diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ClassFileFactory.java b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ClassFileFactory.java
index 1572a5916a0..78f654c9b15 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ClassFileFactory.java
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ClassFileFactory.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.TestOnly;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.output.OutputFile;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.output.OutputFileCollection;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.state.GenerationState;
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.JvmAbi;
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.JvmBytecodeBinaryVersion;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.kotlin.PackagePartClassUtils;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.kotlin.PackageParts;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.FqName;
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public class ClassFileFactory implements OutputFileCollection {
                     try {
                         ByteArrayOutputStream moduleMapping = new ByteArrayOutputStream(4096);
                         DataOutputStream dataOutStream = new DataOutputStream(moduleMapping);
-                        int[] version = JvmAbi.VERSION.toArray();
+                        int[] version = JvmBytecodeBinaryVersion.INSTANCE.toArray();
                         dataOutStream.writeInt(version.length);
                         for (int number : version) {
                             dataOutStream.writeInt(number);
diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/JvmCodegenUtil.java b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/JvmCodegenUtil.java
index 400a771ee1d..7023e2a87bc 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/JvmCodegenUtil.java
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/JvmCodegenUtil.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.state.JetTypeMapper;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.*;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.JvmAbi;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.JvmAnnotationNames;
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.JvmBytecodeBinaryVersion;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.kotlin.ModuleMapping;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.kotlin.ModuleVisibilityUtilsKt;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtFile;
@@ -223,7 +224,7 @@ public class JvmCodegenUtil {
     }
 
     public static void writeAbiVersion(@NotNull AnnotationVisitor av) {
-        av.visit(JvmAnnotationNames.VERSION_FIELD_NAME, JvmAbi.VERSION.toArray());
+        av.visit(JvmAnnotationNames.VERSION_FIELD_NAME, JvmBytecodeBinaryVersion.INSTANCE.toArray());
     }
 
     public static void writeModuleName(@NotNull AnnotationVisitor av, @NotNull GenerationState state) {
diff --git a/compiler/builtins-serializer/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/serialization/builtins/BuiltInsSerializer.kt b/compiler/builtins-serializer/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/serialization/builtins/BuiltInsSerializer.kt
index fbaeeabb928..b5dd0a26172 100644
--- a/compiler/builtins-serializer/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/serialization/builtins/BuiltInsSerializer.kt
+++ b/compiler/builtins-serializer/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/serialization/builtins/BuiltInsSerializer.kt
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.util.Disposer
 import com.intellij.psi.search.GlobalSearchScope
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.analyzer.ModuleContent
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.analyzer.ModuleInfo
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.builtins.BuiltInsBinaryVersion
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.builtins.BuiltInsSerializedResourcePaths
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.builtins.BuiltinsPackageFragment
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.CLIConfigurationKeys
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.messages.MessageCollector
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.compiler.EnvironmentConfigFiles
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ class BuiltInsSerializer(private val dependOnOldBuiltIns: Boolean) {
         private fun serializeBuiltInsFile() {
             val stream = ByteArrayOutputStream()
             with(DataOutputStream(stream)) {
-                val version = BuiltinsPackageFragment.VERSION.toArray()
+                val version = BuiltInsBinaryVersion.INSTANCE.toArray()
                 writeInt(version.size)
                 version.forEach { writeInt(it) }
             }
diff --git a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/messages/AnalyzerWithCompilerReport.java b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/messages/AnalyzerWithCompilerReport.java
index f41a5e0df6b..3f4753721f3 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/messages/AnalyzerWithCompilerReport.java
+++ b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/messages/AnalyzerWithCompilerReport.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.DeclarationDescriptor;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.diagnostics.*;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.diagnostics.rendering.DefaultErrorMessages;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.JavaBindingContext;
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.JvmAbi;
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.JvmBytecodeBinaryVersion;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.components.TraceBasedErrorReporter;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.components.TraceBasedErrorReporter.AbiVersionErrorData;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtFile;
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public final class AnalyzerWithCompilerReport {
             messageCollector.report(
                     CompilerMessageSeverity.ERROR,
                     "Class '" + JvmClassName.byClassId(data.getClassId()) + "' was compiled with an incompatible version of Kotlin. " +
-                    "Its ABI version is " + data.getActualVersion() + ", expected ABI version is " + JvmAbi.VERSION,
+                    "Its ABI version is " + data.getActualVersion() + ", expected ABI version is " + JvmBytecodeBinaryVersion.INSTANCE,
                     CompilerMessageLocation.create(path, -1, -1, null)
             );
         }
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/CliBaseTest.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/CliBaseTest.java
index 497bdb57f41..7611cf861c7 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/CliBaseTest.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/CliBaseTest.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.ExitCode;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.KotlinVersion;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.js.K2JSCompiler;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.K2JVMCompiler;
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.JvmAbi;
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.JvmBytecodeBinaryVersion;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.KotlinTestUtils;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.Tmpdir;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.ExceptionUtilsKt;
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class CliBaseTest {
     public static String getNormalizedCompilerOutput(@NotNull String pureOutput, @NotNull ExitCode exitCode, @NotNull String testDataDir) {
         String normalizedOutputWithoutExitCode = pureOutput
                 .replace(new File(testDataDir).getAbsolutePath(), "$TESTDATA_DIR$")
-                .replace("expected ABI version is " + JvmAbi.VERSION, "expected ABI version is $ABI_VERSION$")
+                .replace("expected ABI version is " + JvmBytecodeBinaryVersion.INSTANCE, "expected ABI version is $ABI_VERSION$")
                 .replace("\\", "/")
                 .replace(KotlinVersion.VERSION, "$VERSION$");
 
