diff --git a/common_types/src/lib.rs b/common_types/src/lib.rs
index a796fb207c..0c4eb241a9 100644
--- a/common_types/src/lib.rs
+++ b/common_types/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ pub mod hash;
 pub mod projected_schema;
 #[cfg(feature = "arrow")]
 pub mod record_batch;
+pub mod remote_engine;
 pub mod request_id;
 #[cfg(feature = "arrow")]
 pub mod row;
@@ -30,5 +31,7 @@ pub const MAX_SEQUENCE_NUMBER: u64 = u64::MAX;
 /// sequence number should starts from 1.
 pub const MIN_SEQUENCE_NUMBER: u64 = 0;
 
+pub use remote_engine::Version as RemoteEngineVersion;
+
 #[cfg(any(test, feature = "test"))]
 pub mod tests;
diff --git a/common_types/src/remote_engine.rs b/common_types/src/remote_engine.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..43a0498b56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common_types/src/remote_engine.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+// Copyright 2022 CeresDB Project Authors. Licensed under Apache-2.0.
+
+//! Common type for remote engine rpc service
+
+use snafu::{Backtrace, Snafu};
+
+#[derive(Debug, Snafu)]
+pub enum Error {
+    #[snafu(display("Unknown version, value:{}.\nBacktrace:\n{}", version, backtrace))]
+    UnknownVersion { version: u32, backtrace: Backtrace },
+}
+
+type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
+
+pub enum Version {
+    ArrowIPCWithZstd,
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<u32> for Version {
+    type Error = Error;
+
+    fn try_from(value: u32) -> Result<Self> {
+        match value {
+            0 => Ok(Self::ArrowIPCWithZstd),
+            _ => UnknownVersion { version: value }.fail(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for Version {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::ArrowIPCWithZstd
+    }
+}
+
+impl Version {
+    pub fn as_u32(&self) -> u32 {
+        match self {
+            Self::ArrowIPCWithZstd => 0,
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/remote_engine_client/src/client.rs b/remote_engine_client/src/client.rs
index a2238beb10..4c56cf24f4 100644
--- a/remote_engine_client/src/client.rs
+++ b/remote_engine_client/src/client.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use arrow_ext::ipc;
 use ceresdbproto::storage;
 use common_types::{
     projected_schema::ProjectedSchema, record_batch::RecordBatch, schema::RecordSchema,
+    RemoteEngineVersion,
 };
 use futures::{Stream, StreamExt};
 use proto::remote_engine::{self, remote_engine_service_client::*};
@@ -178,19 +179,27 @@ impl Stream for ClientReadRecordBatchStream {
                     }.fail()));
                 }
 
-                // TODO(chenxiang): read compression from config
-                let record_batch = ipc::decode_record_batch(response.rows, ipc::Compression::Zstd)
-                    .map_err(|e| Box::new(e) as _)
-                    .context(ConvertReadResponse {
-                        msg: "decode record batch failed",
-                    })
-                    .and_then(|v| {
-                        RecordBatch::try_from(v)
+                let record_batch = match RemoteEngineVersion::try_from(response.version)
+                    .context(ConvertVersion)?
+                {
+                    RemoteEngineVersion::ArrowIPCWithZstd => {
+                        ipc::decode_record_batch(response.rows, ipc::Compression::Zstd)
                             .map_err(|e| Box::new(e) as _)
                             .context(ConvertReadResponse {
-                                msg: "convert record batch failed",
+                                msg: "decode record batch failed",
+                                version: response.version,
                             })
-                    });
+                            .and_then(|v| {
+                                RecordBatch::try_from(v)
+                                    .map_err(|e| Box::new(e) as _)
+                                    .context(ConvertReadResponse {
+                                        msg: "convert record batch failed",
+                                        version: response.version,
+                                    })
+                            })
+                    }
+                };
+
                 Poll::Ready(Some(record_batch))
             }
 
diff --git a/remote_engine_client/src/lib.rs b/remote_engine_client/src/lib.rs
index a90435218e..0e0c179eb0 100644
--- a/remote_engine_client/src/lib.rs
+++ b/remote_engine_client/src/lib.rs
@@ -55,12 +55,14 @@ pub mod error {
         },
 
         #[snafu(display(
-            "Failed to convert request or response, table, msg:{}, err:{}",
+            "Failed to convert request or response, table, msg:{}, version:{}, err:{}",
             msg,
+            version,
             source
         ))]
         ConvertReadResponse {
             msg: String,
+            version: u32,
             source: Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>,
         },
 
@@ -109,6 +111,11 @@ pub mod error {
             table_ident: TableIdentifier,
             msg: String,
         },
+
+        #[snafu(display("Failed to convert version, source:{}", source))]
+        ConvertVersion {
+            source: common_types::remote_engine::Error,
+        },
     }
 
     define_result!(Error);
diff --git a/server/src/grpc/remote_engine_service/mod.rs b/server/src/grpc/remote_engine_service/mod.rs
index 4a77c5deb9..20e48385ce 100644
--- a/server/src/grpc/remote_engine_service/mod.rs
+++ b/server/src/grpc/remote_engine_service/mod.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use arrow_ext::ipc;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use catalog::manager::ManagerRef;
-use common_types::record_batch::RecordBatch;
+use common_types::{record_batch::RecordBatch, RemoteEngineVersion};
 use futures::stream::{self, BoxStream, StreamExt};
 use log::error;
 use proto::remote_engine::{
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ use crate::{
 pub(crate) mod error;
 
 const STREAM_QUERY_CHANNEL_LEN: usize = 20;
-const ENCODE_ROWS_WITH_AVRO: u32 = 0;
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct RemoteEngineServiceImpl<Q: QueryExecutor + 'static> {
@@ -137,7 +136,6 @@ impl<Q: QueryExecutor + 'static> RemoteEngineService for RemoteEngineServiceImpl
             Ok(stream) => {
                 let new_stream: Self::ReadStream = Box::pin(stream.map(|res| match res {
                     Ok(record_batch) => {
-                        // TODO(chenxiang): read compression from config
                         let resp = match ipc::encode_record_batch(
                             &record_batch.into_arrow_record_batch(),
                             ipc::Compression::Zstd,
@@ -153,7 +151,7 @@ impl<Q: QueryExecutor + 'static> RemoteEngineService for RemoteEngineServiceImpl
                             },
                             Ok(rows) => ReadResponse {
                                 header: Some(build_ok_header()),
-                                version: ENCODE_ROWS_WITH_AVRO,
+                                version: RemoteEngineVersion::default().as_u32(),
                                 rows,
                             },
                         };