if (version.supports(ML_INFERENCE_COHERE_API_VERSION) == false) {
+            return new CohereRerankServiceSettings(
+                instance.uri(),
+                instance.modelId(),
+                instance.rateLimitSettings(),
+                CohereServiceSettings.CohereApiVersion.V1
+            );
+        }
         return instance;
     }