`ra_server_sup_sup.erl` performs rpc calls that assume the new version of api introduced in https://github.com/rabbitmq/ra/pull/200 https://github.com/rabbitmq/ra/blob/8cdbe87fb47901abad94cd519e896ee660f734fa/src/ra_server_sup_sup.erl#L46 Thus, all members must use the same api version and rolling updates across the boundary won't be possible.