diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/cluster/MLCommonsClusterEventListener.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/cluster/MLCommonsClusterEventListener.java
index 53aa465eec..89f57f6064 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/cluster/MLCommonsClusterEventListener.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/cluster/MLCommonsClusterEventListener.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public void clusterChanged(ClusterChangedEvent event) {
          * The following logic implements this behavior.
          */
         for (DiscoveryNode node : state.nodes()) {
-            if (node.isDataNode() && Version.V_3_1_0.onOrAfter(node.getVersion())) {
+            if (node.isDataNode() && node.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_1_0)) {
                 if (mlFeatureEnabledSetting.isMetricCollectionEnabled() && mlFeatureEnabledSetting.isStaticMetricCollectionEnabled()) {
                     mlTaskManager.startStatsCollectorJob();
                 }
diff --git a/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/cluster/MLCommonsClusterEventListenerTests.java b/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/cluster/MLCommonsClusterEventListenerTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2d8fdffcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/cluster/MLCommonsClusterEventListenerTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package org.opensearch.ml.cluster;
+
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyBoolean;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+import static org.opensearch.ml.common.CommonValue.TASK_POLLING_JOB_INDEX;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
+import org.opensearch.Version;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.ClusterChangedEvent;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.ClusterState;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.Metadata;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNodeRole;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNodes;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
+import org.opensearch.ml.autoredeploy.MLModelAutoReDeployer;
+import org.opensearch.ml.common.settings.MLFeatureEnabledSetting;
+import org.opensearch.ml.model.MLModelCacheHelper;
+import org.opensearch.ml.model.MLModelManager;
+import org.opensearch.ml.task.MLTaskManager;
+import org.opensearch.test.OpenSearchTestCase;
+import org.opensearch.transport.client.Client;
+
+public class MLCommonsClusterEventListenerTests extends OpenSearchTestCase {
+
+    @Mock
+    private ClusterService clusterService;
+    @Mock
+    private MLModelManager mlModelManager;
+    @Mock
+    private MLTaskManager mlTaskManager;
+    @Mock
+    private MLModelCacheHelper modelCacheHelper;
+    @Mock
+    private MLModelAutoReDeployer mlModelAutoReDeployer;
+    @Mock
+    private Client client;
+    @Mock
+    private MLFeatureEnabledSetting mlFeatureEnabledSetting;
+    @Mock
+    private ClusterChangedEvent event;
+    @Mock
+    private ClusterState clusterState;
+    @Mock
+    private Metadata metadata;
+
+    private MLCommonsClusterEventListener listener;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setup() {
+        MockitoAnnotations.openMocks(this);
+        listener = new MLCommonsClusterEventListener(
+            clusterService,
+            mlModelManager,
+            mlTaskManager,
+            modelCacheHelper,
+            mlModelAutoReDeployer,
+            client,
+            mlFeatureEnabledSetting
+        );
+    }
+
+    public void testClusterChanged_WithV31DataNode_MetricCollectionEnabled() {
+        DiscoveryNode dataNode = createDataNode(Version.V_3_1_0);
+        setupClusterState(dataNode, false);
+
+        when(mlFeatureEnabledSetting.isMetricCollectionEnabled()).thenReturn(true);
+        when(mlFeatureEnabledSetting.isStaticMetricCollectionEnabled()).thenReturn(true);
+
+        listener.clusterChanged(event);
+
+        verify(mlTaskManager).indexStatsCollectorJob(true);
+        verify(mlTaskManager, never()).startTaskPollingJob();
+    }
+
+    public void testClusterChanged_WithV31DataNode_TaskPollingIndexExists() {
+        DiscoveryNode dataNode = createDataNode(Version.V_3_1_0);
+        setupClusterState(dataNode, true);
+
+        when(mlFeatureEnabledSetting.isMetricCollectionEnabled()).thenReturn(false);
+
+        listener.clusterChanged(event);
+
+        verify(mlTaskManager, never()).indexStatsCollectorJob(anyBoolean());
+        verify(mlTaskManager).startTaskPollingJob();
+    }
+
+    public void testClusterChanged_WithPreV31DataNode_NoJobsStarted() {
+        DiscoveryNode dataNode = createDataNode(Version.V_3_0_0);
+        setupClusterState(dataNode, true);
+
+        when(mlFeatureEnabledSetting.isMetricCollectionEnabled()).thenReturn(true);
+        when(mlFeatureEnabledSetting.isStaticMetricCollectionEnabled()).thenReturn(true);
+
+        listener.clusterChanged(event);
+
+        verify(mlTaskManager, never()).indexStatsCollectorJob(anyBoolean());
+        verify(mlTaskManager, never()).startTaskPollingJob();
+    }
+
+    public void testClusterChanged_WithPostV31DataNode_JobsStarted() {
+        DiscoveryNode dataNode = createDataNode(Version.V_3_2_0);
+        setupClusterState(dataNode, true);
+
+        when(mlFeatureEnabledSetting.isMetricCollectionEnabled()).thenReturn(true);
+        when(mlFeatureEnabledSetting.isStaticMetricCollectionEnabled()).thenReturn(true);
+
+        listener.clusterChanged(event);
+
+        verify(mlTaskManager).indexStatsCollectorJob(true);
+        verify(mlTaskManager).startTaskPollingJob();
+    }
+
+    private DiscoveryNode createDataNode(Version version) {
+        return new DiscoveryNode(
+            "dataNode",
+            "dataNodeId",
+            buildNewFakeTransportAddress(),
+            Collections.emptyMap(),
+            Collections.singleton(DiscoveryNodeRole.DATA_ROLE),
+            version
+        );
+    }
+
+    private void setupClusterState(DiscoveryNode node, boolean hasTaskPollingIndex) {
+        DiscoveryNodes nodes = DiscoveryNodes.builder().add(node).build();
+
+        when(event.state()).thenReturn(clusterState);
+        when(event.previousState()).thenReturn(clusterState);
+        when(event.nodesDelta()).thenReturn(mock(DiscoveryNodes.Delta.class));
+        when(clusterState.nodes()).thenReturn(nodes);
+        when(clusterState.getMetadata()).thenReturn(metadata);
+        when(clusterService.state()).thenReturn(clusterState);
+        when(metadata.hasIndex(TASK_POLLING_JOB_INDEX)).thenReturn(hasTaskPollingIndex);
+        when(metadata.settings()).thenReturn(org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings.EMPTY);
+    }
+}