diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersions.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersions.java
index efcebbec31c92..d72a839b127a9 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersions.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersions.java
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ static TransportVersion def(int id) {
     public static final TransportVersion INFERENCE_REQUEST_ADAPTIVE_RATE_LIMITING = def(8_839_0_00);
     public static final TransportVersion ML_INFERENCE_IBM_WATSONX_RERANK_ADDED = def(8_840_0_00);
     public static final TransportVersion ELASTICSEARCH_9_0 = def(9_000_0_00);
+    public static final TransportVersion REMOVE_SNAPSHOT_FAILURES = def(9_000_0_01);
 
     /*
      * STOP! READ THIS FIRST! No, really,
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/get/GetSnapshotsResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/get/GetSnapshotsResponse.java
index e9fb4163cb0e9..c6463835f0c72 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/get/GetSnapshotsResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/get/GetSnapshotsResponse.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.snapshots.get;
 
+import org.elasticsearch.TransportVersions;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.collect.Iterators;
@@ -48,8 +49,9 @@ public GetSnapshotsResponse(List<SnapshotInfo> snapshots, @Nullable String next,
 
     public GetSnapshotsResponse(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         this.snapshots = in.readCollectionAsImmutableList(SnapshotInfo::readFrom);
-        // TODO Skip when we have V9 in TransportVersions
-        in.readMap(StreamInput::readException);
+        if (in.getTransportVersion().before(TransportVersions.REMOVE_SNAPSHOT_FAILURES)) {
+            in.readMap(StreamInput::readException);
+        }
         this.next = in.readOptionalString();
         this.total = in.readVInt();
         this.remaining = in.readVInt();
@@ -80,8 +82,9 @@ public int remaining() {
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         out.writeCollection(snapshots);
-        // TODO Skip when we have V9 in TransportVersions
-        out.writeMap(Map.of(), StreamOutput::writeException);
+        if (out.getTransportVersion().before(TransportVersions.REMOVE_SNAPSHOT_FAILURES)) {
+            out.writeMap(Map.of(), StreamOutput::writeException);
+        }
         out.writeOptionalString(next);
         out.writeVInt(total);
         out.writeVInt(remaining);