1 files changed, 24 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/jstests/sharding/transactions_stale_shard_version_errors.js b/jstests/sharding/transactions_stale_shard_version_errors.js
index 2ff76e94b0c..12debac39ab 100644
--- a/jstests/sharding/transactions_stale_shard_version_errors.js
+++ b/jstests/sharding/transactions_stale_shard_version_errors.js
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 // Tests mongos behavior on stale shard version errors received in a transaction.
 //
-// @tags: [requires_sharding, uses_transactions, uses_multi_shard_transaction]
+// @tags: [
+//  requires_sharding,
+//  uses_transactions,
+//  uses_multi_shard_transaction,
+// ]
 (function() {
 "use strict";
 
 load("jstests/sharding/libs/sharded_transactions_helpers.js");
+load("jstests/multiVersion/libs/verify_versions.js");
 
 function expectChunks(st, ns, chunks) {
     for (let i = 0; i < chunks.length; i++) {
@@ -208,13 +213,24 @@ session.startTransaction();
 assert.commandWorked(sessionDB.runCommand({insert: collName, documents: [{_id: -4}]}));
 
 // Targets Shard2, which is stale.
-res = assert.commandFailedWithCode(sessionDB.runCommand({insert: collName, documents: [{_id: 7}]}),
-                                   ErrorCodes.StaleConfig);
-assert.eq(res.errorLabels, ["TransientTransactionError"]);
-
-// The transaction should have been implicitly aborted on all shards.
-assertNoSuchTransactionOnAllShards(st, session.getSessionId(), session.getTxnNumber_forTesting());
-assert.commandFailedWithCode(session.abortTransaction_forTesting(), ErrorCodes.NoSuchTransaction);
+let shard2Version = st.shard2.getBinVersion();
+jsTest.log("Binary version of shard2: " + MongoRunner.getBinVersionFor(shard2Version));
+if (MongoRunner.compareBinVersions(shard2Version, "4.9") < 0) {
+    // TODO SERVER-52782 remove this if branch when 5.0 becomes last-lts
+    res = assert.commandFailedWithCode(
+        sessionDB.runCommand({insert: collName, documents: [{_id: 7}]}), ErrorCodes.StaleConfig);
+    assert.eq(res.errorLabels, ["TransientTransactionError"]);
+
+    // The transaction should have been implicitly aborted on all shards.
+    assertNoSuchTransactionOnAllShards(
+        st, session.getSessionId(), session.getTxnNumber_forTesting());
+    assert.commandFailedWithCode(session.abortTransaction_forTesting(),
+                                 ErrorCodes.NoSuchTransaction);
+} else {
+    assert.commandWorked(sessionDB.runCommand({insert: collName, documents: [{_id: 7}]}));
+
+    assert.commandWorked(session.abortTransaction_forTesting());
+}
 
 //
 // The final StaleConfig error should be returned if the router exhausts its retries.