diff --git a/lib/mongo/server/description/features.rb b/lib/mongo/server/description/features.rb
index ea4a4bfd8b..26104dde16 100644
--- a/lib/mongo/server/description/features.rb
+++ b/lib/mongo/server/description/features.rb
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class Features
         #
         # If there are no currently-deprecated wire versions, this should be
         # set to an empty range (e.g. the EMPTY_RANGE constant).
-        DEPRECATED_WIRE_VERSIONS = EMPTY_RANGE
+        DEPRECATED_WIRE_VERSIONS = 8..8
 
         # make sure the deprecated versions are valid
         if DEPRECATED_WIRE_VERSIONS.min && (DRIVER_WIRE_VERSIONS.min > DEPRECATED_WIRE_VERSIONS.max)