diff --git a/cql3/query_options.cc b/cql3/query_options.cc
index 5ea5e491f5..c9b7232a28 100644
--- a/cql3/query_options.cc
+++ b/cql3/query_options.cc
@@ -23,13 +23,14 @@
  */
 
 #include "query_options.hh"
+#include "version.hh"
 
 namespace cql3 {
 
 thread_local const query_options::specific_options query_options::specific_options::DEFAULT{-1, {}, {}, api::missing_timestamp};
 
 thread_local query_options query_options::DEFAULT{db::consistency_level::ONE, std::experimental::nullopt,
-    {}, false, query_options::specific_options::DEFAULT, 3, serialization_format::use_32_bit()};
+    {}, false, query_options::specific_options::DEFAULT, version::native_protocol(), serialization_format::use_32_bit()};
 
 
 query_options::query_options(std::vector<bytes_opt> values)