diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/amazonbedrock/embeddings/AmazonBedrockEmbeddingsTaskSettings.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/amazonbedrock/embeddings/AmazonBedrockEmbeddingsTaskSettings.java
index bb0a8a3348ad..ad06e669ff56 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/amazonbedrock/embeddings/AmazonBedrockEmbeddingsTaskSettings.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/amazonbedrock/embeddings/AmazonBedrockEmbeddingsTaskSettings.java
@@ -79,9 +79,16 @@ public record AmazonBedrockEmbeddingsTaskSettings(@Nullable CohereTruncation coh
 
     @Override
     public TransportVersion getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
+        assert false : "should never be called when supportsVersion is used";
         return TransportVersions.AMAZON_BEDROCK_TASK_SETTINGS;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean supportsVersion(TransportVersion version) {
+        return version.onOrAfter(TransportVersions.AMAZON_BEDROCK_TASK_SETTINGS)
+            || version.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.AMAZON_BEDROCK_TASK_SETTINGS_8_19);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         out.writeOptionalEnum(cohereTruncation());
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/custom/CustomSecretSettings.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/custom/CustomSecretSettings.java
index ac6b7ab10c8b..4c2ff22a5829 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/custom/CustomSecretSettings.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/custom/CustomSecretSettings.java
@@ -90,9 +90,16 @@ public class CustomSecretSettings implements SecretSettings {
 
     @Override
     public TransportVersion getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
+        assert false : "should never be called when supportsVersion is used";
         return TransportVersions.INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_ADDED;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean supportsVersion(TransportVersion version) {
+        return version.onOrAfter(TransportVersions.INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_ADDED)
+            || version.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_ADDED_8_19);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         out.writeMap(secretParameters, StreamOutput::writeSecureString);
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 83048120bc54..931eb3b79855 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
@@ -394,9 +394,16 @@ public class CustomServiceSettings extends FilteredXContentObject implements Ser
 
     @Override
     public TransportVersion getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
+        assert false : "should never be called when supportsVersion is used";
         return TransportVersions.INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_ADDED;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean supportsVersion(TransportVersion version) {
+        return version.onOrAfter(TransportVersions.INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_ADDED)
+            || version.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_ADDED_8_19);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         textEmbeddingSettings.writeTo(out);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/custom/CustomTaskSettings.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/custom/CustomTaskSettings.java
index bb665cc196bd..2d43e4278100 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/custom/CustomTaskSettings.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/custom/CustomTaskSettings.java
@@ -100,9 +100,16 @@ public class CustomTaskSettings implements TaskSettings {
 
     @Override
     public TransportVersion getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
+        assert false : "should never be called when supportsVersion is used";
         return TransportVersions.INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_ADDED;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean supportsVersion(TransportVersion version) {
+        return version.onOrAfter(TransportVersions.INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_ADDED)
+            || version.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_ADDED_8_19);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         out.writeGenericMap(parameters);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/deepseek/DeepSeekChatCompletionModel.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/deepseek/DeepSeekChatCompletionModel.java
index 5e9a7e5f93a0..06f21e19a640 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/deepseek/DeepSeekChatCompletionModel.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/deepseek/DeepSeekChatCompletionModel.java
@@ -176,9 +176,16 @@ public class DeepSeekChatCompletionModel extends Model {
 
         @Override
         public TransportVersion getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
+            assert false : "should never be called when supportsVersion is used";
             return TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_DEEPSEEK;
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public boolean supportsVersion(TransportVersion version) {
+            return version.onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_DEEPSEEK)
+                || version.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_DEEPSEEK_8_19);
+        }
+
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
             out.writeString(modelId);
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 5047f34a1b2e..e8eeee5a34dd 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
@@ -205,9 +205,16 @@ public class ElasticInferenceServiceDenseTextEmbeddingsServiceSettings extends F
 
