diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/remotestore/RemoteStoreClusterStateRestoreIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/remotestore/RemoteStoreClusterStateRestoreIT.java
index 29786158bc73c..c429b587a1399 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/remotestore/RemoteStoreClusterStateRestoreIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/remotestore/RemoteStoreClusterStateRestoreIT.java
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public void testFullClusterRestore() throws Exception {
      * 8. Add data nodes to recover index data
      * 9. Verify Metadata and index data is restored.
      */
-    public void testFullClusterStateRestore() throws Exception {
+    public void testFullClusterRestoreDoesntFailWithConflictingLocalState() throws Exception {
         int shardCount = randomIntBetween(1, 2);
         int replicaCount = 1;
         int dataNodeCount = shardCount * (replicaCount + 1);
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ public Settings onNodeStopped(String nodeName) {
 
         // start data nodes to trigger index data recovery
         internalCluster().startDataOnlyNodes(dataNodeCount);
-        verifyRestoredData(indexStats, INDEX_NAME);
+        verifyRedIndicesAndTriggerRestore(indexStats, INDEX_NAME, true);
     }
 
     public void testFullClusterRestoreMultipleIndices() throws Exception {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/NodeStats.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/NodeStats.java
index 3d37056956c69..874713b51d627 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/NodeStats.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/NodeStats.java
@@ -215,8 +215,7 @@ public NodeStats(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         } else {
             resourceUsageStats = null;
         }
-        // TODO: change to V_2_12_0 on main after backport to 2.x
-        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
+        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_12_0)) {
             segmentReplicationRejectionStats = in.readOptionalWriteable(SegmentReplicationRejectionStats::new);
         } else {
             segmentReplicationRejectionStats = null;
@@ -431,6 +430,7 @@ public SegmentReplicationRejectionStats getSegmentReplicationRejectionStats() {
         return segmentReplicationRejectionStats;
     }
 
+    @Nullable
     public RepositoriesStats getRepositoriesStats() {
         return repositoriesStats;
     }
@@ -481,8 +481,7 @@ public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_12_0)) {
             out.writeOptionalWriteable(resourceUsageStats);
         }
-        // TODO: change to V_2_12_0 on main after backport to 2.x
-        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
+        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_12_0)) {
             out.writeOptionalWriteable(segmentReplicationRejectionStats);
         }
         if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_12_0)) {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/SegmentReplicationRejectionStats.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/SegmentReplicationRejectionStats.java
index 9f9f150ebe2d7..492f253bbcb7c 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/SegmentReplicationRejectionStats.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/SegmentReplicationRejectionStats.java
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ public SegmentReplicationRejectionStats(final long totalRejectionCount) {
     }
 
     public SegmentReplicationRejectionStats(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-        // TODO: change to V_2_12_0 on main after backport to 2.x
-        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
+        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_12_0)) {
             this.totalRejectionCount = in.readVLong();
         }
     }
@@ -53,8 +52,7 @@ public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        // TODO: change to V_2_12_0 on main after backport to 2.x
-        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
+        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_12_0)) {
             out.writeVLong(totalRejectionCount);
         }
     }