diff --git a/internal/version/version.go b/internal/version/version.go
index 1d8c99a93..5e52ef48a 100644
--- a/internal/version/version.go
+++ b/internal/version/version.go
@@ -51,20 +51,28 @@ type Info struct {
 	Release    bool      `json:"release,omitempty"`
 }
 
-// SemVer represents a semantic version
+// SemVer represents a semantic version.
 // TODO: replace with semver.Version
 type SemVer struct {
 	semver.Version
 }
 
-// AllowedVersions provides the Minimum SemVer per Service
+// OldSemVer represents a semantic version.
+// NB: this will be deprecated in favor of `SemVer`; these structs marshal to JSON differently.
+type OldSemVer struct {
+	Major int64 `json:"major"`
+	Minor int64 `json:"minor"`
+	Patch int64 `json:"patch"`
+}
+
+// AllowedVersions provides the Minimum SemVer per Service.
 // TODO: I don't think this name is representative of what this struct now holds.
 type AllowedVersions struct {
-	Satellite   SemVer
-	Storagenode SemVer
-	Uplink      SemVer
-	Gateway     SemVer
-	Identity    SemVer
+	Satellite   OldSemVer
+	Storagenode OldSemVer
+	Uplink      OldSemVer
+	Gateway     OldSemVer
+	Identity    OldSemVer
 
 	Processes Processes `json:"processes"`
 }
@@ -136,6 +144,21 @@ func NewSemVer(v string) (SemVer, error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
+// NewOldSemVer parses a given version and returns an instance of OldSemVer or
+// an error if unable to parse the version.
+func NewOldSemVer(v string) (OldSemVer, error) {
+	ver, err := NewSemVer(v)
+	if err != nil {
+		return OldSemVer{}, err
+	}
+
+	return OldSemVer{
+		Major: int64(ver.Major),
+		Minor: int64(ver.Minor),
+		Patch: int64(ver.Patch),
+	}, nil
+}
+
 // Compare compare two versions, return -1 if compared version is greater, 0 if equal and 1 if less.
 func (sem *SemVer) Compare(version SemVer) int {
 	return sem.Version.Compare(version.Version)
diff --git a/versioncontrol/peer.go b/versioncontrol/peer.go
index fe79f35ec..9b6f7ca50 100644
--- a/versioncontrol/peer.go
+++ b/versioncontrol/peer.go
@@ -125,27 +125,27 @@ func New(log *zap.Logger, config *Config) (peer *Peer, err error) {
 	}
 
 	// Convert each Service's VersionConfig String to SemVer
-	peer.Versions.Satellite, err = version.NewSemVer(config.Versions.Satellite)
+	peer.Versions.Satellite, err = version.NewOldSemVer(config.Versions.Satellite)
 	if err != nil {
 		return &Peer{}, err
 	}
 
-	peer.Versions.Storagenode, err = version.NewSemVer(config.Versions.Storagenode)
+	peer.Versions.Storagenode, err = version.NewOldSemVer(config.Versions.Storagenode)
 	if err != nil {
 		return &Peer{}, err
 	}
 
-	peer.Versions.Uplink, err = version.NewSemVer(config.Versions.Uplink)
+	peer.Versions.Uplink, err = version.NewOldSemVer(config.Versions.Uplink)
 	if err != nil {
 		return &Peer{}, err
 	}
 
-	peer.Versions.Gateway, err = version.NewSemVer(config.Versions.Gateway)
+	peer.Versions.Gateway, err = version.NewOldSemVer(config.Versions.Gateway)
 	if err != nil {
 		return &Peer{}, err
 	}
 
-	peer.Versions.Identity, err = version.NewSemVer(config.Versions.Identity)
+	peer.Versions.Identity, err = version.NewOldSemVer(config.Versions.Identity)
 	if err != nil {
 		return &Peer{}, err
 	}