diff --git a/compiler/util/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/utils/KotlinJavascriptMetadataUtils.kt b/compiler/util/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/utils/KotlinJavascriptMetadataUtils.kt
index a84d2bd796c..a531b1baaae 100644
--- a/compiler/util/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/utils/KotlinJavascriptMetadataUtils.kt
+++ b/compiler/util/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/utils/KotlinJavascriptMetadataUtils.kt
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ class JsBinaryVersion protected constructor(
         major: Int, minor: Int, patch: Int, rest: List<Int>
 ) : BinaryVersion(major, minor, patch, rest) {
     companion object {
+        @JvmField val INSTANCE = create(0, 3, 0)
+
         @JvmField val INVALID_VERSION = JsBinaryVersion.create(IntArray(0))
 
         @JvmStatic fun create(version: IntArray) = create(version, ::JsBinaryVersion)
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ object KotlinJavascriptMetadataUtils {
      */
     private val METADATA_PATTERN = "(?m)\\w+\\.$KOTLIN_JAVASCRIPT_METHOD_NAME\\((\\d+),\\s*(['\"])([^'\"]*)\\2,\\s*(['\"])([^'\"]*)\\4\\)".toPattern()
 
-    @JvmField val ABI_VERSION: Int = JsBinaryVersion.create(0, 3, 0).minor
+    @JvmField val ABI_VERSION: Int = JsBinaryVersion.INSTANCE.minor
 
     fun replaceSuffix(filePath: String): String = filePath.substringBeforeLast(JS_EXT) + META_JS_SUFFIX
 
diff --git a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/AbiVersionUtil.java b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/AbiVersionUtil.java
index da5f289a195..7b776aad961 100644
--- a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/AbiVersionUtil.java
+++ b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/AbiVersionUtil.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.serialization.deserialization.BinaryVersion;
 
 public final class AbiVersionUtil {
     public static boolean isAbiVersionCompatible(@NotNull BinaryVersion actual) {
-        return actual.isCompatibleTo(JvmAbi.VERSION);
+        return actual.isCompatibleTo(JvmBytecodeBinaryVersion.INSTANCE);
     }
 
     private AbiVersionUtil() {
diff --git a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/JvmAbi.java b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/JvmAbi.java
index fab76d435bc..2319471db68 100644
--- a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/JvmAbi.java
+++ b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/JvmAbi.java
@@ -32,18 +32,6 @@ import static org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.DescriptorUtils.isClassOrEnumClass;
 import static org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.DescriptorUtils.isCompanionObject;
 
 public final class JvmAbi {
-    /**
-     * This constant is used to identify binary format (class file) versions
-     * If you change class file metadata format and/or naming conventions, please change this version.
-     * - Major version should be increased only when the new binary format is neither forward- nor backward compatible.
-     *   This shouldn't really ever happen at all.
-     * - Minor version should be increased when the new format is backward compatible,
-     *   i.e. the new compiler can process old class files, but the old compiler will not be able to process new class files.
-     * - Patch version can be increased freely and is only supposed to be used for debugging. Increase the patch version when you
-     *   make a change to the metadata format or the bytecode which is both forward- and backward compatible.
-     */
-    public static final JvmBytecodeBinaryVersion VERSION = JvmBytecodeBinaryVersion.create(1, 0, 2);
-
     public static final String DEFAULT_IMPLS_CLASS_NAME = "DefaultImpls";
     public static final String DEFAULT_IMPLS_SUFFIX = "$" + DEFAULT_IMPLS_CLASS_NAME;
 
diff --git a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/JvmBytecodeBinaryVersion.kt b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/JvmBytecodeBinaryVersion.kt
index bfc33bb765b..753eb8c8e17 100644
--- a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/JvmBytecodeBinaryVersion.kt
+++ b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/JvmBytecodeBinaryVersion.kt
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ class JvmBytecodeBinaryVersion protected constructor(
         major: Int, minor: Int, patch: Int, rest: List<Int>
 ) : BinaryVersion(major, minor, patch, rest) {
     companion object {
+        @JvmField
+        val INSTANCE = create(1, 0, 2)
+
         @JvmField
         val INVALID_VERSION = JvmBytecodeBinaryVersion.create(IntArray(0))
 
diff --git a/core/descriptors.runtime/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/components/RuntimeErrorReporter.kt b/core/descriptors.runtime/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/components/RuntimeErrorReporter.kt
index 5358369eac0..dafca0012c9 100644
--- a/core/descriptors.runtime/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/components/RuntimeErrorReporter.kt
+++ b/core/descriptors.runtime/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/components/RuntimeErrorReporter.kt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.components
 