     @Override
     public TransportVersion getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
+        assert false : "should never be called when supportsVersion is used";
         return TransportVersions.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);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         out.writeString(modelId);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/elastic/rerank/ElasticInferenceServiceRerankServiceSettings.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/elastic/rerank/ElasticInferenceServiceRerankServiceSettings.java
index c20846c7fdfc..eff22c277193 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/elastic/rerank/ElasticInferenceServiceRerankServiceSettings.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/elastic/rerank/ElasticInferenceServiceRerankServiceSettings.java
@@ -83,9 +83,16 @@ public class ElasticInferenceServiceRerankServiceSettings extends FilteredXConte
 
     @Override
     public TransportVersion getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
+        assert false : "should never be called when supportsVersion is used";
         return TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_ELASTIC_RERANK;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean supportsVersion(TransportVersion version) {
+        return version.onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_ELASTIC_RERANK)
+            || version.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_ELASTIC_RERANK_ADDED_8_19);
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected XContentBuilder toXContentFragmentOfExposedFields(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
         builder.field(MODEL_ID, modelId);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/googlevertexai/completion/GoogleVertexAiChatCompletionServiceSettings.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/googlevertexai/completion/GoogleVertexAiChatCompletionServiceSettings.java
index 105d76a9f8cc..a753fc5dc66f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/googlevertexai/completion/GoogleVertexAiChatCompletionServiceSettings.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/googlevertexai/completion/GoogleVertexAiChatCompletionServiceSettings.java
@@ -118,9 +118,16 @@ public class GoogleVertexAiChatCompletionServiceSettings extends FilteredXConten
 
     @Override
     public TransportVersion getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
+        assert false : "should never be called when supportsVersion is used";
         return TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_VERTEXAI_CHATCOMPLETION_ADDED;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean supportsVersion(TransportVersion version) {
+        return version.onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_VERTEXAI_CHATCOMPLETION_ADDED)
+            || version.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_VERTEXAI_CHATCOMPLETION_ADDED_8_19);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         out.writeString(projectId);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/huggingface/completion/HuggingFaceChatCompletionServiceSettings.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/huggingface/completion/HuggingFaceChatCompletionServiceSettings.java
index af88316ef516..cdc2529428be 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/huggingface/completion/HuggingFaceChatCompletionServiceSettings.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/huggingface/completion/HuggingFaceChatCompletionServiceSettings.java
@@ -144,9 +144,16 @@ public class HuggingFaceChatCompletionServiceSettings extends FilteredXContentOb
 
     @Override
     public TransportVersion getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
+        assert false : "should never be called when supportsVersion is used";
         return TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_HUGGING_FACE_CHAT_COMPLETION_ADDED;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean supportsVersion(TransportVersion version) {
+        return version.onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_HUGGING_FACE_CHAT_COMPLETION_ADDED)
+            || version.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_HUGGING_FACE_CHAT_COMPLETION_ADDED_8_19);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         out.writeOptionalString(modelId);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/huggingface/rerank/HuggingFaceRerankServiceSettings.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/huggingface/rerank/HuggingFaceRerankServiceSettings.java
index 3d4c6aef71e9..b0b21b26395a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/huggingface/rerank/HuggingFaceRerankServiceSettings.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/huggingface/rerank/HuggingFaceRerankServiceSettings.java
@@ -115,9 +115,16 @@ public class HuggingFaceRerankServiceSettings extends FilteredXContentObject
 
     @Override
     public TransportVersion getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
+        assert false : "should never be called when supportsVersion is used";
         return TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_HUGGING_FACE_RERANK_ADDED;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean supportsVersion(TransportVersion version) {
+        return version.onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_HUGGING_FACE_RERANK_ADDED)
+            || version.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_HUGGING_FACE_RERANK_ADDED_8_19);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         out.writeString(uri.toString());
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/huggingface/rerank/HuggingFaceRerankTaskSettings.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/huggingface/rerank/HuggingFaceRerankTaskSettings.java
index 9f90386edff9..8b9e9113bce1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/huggingface/rerank/HuggingFaceRerankTaskSettings.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/huggingface/rerank/HuggingFaceRerankTaskSettings.java
@@ -118,9 +118,16 @@ public class HuggingFaceRerankTaskSettings implements TaskSettings {
 
