diff --git a/app/models/server/models/_oplogHandle.ts b/app/models/server/models/_oplogHandle.ts
index aeb26c08f15ea..dc76ed3b433b3 100644
--- a/app/models/server/models/_oplogHandle.ts
+++ b/app/models/server/models/_oplogHandle.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+
 import { Meteor } from 'meteor/meteor';
 import { MongoInternals } from 'meteor/mongo';
+import semver from 'semver';
 import s from 'underscore.string';
 import { MongoClient, Cursor, Timestamp, Db } from 'mongodb';
 
@@ -22,8 +24,8 @@ class OplogHandle {
 		}
 
 		const { mongo } = MongoInternals.defaultRemoteCollectionDriver();
-		const { storageEngine } = await mongo.db.command({ serverStatus: 1 });
-		return storageEngine?.name === 'wiredTiger';
+		const { version, storageEngine } = await mongo.db.command({ serverStatus: 1 });
+		return storageEngine?.name === 'wiredTiger' && semver.satisfies(semver.coerce(version), '>=3.6.0');
 	}
 
 	async start(): Promise<OplogHandle> {
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 3b2455825f34d..7a2766502e29e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -8583,6 +8583,12 @@
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/retry/-/retry-0.12.0.tgz",
 			"integrity": "sha512-wWKOClTTiizcZhXnPY4wikVAwmdYHp8q6DmC+EJUzAMsycb7HB32Kh9RN4+0gExjmPmZSAQjgURXIGATPegAvA=="
 		},
+		"@types/semver": {
+			"version": "7.3.3",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/semver/-/semver-7.3.3.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-jQxClWFzv9IXdLdhSaTf16XI3NYe6zrEbckSpb5xhKfPbWgIyAY0AFyWWWfaiDcBuj3UHmMkCIwSRqpKMTZL2Q==",
+			"dev": true
+		},
 		"@types/serve-static": {
 			"version": "1.13.5",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/serve-static/-/serve-static-1.13.5.tgz",
@@ -18103,7 +18109,7 @@
 				},
 				"minimist": {
 					"version": "0.0.8",
-					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimist/-/minimist-0.0.8.tgz",
+					"resolved": false,
 					"integrity": "sha1-hX/Kv8M5fSYluCKCYuhqp6ARsF0=",
 					"dev": true,
 					"optional": true
@@ -18131,7 +18137,7 @@
 				},
 				"mkdirp": {
 					"version": "0.5.1",
-					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-0.5.1.tgz",
+					"resolved": false,
 					"integrity": "sha1-MAV0OOrGz3+MR2fzhkjWaX11yQM=",
 					"dev": true,
 					"optional": true,
@@ -18304,7 +18310,7 @@
 					"dependencies": {
 						"minimist": {
 							"version": "1.2.0",
-							"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.0.tgz",
+							"resolved": false,
 							"integrity": "sha1-o1AIsg9BOD7sH7kU9M1d95omQoQ=",
 							"dev": true,
 							"optional": true
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0966101fb2fba..aae20588b9451 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 		"@types/moment-timezone": "^0.5.30",
 		"@types/mongodb": "^3.5.26",
 		"@types/react-dom": "^16.9.8",
+		"@types/semver": "^7.3.3",
 		"@types/toastr": "^2.1.38",
 		"@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^2.34.0",
 		"@typescript-eslint/parser": "^2.34.0",