diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/XceiverClientGrpc.java b/hadoop-hdds/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/XceiverClientGrpc.java
index 2b5854ca2086..4fb661cbffbb 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/XceiverClientGrpc.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/XceiverClientGrpc.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.security.exception.SCMSecurityException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.tracing.GrpcClientInterceptor;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.tracing.TracingUtil;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.ClientVersion;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfigKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConsts;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
@@ -277,6 +278,11 @@ public ContainerCommandResponseProto sendCommand(
     List<DatanodeDetails> datanodeList = pipeline.getNodes();
     HashMap<DatanodeDetails, CompletableFuture<ContainerCommandResponseProto>>
             futureHashMap = new HashMap<>();
+    if (!request.hasVersion()) {
+      ContainerCommandRequestProto.Builder builder = ContainerCommandRequestProto.newBuilder(request);
+      builder.setVersion(ClientVersion.CURRENT.toProtoValue());
+      request = builder.build();
+    }
     for (DatanodeDetails dn : datanodeList) {
       try {
         futureHashMap.put(dn, sendCommandAsync(request, dn).getResponse());
@@ -337,10 +343,13 @@ private XceiverClientReply sendCommandWithTraceIDAndRetry(
 
     return TracingUtil.executeInNewSpan(spanName,
         () -> {
-          ContainerCommandRequestProto finalPayload =
+          ContainerCommandRequestProto.Builder builder =
               ContainerCommandRequestProto.newBuilder(request)
-                  .setTraceID(TracingUtil.exportCurrentSpan()).build();
-          return sendCommandWithRetry(finalPayload, validators);
+                  .setTraceID(TracingUtil.exportCurrentSpan());
+          if (!request.hasVersion()) {
+            builder.setVersion(ClientVersion.CURRENT.toProtoValue());
+          }
+          return sendCommandWithRetry(builder.build(), validators);
         });
   }
 
@@ -490,12 +499,14 @@ public XceiverClientReply sendCommandAsync(
 
     try (Scope ignored = GlobalTracer.get().activateSpan(span)) {
 
-      ContainerCommandRequestProto finalPayload =
+      ContainerCommandRequestProto.Builder builder =
           ContainerCommandRequestProto.newBuilder(request)
-              .setTraceID(TracingUtil.exportCurrentSpan())
-              .build();
+              .setTraceID(TracingUtil.exportCurrentSpan());
+      if (!request.hasVersion()) {
+        builder.setVersion(ClientVersion.CURRENT.toProtoValue());
+      }
       XceiverClientReply asyncReply =
-          sendCommandAsync(finalPayload, pipeline.getFirstNode());
+          sendCommandAsync(builder.build(), pipeline.getFirstNode());
       if (shouldBlockAndWaitAsyncReply(request)) {
         asyncReply.getResponse().get();
       }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/storage/TestBlockOutputStreamCorrectness.java b/hadoop-hdds/client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/storage/TestBlockOutputStreamCorrectness.java
index bf4830c6fcb5..df55b5bf57ae 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/storage/TestBlockOutputStreamCorrectness.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/storage/TestBlockOutputStreamCorrectness.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.pipeline.MockPipeline;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.pipeline.Pipeline;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.pipeline.PipelineID;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.ClientVersion;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConsts;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.container.common.helpers.BlockData;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.container.common.helpers.ChunkInfo;
@@ -228,9 +229,12 @@ public Pipeline getPipeline() {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public XceiverClientReply sendCommandAsync(
-        ContainerCommandRequestProto request
-    ) {
+    public XceiverClientReply sendCommandAsync(ContainerCommandRequestProto request) {
+
+      if (!request.hasVersion()) {
+        request = ContainerCommandRequestProto.newBuilder(request)
+            .setVersion(ClientVersion.CURRENT.toProtoValue()).build();
+      }
       final ContainerCommandResponseProto.Builder builder =
           ContainerCommandResponseProto.newBuilder()
               .setResult(Result.SUCCESS)
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/ratis/ContainerCommandRequestMessage.java b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/ratis/ContainerCommandRequestMessage.java
index e1ebde25198c..7ae6e7859046 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/ratis/ContainerCommandRequestMessage.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/ratis/ContainerCommandRequestMessage.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.protocol.datanode.proto.ContainerProtos.PutSmallFileRequestProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.protocol.datanode.proto.ContainerProtos.Type;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.protocol.datanode.proto.ContainerProtos.WriteChunkRequestProto;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.ClientVersion;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.common.Checksum;
 
 import org.apache.ratis.protocol.Message;
@@ -44,6 +45,9 @@ public static ContainerCommandRequestMessage toMessage(
     if (traceId != null) {
       b.setTraceID(traceId);
     }
+    if (!request.hasVersion()) {
+      b.setVersion(ClientVersion.CURRENT.toProtoValue());
+    }
 