     @Override
     public TransportVersion getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
+        assert false : "should never be called when supportsVersion is used";
         return TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_HUGGING_FACE_RERANK_ADDED;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean supportsVersion(TransportVersion version) {
+        return version.onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_HUGGING_FACE_RERANK_ADDED)
+            || version.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_HUGGING_FACE_RERANK_ADDED_8_19);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         out.writeOptionalVInt(topNDocumentsOnly);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/mistral/completion/MistralChatCompletionServiceSettings.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/mistral/completion/MistralChatCompletionServiceSettings.java
index 676653d54a56..89b9475ad65d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/mistral/completion/MistralChatCompletionServiceSettings.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/mistral/completion/MistralChatCompletionServiceSettings.java
@@ -78,9 +78,16 @@ public class MistralChatCompletionServiceSettings extends FilteredXContentObject
 
     @Override
     public TransportVersion getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
+        assert false : "should never be called when supportsVersion is used";
         return TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_MISTRAL_CHAT_COMPLETION_ADDED;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean supportsVersion(TransportVersion version) {
+        return version.onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_MISTRAL_CHAT_COMPLETION_ADDED)
+            || version.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_MISTRAL_CHAT_COMPLETION_ADDED_8_19);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String modelId() {
         return this.modelId;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/sagemaker/model/SageMakerServiceSettings.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/sagemaker/model/SageMakerServiceSettings.java
index 2caf97bdd05b..b7a554d387c8 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/sagemaker/model/SageMakerServiceSettings.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/sagemaker/model/SageMakerServiceSettings.java
@@ -111,9 +111,16 @@ record SageMakerServiceSettings(
 
     @Override
     public TransportVersion getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
+        assert false : "should never be called when supportsVersion is used";
         return TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_SAGEMAKER;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean supportsVersion(TransportVersion version) {
+        return version.onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_SAGEMAKER)
+            || version.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_SAGEMAKER_8_19);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         out.writeString(endpointName());
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/sagemaker/model/SageMakerTaskSettings.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/sagemaker/model/SageMakerTaskSettings.java
index c1c244cc3705..fd9eb2d20c5d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/sagemaker/model/SageMakerTaskSettings.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/sagemaker/model/SageMakerTaskSettings.java
@@ -101,9 +101,16 @@ record SageMakerTaskSettings(
 
     @Override
     public TransportVersion getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
+        assert false : "should never be called when supportsVersion is used";
         return TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_SAGEMAKER;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean supportsVersion(TransportVersion version) {
+        return version.onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_SAGEMAKER)
+            || version.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_SAGEMAKER_8_19);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         out.writeOptionalString(customAttributes);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/sagemaker/schema/SageMakerStoredServiceSchema.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/sagemaker/schema/SageMakerStoredServiceSchema.java
index 9fb320a2d364..b3d948a85de9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/sagemaker/schema/SageMakerStoredServiceSchema.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/sagemaker/schema/SageMakerStoredServiceSchema.java
@@ -29,9 +29,16 @@ public interface SageMakerStoredServiceSchema extends ServiceSettings {
 
         @Override
         public TransportVersion getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
+            assert false : "should never be called when supportsVersion is used";
             return TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_SAGEMAKER;
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public boolean supportsVersion(TransportVersion version) {
+            return version.onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_SAGEMAKER)
+                || version.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_SAGEMAKER_8_19);
+        }
+
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) {
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/sagemaker/schema/SageMakerStoredTaskSchema.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/sagemaker/schema/SageMakerStoredTaskSchema.java
index 2aa2f9556d41..09a73f0f42ea 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/sagemaker/schema/SageMakerStoredTaskSchema.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/sagemaker/schema/SageMakerStoredTaskSchema.java
@@ -39,9 +39,16 @@ public interface SageMakerStoredTaskSchema extends TaskSettings {
 
