diff --git a/docs/changelog/141539.yaml b/docs/changelog/141539.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c0aa56b5430ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/141539.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+area: Infra/Core
+issues: []
+pr: 141539
+summary: Reindexing older indices with percolator fields clears migration assistant
+  errors
+type: bug
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetadataCreateIndexService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetadataCreateIndexService.java
index 994a530e8aaf5..c94e7afc9cf7d 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetadataCreateIndexService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetadataCreateIndexService.java
@@ -597,7 +597,8 @@ private ClusterState applyCreateIndexWithTemporaryService(
                     temporaryIndexMeta.getRoutingNumShards(),
                     sourceMetadata,
                     temporaryIndexMeta.isSystem(),
-                    temporaryIndexMeta.getCustomData()
+                    temporaryIndexMeta.getCustomData(),
+                    currentState.getMinTransportVersion()
                 );
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 logger.info("failed to build index metadata [{}]", request.index());
@@ -658,7 +659,6 @@ private IndexMetadata buildAndValidateTemporaryIndexMetadata(
         final IndexMetadata.Builder tmpImdBuilder = IndexMetadata.builder(request.index());
         tmpImdBuilder.setRoutingNumShards(routingNumShards);
         tmpImdBuilder.settings(indexSettings);
-        tmpImdBuilder.transportVersion(TransportVersion.current());
         tmpImdBuilder.system(isSystem);
 
         // Set up everything, now locally create the index to see that things are ok, and apply
@@ -1524,10 +1524,12 @@ static IndexMetadata buildIndexMetadata(
         int routingNumShards,
         @Nullable IndexMetadata sourceMetadata,
         boolean isSystem,
-        Map<String, DiffableStringMap> customData
+        Map<String, DiffableStringMap> customData,
+        TransportVersion minClusterTransportVersion
     ) {
         IndexMetadata.Builder indexMetadataBuilder = createIndexMetadataBuilder(indexName, sourceMetadata, indexSettings, routingNumShards);
         indexMetadataBuilder.system(isSystem);
+        indexMetadataBuilder.transportVersion(minClusterTransportVersion);
         // now, update the mappings with the actual source
         Map<String, MappingMetadata> mappingsMetadata = new HashMap<>();
         DocumentMapper docMapper = documentMapperSupplier.get();
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetadataCreateIndexServiceTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetadataCreateIndexServiceTests.java
index b733ac9c0fd0f..2742ab78d369b 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetadataCreateIndexServiceTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetadataCreateIndexServiceTests.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import org.apache.lucene.util.automaton.RegExp;
 import org.elasticsearch.ExceptionsHelper;
 import org.elasticsearch.ResourceAlreadyExistsException;
+import org.elasticsearch.TransportVersion;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.alias.Alias;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.create.CreateIndexClusterStateUpdateRequest;
@@ -1404,7 +1405,8 @@ public void testBuildIndexMetadata() {
             4,
             sourceIndexMetadata,
             false,
-            Map.of()
+            Map.of(),
+            TransportVersion.current()
         );
 
         assertThat(indexMetadata.getAliases().size(), is(1));
@@ -1412,6 +1414,7 @@ public void testBuildIndexMetadata() {
         assertThat("The source index primary term must be used", indexMetadata.primaryTerm(0), is(3L));
         assertThat(indexMetadata.getTimestampRange(), equalTo(IndexLongFieldRange.NO_SHARDS));
         assertThat(indexMetadata.getEventIngestedRange(), equalTo(IndexLongFieldRange.NO_SHARDS));
+        assertThat(indexMetadata.getTransportVersion(), equalTo(TransportVersion.current()));
     }
 
     public void testGetIndexNumberOfRoutingShardsWithNullSourceIndex() {