     ByteString data = ByteString.EMPTY;
     if (request.getCmdType() == Type.WriteChunk) {
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/ratis/TestContainerCommandRequestMessage.java b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/ratis/TestContainerCommandRequestMessage.java
index ef65335a6c01..05fc9cb40b0b 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/ratis/TestContainerCommandRequestMessage.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/ratis/TestContainerCommandRequestMessage.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.protocol.datanode.proto.ContainerProtos.PutSmallFileRequestProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.protocol.datanode.proto.ContainerProtos.Type;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.protocol.datanode.proto.ContainerProtos.WriteChunkRequestProto;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.ClientVersion;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.common.Checksum;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.common.ChecksumData;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.common.OzoneChecksumException;
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ static ContainerCommandRequestProto newPutSmallFile(
         .setContainerID(blockID.getContainerID())
         .setDatanodeUuid(UUID.randomUUID().toString())
         .setPutSmallFile(putSmallFileRequest)
+        .setVersion(ClientVersion.CURRENT.toProtoValue())
         .build();
   }
 
@@ -113,6 +115,7 @@ static ContainerCommandRequestProto newWriteChunk(
         .setContainerID(blockID.getContainerID())
         .setDatanodeUuid(UUID.randomUUID().toString())
         .setWriteChunk(writeChunkRequest)
+        .setVersion(ClientVersion.CURRENT.toProtoValue())
         .build();
   }
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/ContainerTestHelper.java b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/ContainerTestHelper.java
index 7ade596add7a..cf96b2145d7e 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/ContainerTestHelper.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/ContainerTestHelper.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.pipeline.MockPipeline;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.pipeline.Pipeline;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.utils.UniqueId;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.ClientVersion;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.common.Checksum;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.common.ChunkBuffer;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.common.OzoneChecksumException;
@@ -540,6 +541,11 @@ public static byte[] generateData(int length, boolean random) {
     return data;
   }
 
+  public static ContainerCommandRequestProto getDummyCommandRequestProto(
+      ContainerProtos.Type cmdType) {
+    return getDummyCommandRequestProto(ClientVersion.CURRENT, cmdType, 0);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Construct fake protobuf messages for various types of requests.
    * This is tedious, however necessary to test. Protobuf classes are final
@@ -549,16 +555,17 @@ public static byte[] generateData(int length, boolean random) {
    * @return
    */
   public static ContainerCommandRequestProto getDummyCommandRequestProto(
-      ContainerProtos.Type cmdType) {
+      ClientVersion clientVersion, ContainerProtos.Type cmdType, int replicaIndex) {
     final Builder builder =
         ContainerCommandRequestProto.newBuilder()
+            .setVersion(clientVersion.toProtoValue())
             .setCmdType(cmdType)
             .setContainerID(DUMMY_CONTAINER_ID)
             .setDatanodeUuid(DATANODE_UUID);
 
     final DatanodeBlockID fakeBlockId =
         DatanodeBlockID.newBuilder()
-            .setContainerID(DUMMY_CONTAINER_ID).setLocalID(1)
+            .setContainerID(DUMMY_CONTAINER_ID).setLocalID(1).setReplicaIndex(replicaIndex)
             .setBlockCommitSequenceId(101).build();
 
     final ContainerProtos.ChunkInfo fakeChunkInfo =
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/keyvalue/impl/TestKeyValueStreamDataChannel.java b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/keyvalue/impl/TestKeyValueStreamDataChannel.java
index c97040d1b376..63045f76136b 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/keyvalue/impl/TestKeyValueStreamDataChannel.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/keyvalue/impl/TestKeyValueStreamDataChannel.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.protocol.datanode.proto.ContainerProtos.PutBlockRequestProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.protocol.datanode.proto.ContainerProtos.Type;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.ratis.ContainerCommandRequestMessage;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.ClientVersion;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.container.keyvalue.impl.KeyValueStreamDataChannel.Buffers;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.container.keyvalue.impl.KeyValueStreamDataChannel.WriteMethod;
 import org.apache.ratis.client.api.DataStreamOutput;
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ public class TestKeyValueStreamDataChannel {
   public static final Logger LOG =
       LoggerFactory.getLogger(TestKeyValueStreamDataChannel.class);
 
-  static final ContainerCommandRequestProto PUT_BLOCK_PROTO
+  private static final ContainerCommandRequestProto PUT_BLOCK_PROTO
       = ContainerCommandRequestProto.newBuilder()
       .setCmdType(Type.PutBlock)
       .setPutBlock(PutBlockRequestProto.newBuilder().setBlockData(
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ public class TestKeyValueStreamDataChannel {
               .setContainerID(222).setLocalID(333).build()).build()))
       .setDatanodeUuid("datanodeId")
       .setContainerID(111L)
+      .setVersion(ClientVersion.CURRENT.toProtoValue())
       .build();
   static final int PUT_BLOCK_PROTO_SIZE = PUT_BLOCK_PROTO.toByteString().size();
   static {