diff --git a/pkg/kgo/broker.go b/pkg/kgo/broker.go
index 991741c1..58f8fa67 100644
--- a/pkg/kgo/broker.go
+++ b/pkg/kgo/broker.go
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ func (b *broker) handleReqs() {
 
 		ourMax := req.MaxVersion()
 		if b.cl.cfg.maxVersions != nil {
-			userMax, _ := b.cl.cfg.maxVersions.LookupVersion(req.Key()) // we validated HasKey above
+			userMax, _ := b.cl.cfg.maxVersions.LookupMaxKeyVersion(req.Key()) // we validated HasKey above
 			if userMax < ourMax {
 				ourMax = userMax
 			}
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ func (b *broker) handleReqs() {
 		// lower than we desire, we fail the request for the broker is
 		// too old.
 		if b.cl.cfg.minVersions != nil {
-			minVersion, minVersionExists := b.cl.cfg.minVersions.LookupVersion(req.Key())
+			minVersion, minVersionExists := b.cl.cfg.minVersions.LookupMaxKeyVersion(req.Key())
 			if minVersionExists && version < minVersion {
 				pr.promise(nil, ErrBrokerTooOld)
 				continue
diff --git a/pkg/kversion/kversion.go b/pkg/kversion/kversion.go
index 97af6781..83702b5a 100644
--- a/pkg/kversion/kversion.go
+++ b/pkg/kversion/kversion.go
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ import (
 
 // Versions is a list of versions, with each item corresponding to a Kafka key
 // and each item's value corresponding to the max version supported.
+//
+// Minimum versions are not currently tracked because all keys have a minimum
+// version of zero. The internals of a Versions may change in the future to
+// support minimum versions; the outward facing API of Versions should not
+// change to support this.
+//
+// As well, supported features may be added in the future.
 type Versions struct {
 	// If any version is -1, then it is left out in that version.
 	// This was first done in version 2.7.0, where Kafka added support
@@ -22,15 +29,24 @@ type Versions struct {
 	k2v []int16
 }
 
+// FromApiVersionsResponse returns a Versions from a kmsg.ApiVersionsResponse.
+func FromApiVersionsResponse(r *kmsg.ApiVersionsResponse) Versions {
+	var v Versions
+	for _, key := range r.ApiKeys {
+		v.SetMaxKeyVersion(key.ApiKey, key.MaxVersion)
+	}
+	return v
+}
+
 // HasKey returns true if the versions contains the given key.
 func (vs Versions) HasKey(k int16) bool {
-	_, has := vs.LookupVersion(k)
+	_, has := vs.LookupMaxKeyVersion(k)
 	return has
 }
 
-// LookupVersion returns the version for the given key and whether the key
-// exists. If the key does not exist, this returns (-1, false).
-func (vs Versions) LookupVersion(k int16) (int16, bool) {
+// LookupMaxKeyVersion returns the version for the given key and whether the
+// key exists. If the key does not exist, this returns (-1, false).
+func (vs Versions) LookupMaxKeyVersion(k int16) (int16, bool) {
 	if k < 0 {
 		return -1, false
 	}
@@ -44,6 +60,23 @@ func (vs Versions) LookupVersion(k int16) (int16, bool) {
 	return version, true
 }
 
+// SetMaxKeyVersion sets the max version for the given key.
+//
+// Setting a version to -1 unsets the key.
+//
+// Versions are backed by a slice; if the slice is not long enough, it is
+// extended to fit the key.
+func (vs *Versions) SetMaxKeyVersion(k, v int16) {
+	if k < 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	needLen := int(k + 1)
+	for len(vs.k2v) < needLen {
+		vs.k2v = append(vs.k2v, -1)
+	}
+	vs.k2v[k] = v
+}
+
 // Returns whether two versions are equal.
 func (vs Versions) Equal(other Versions) bool {
 	// We allow the version slices to be of different lengths, so long as
@@ -67,23 +100,7 @@ func (vs Versions) Equal(other Versions) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-// SetKeyVersion sets the version for the given key.
-//
-// Setting a version to -1 unsets the key.
-//
-// Versions are backed by a slice; if the slice is not long enough, it is
-// extended to fit the key.
-func (vs *Versions) SetKeyVersion(k, v int16) {
-	if k < 0 {
-		return
-	}
-	needLen := int(k + 1)
-	for len(vs.k2v) < needLen {
-		vs.k2v = append(vs.k2v, -1)
-	}
-	vs.k2v[k] = v
-}
-
+// Returns a string representation of the versions; the format may change.
 func (vs Versions) String() string {
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
 	w := tabwriter.NewWriter(&buf, 0, 0, 2, ' ', 0)