         @Override
         public TransportVersion getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
+            assert false : "should never be called when supportsVersion is used";
             return TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_SAGEMAKER;
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public boolean supportsVersion(TransportVersion version) {
+            return version.onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_SAGEMAKER)
+                || version.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_SAGEMAKER_8_19);
+        }
+
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) {}
 
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 cf9d24a86dcc..6e1407beab1d 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
@@ -250,9 +250,16 @@ public class ElasticTextEmbeddingPayload implements ElasticPayload {
 
         @Override
         public TransportVersion getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
+            assert false : "should never be called when supportsVersion is used";
             return TransportVersions.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);
+        }
+
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
             out.writeOptionalVInt(dimensions);
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 3cdcbb35ffdc..088de2068741 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
@@ -50,9 +50,16 @@ record SageMakerElasticTaskSettings(@Nullable Map<String, Object> passthroughSet
 
     @Override
     public TransportVersion getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
+        assert false : "should never be called when supportsVersion is used";
         return TransportVersions.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);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         out.writeGenericMap(passthroughSettings);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/sagemaker/schema/openai/OpenAiTextEmbeddingPayload.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/sagemaker/schema/openai/OpenAiTextEmbeddingPayload.java
index 276c407d694d..6fcbd309551e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/sagemaker/schema/openai/OpenAiTextEmbeddingPayload.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/sagemaker/schema/openai/OpenAiTextEmbeddingPayload.java
@@ -138,9 +138,16 @@ public class OpenAiTextEmbeddingPayload implements SageMakerSchemaPayload {
 
         @Override
         public TransportVersion getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
+            assert false : "should never be called when supportsVersion is used";
             return TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_SAGEMAKER;
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public boolean supportsVersion(TransportVersion version) {
+            return version.onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_SAGEMAKER)
+                || version.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_SAGEMAKER_8_19);
+        }
+
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
             out.writeOptionalInt(dimensions);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/sagemaker/schema/openai/SageMakerOpenAiTaskSettings.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/sagemaker/schema/openai/SageMakerOpenAiTaskSettings.java
index 4eeba9f69022..b8ce19ba712b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/sagemaker/schema/openai/SageMakerOpenAiTaskSettings.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/sagemaker/schema/openai/SageMakerOpenAiTaskSettings.java
@@ -37,9 +37,16 @@ record SageMakerOpenAiTaskSettings(@Nullable String user) implements SageMakerSt
 
     @Override
     public TransportVersion getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
+        assert false : "should never be called when supportsVersion is used";
         return TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_SAGEMAKER_CHAT_COMPLETION;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean supportsVersion(TransportVersion version) {
+        return version.onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_SAGEMAKER_CHAT_COMPLETION)
+            || version.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.ML_INFERENCE_SAGEMAKER_CHAT_COMPLETION_8_19);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         out.writeOptionalString(user);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/voyageai/VoyageAIServiceSettings.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/voyageai/VoyageAIServiceSettings.java
index 75497d1a4b4f..ba7db5bc16f4 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/voyageai/VoyageAIServiceSettings.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/voyageai/VoyageAIServiceSettings.java
@@ -108,9 +108,16 @@ public class VoyageAIServiceSettings extends FilteredXContentObject implements S
 
