diff --git a/src/Core/Defines.h b/src/Core/Defines.h
index ce5c9098399..3620c1dfcfe 100644
--- a/src/Core/Defines.h
+++ b/src/Core/Defines.h
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@
 /// Minimum revision with exactly the same set of aggregation methods and rules to select them.
 /// Two-level (bucketed) aggregation is incompatible if servers are inconsistent in these rules
 /// (keys will be placed in different buckets and result will not be fully aggregated).
-#define DBMS_MIN_REVISION_WITH_CURRENT_AGGREGATION_VARIANT_SELECTION_METHOD 54431
+#define DBMS_MIN_REVISION_WITH_CURRENT_AGGREGATION_VARIANT_SELECTION_METHOD 54456
+#define DBMS_MIN_MAJOR_VERSION_WITH_CURRENT_AGGREGATION_VARIANT_SELECTION_METHOD 21
+#define DBMS_MIN_MINOR_VERSION_WITH_CURRENT_AGGREGATION_VARIANT_SELECTION_METHOD 4
 #define DBMS_MIN_REVISION_WITH_COLUMN_DEFAULTS_METADATA 54410
 
 #define DBMS_MIN_REVISION_WITH_LOW_CARDINALITY_TYPE 54405
diff --git a/src/Interpreters/ClientInfo.h b/src/Interpreters/ClientInfo.h
index 71570778645..716c66b8b71 100644
--- a/src/Interpreters/ClientInfo.h
+++ b/src/Interpreters/ClientInfo.h
@@ -83,6 +83,14 @@ public:
     UInt64 client_version_patch = 0;
     unsigned client_tcp_protocol_version = 0;
 
+    /// In case of distributed query, client info for query is actually a client info of client.
+    /// In order to get a version of server-initiator, use connection_ values.
+    /// Also for tcp only.
+    UInt64 connection_client_version_major = 0;
+    UInt64 connection_client_version_minor = 0;
+    UInt64 connection_client_version_patch = 0;
+    unsigned connection_tcp_protocol_version = 0;
+
     /// For http
     HTTPMethod http_method = HTTPMethod::UNKNOWN;
     String http_user_agent;
diff --git a/src/Interpreters/InterpreterSelectQuery.cpp b/src/Interpreters/InterpreterSelectQuery.cpp
index 563e9ba8997..9ef35a774bf 100644
--- a/src/Interpreters/InterpreterSelectQuery.cpp
+++ b/src/Interpreters/InterpreterSelectQuery.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
 
 #include <Functions/IFunction.h>
 #include <Core/Field.h>
+#include <Core/Defines.h>
 #include <common/types.h>
 #include <Columns/Collator.h>
 #include <Common/FieldVisitorsAccurateComparison.h>
@@ -2609,6 +2610,19 @@ void InterpreterSelectQuery::initSettings()
     auto & query = getSelectQuery();
     if (query.settings())
         InterpreterSetQuery(query.settings(), context).executeForCurrentContext();
+
+    auto & client_info = context->getClientInfo();
+    auto min_major = DBMS_MIN_MAJOR_VERSION_WITH_CURRENT_AGGREGATION_VARIANT_SELECTION_METHOD;
+    auto min_minor = DBMS_MIN_MINOR_VERSION_WITH_CURRENT_AGGREGATION_VARIANT_SELECTION_METHOD;
+
+    if (client_info.query_kind == ClientInfo::QueryKind::SECONDARY_QUERY &&
+        std::forward_as_tuple(client_info.connection_client_version_major, client_info.connection_client_version_minor) < std::forward_as_tuple(min_major, min_minor))
+    {
+        /// Disable two-level aggregation due to version incompatibility.
+        context->setSetting("group_by_two_level_threshold", Field(0));
+        context->setSetting("group_by_two_level_threshold_bytes", Field(0));
+
+    }
 }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/Server/TCPHandler.cpp b/src/Server/TCPHandler.cpp
index 5415bf96443..a139ab5c100 100644
--- a/src/Server/TCPHandler.cpp
+++ b/src/Server/TCPHandler.cpp
@@ -944,6 +944,11 @@ void TCPHandler::receiveHello()
     client_info.client_version_patch = client_version_patch;
     client_info.client_tcp_protocol_version = client_tcp_protocol_version;
 
+    client_info.connection_client_version_major = client_version_major;
+    client_info.connection_client_version_minor = client_version_minor;
+    client_info.connection_client_version_patch = client_version_patch;
+    client_info.connection_tcp_protocol_version = client_tcp_protocol_version;
+
     is_interserver_mode = (user == USER_INTERSERVER_MARKER);
     if (is_interserver_mode)
     {
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_backward_compatibility/test_aggregate_fixed_key.py b/tests/integration/test_backward_compatibility/test_aggregate_fixed_key.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8819be527fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/test_backward_compatibility/test_aggregate_fixed_key.py
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import pytest
+
+from helpers.cluster import ClickHouseCluster
+
+cluster = ClickHouseCluster(__file__)
+node1 = cluster.add_instance('node1', with_zookeeper=True, image='yandex/clickhouse-server', tag='21.3', with_installed_binary=True)
+node2 = cluster.add_instance('node2', with_zookeeper=True, image='yandex/clickhouse-server')
+node3 = cluster.add_instance('node3', with_zookeeper=True, image='yandex/clickhouse-server')
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def start_cluster():
+    try:
+        cluster.start()
+        yield cluster
+
+    finally:
+        cluster.shutdown()
+
+
+def test_two_level_merge(start_cluster):
+    for node in start_cluster.instances.values():
+        node.query(
+            """
+            CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS test_two_level_merge(date Date, zone UInt32, number UInt32)
+            ENGINE = MergeTree() PARTITION BY toUInt64(number / 1000) ORDER BY tuple();
+
+            INSERT INTO
+                test_two_level_merge
+            SELECT
+                toDate('2021-09-28') - number / 1000,
+                249081628,
+                number
+            FROM
+                numbers(15000);
+            """
+        )
+
+    # covers only the keys64 method
+    for node in start_cluster.instances.values():
+        print(node.query(
+            """
+            SELECT
+                throwIf(uniqExact(date) != count(), 'group by is borked')
+            FROM (
+                SELECT
+                    date
+                FROM
+                    remote('node{1,2}', default.test_two_level_merge)
+                WHERE
+                    date BETWEEN toDate('2021-09-20') AND toDate('2021-09-28')
+                    AND zone = 249081628
+                GROUP by date, zone
+            )
+            SETTINGS
+                group_by_two_level_threshold = 1,
+                group_by_two_level_threshold_bytes = 1,
+                max_threads = 2,
+                prefer_localhost_replica = 0
+            """
+        ))