diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/ShardFollowTask.java b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/ShardFollowTask.java
index 994b128b68ea2..894f434397ccb 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/ShardFollowTask.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/ShardFollowTask.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.ccr.action;
 
+import org.elasticsearch.Version;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
@@ -183,4 +184,8 @@ public String toString() {
         return Strings.toString(this);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Version getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
+        return Version.V_6_4_0;
+    }
 }