     @Override
     public TransportVersion getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
+        assert false : "should never be called when supportsVersion is used";
         return TransportVersions.VOYAGE_AI_INTEGRATION_ADDED;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean supportsVersion(TransportVersion version) {
+        return version.onOrAfter(TransportVersions.VOYAGE_AI_INTEGRATION_ADDED)
+            || version.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.VOYAGE_AI_INTEGRATION_ADDED_BACKPORT_8_X);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         out.writeString(modelId);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/voyageai/embeddings/VoyageAIEmbeddingsServiceSettings.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/voyageai/embeddings/VoyageAIEmbeddingsServiceSettings.java
index cc4db278d0e2..a0960fb6f74a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/voyageai/embeddings/VoyageAIEmbeddingsServiceSettings.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/voyageai/embeddings/VoyageAIEmbeddingsServiceSettings.java
@@ -226,9 +226,16 @@ public class VoyageAIEmbeddingsServiceSettings extends FilteredXContentObject im
 
     @Override
     public TransportVersion getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
+        assert false : "should never be called when supportsVersion is used";
         return TransportVersions.VOYAGE_AI_INTEGRATION_ADDED;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean supportsVersion(TransportVersion version) {
+        return version.onOrAfter(TransportVersions.VOYAGE_AI_INTEGRATION_ADDED)
+            || version.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.VOYAGE_AI_INTEGRATION_ADDED_BACKPORT_8_X);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         commonSettings.writeTo(out);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/voyageai/embeddings/VoyageAIEmbeddingsTaskSettings.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/voyageai/embeddings/VoyageAIEmbeddingsTaskSettings.java
index 2c6bf3a59c61..11728075fe2b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/voyageai/embeddings/VoyageAIEmbeddingsTaskSettings.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/voyageai/embeddings/VoyageAIEmbeddingsTaskSettings.java
@@ -162,9 +162,16 @@ public class VoyageAIEmbeddingsTaskSettings implements TaskSettings {
 
     @Override
     public TransportVersion getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
+        assert false : "should never be called when supportsVersion is used";
         return TransportVersions.VOYAGE_AI_INTEGRATION_ADDED;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean supportsVersion(TransportVersion version) {
+        return version.onOrAfter(TransportVersions.VOYAGE_AI_INTEGRATION_ADDED)
+            || version.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.VOYAGE_AI_INTEGRATION_ADDED_BACKPORT_8_X);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         out.writeOptionalEnum(inputType);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/voyageai/rerank/VoyageAIRerankServiceSettings.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/voyageai/rerank/VoyageAIRerankServiceSettings.java
index 1d3607922c5c..4e23efac2701 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/voyageai/rerank/VoyageAIRerankServiceSettings.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/voyageai/rerank/VoyageAIRerankServiceSettings.java
@@ -90,9 +90,16 @@ public class VoyageAIRerankServiceSettings extends FilteredXContentObject implem
 
     @Override
     public TransportVersion getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
+        assert false : "should never be called when supportsVersion is used";
         return TransportVersions.VOYAGE_AI_INTEGRATION_ADDED;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean supportsVersion(TransportVersion version) {
+        return version.onOrAfter(TransportVersions.VOYAGE_AI_INTEGRATION_ADDED)
+            || version.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.VOYAGE_AI_INTEGRATION_ADDED_BACKPORT_8_X);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         commonSettings.writeTo(out);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/voyageai/rerank/VoyageAIRerankTaskSettings.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/voyageai/rerank/VoyageAIRerankTaskSettings.java
index a5004fde1e17..9e57b5848767 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/voyageai/rerank/VoyageAIRerankTaskSettings.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/voyageai/rerank/VoyageAIRerankTaskSettings.java
@@ -135,9 +135,16 @@ public class VoyageAIRerankTaskSettings implements TaskSettings {
 
     @Override
     public TransportVersion getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
+        assert false : "should never be called when supportsVersion is used";
         return TransportVersions.VOYAGE_AI_INTEGRATION_ADDED;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean supportsVersion(TransportVersion version) {
+        return version.onOrAfter(TransportVersions.VOYAGE_AI_INTEGRATION_ADDED)
+            || version.isPatchFrom(TransportVersions.VOYAGE_AI_INTEGRATION_ADDED_BACKPORT_8_X);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         out.writeOptionalInt(topKDocumentsOnly);