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.CallableMemberDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.ClassDescriptor
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.JvmAbi
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.JvmBytecodeBinaryVersion
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.ClassId
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.serialization.deserialization.BinaryVersion
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.serialization.deserialization.ErrorReporter
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ object RuntimeErrorReporter : ErrorReporter {
 
     override fun reportIncompatibleAbiVersion(classId: ClassId, filePath: String, actualVersion: BinaryVersion) {
         throw IllegalStateException("Incompatible ABI version of $classId: $actualVersion " +
-                                    "(expected version is ${JvmAbi.VERSION})")
+                                    "(expected version is ${JvmBytecodeBinaryVersion.INSTANCE})")
     }
 
     override fun reportCannotInferVisibility(descriptor: CallableMemberDescriptor) {
diff --git a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/builtins/BuiltInsBinaryVersion.kt b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/builtins/BuiltInsBinaryVersion.kt
index 3c67f684c9c..c91efe50f4c 100644
--- a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/builtins/BuiltInsBinaryVersion.kt
+++ b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/builtins/BuiltInsBinaryVersion.kt
@@ -18,10 +18,17 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.builtins
 
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.serialization.deserialization.BinaryVersion
 
+/**
+ * The version of the format in which the .kotlin_builtins file is stored. This version also includes the version
+ * of the core protobuf messages (descriptors.proto).
+ */
 class BuiltInsBinaryVersion protected constructor(
         major: Int, minor: Int, patch: Int, rest: List<Int>
 ) : BinaryVersion(major, minor, patch, rest) {
     companion object {
+        @JvmField
+        val INSTANCE = create(1, 0, 0)
+
         @JvmStatic
         fun create(version: IntArray) = create(version, ::BuiltInsBinaryVersion)
 
diff --git a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/builtins/BuiltinsPackageFragment.kt b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/builtins/BuiltinsPackageFragment.kt
index 9badd81d33d..4ef79355bb8 100644
--- a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/builtins/BuiltinsPackageFragment.kt
+++ b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/builtins/BuiltinsPackageFragment.kt
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.FqName
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.Name
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.serialization.ProtoBuf
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.serialization.builtins.BuiltInsProtoBuf
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.serialization.deserialization.BinaryVersion
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.serialization.deserialization.DeserializedPackageFragment
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.serialization.deserialization.NameResolverImpl
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.serialization.deserialization.descriptors.DeserializedPackageMemberScope
@@ -39,11 +38,11 @@ class BuiltinsPackageFragment(
         val dataInput = DataInputStream(stream)
         val version = BuiltInsBinaryVersion.create((1..dataInput.readInt()).map { dataInput.readInt() }.toIntArray())
 
-        if (!version.isCompatibleTo(BuiltinsPackageFragment.VERSION)) {
+        if (!version.isCompatibleTo(BuiltInsBinaryVersion.INSTANCE)) {
             // TODO: report a proper diagnostic
             throw UnsupportedOperationException(
                     "Kotlin built-in definition format version is not supported: " +
-                    "expected ${BuiltinsPackageFragment.VERSION}, actual $version. " +
+                    "expected ${BuiltInsBinaryVersion.INSTANCE}, actual $version. " +
                     "Please update Kotlin"
             )
         }
@@ -71,9 +70,4 @@ class BuiltinsPackageFragment(
     override fun loadClassNames(packageProto: ProtoBuf.Package): Collection<Name> {
         return packageProto.getExtension(BuiltInsProtoBuf.className)?.map { id -> nameResolver.getName(id) } ?: listOf()
     }
-
-    companion object {
-        // Advance this version when the common or builtins-specific binary metadata format is changed
-        val VERSION = BuiltInsBinaryVersion.create(1, 0, 0)
-    }
 }
diff --git a/core/util.runtime/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/serialization/deserialization/BinaryVersion.kt b/core/util.runtime/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/serialization/deserialization/BinaryVersion.kt
index 225d022f4db..1d71a17c44b 100644
--- a/core/util.runtime/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/serialization/deserialization/BinaryVersion.kt
+++ b/core/util.runtime/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/serialization/deserialization/BinaryVersion.kt
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.serialization.deserialization
 
+/**
+ * Subclasses of this class are used to identify different versions of the binary output of the compiler and their compatibility guarantees.
+ * - Major version should be increased only when the new binary format is neither forward- nor backward compatible.
+ *   This shouldn't really ever happen at all.
+ * - Minor version should be increased when the new format is backward compatible,
+ *   i.e. the new compiler can process old data, but the old compiler will not be able to process new data.
+ * - Patch version can be increased freely and is only supposed to be used for debugging. Increase the patch version when you
+ *   make a change to binaries which is both forward- and backward compatible.
+ */
 abstract class BinaryVersion protected constructor(
         val major: Int,
         val minor: Int,
diff --git a/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/decompiler/classFile/KotlinClassFileDecompiler.kt b/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/decompiler/classFile/KotlinClassFileDecompiler.kt
index b8463b6d739..cbeb3088db5 100644
--- a/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/decompiler/classFile/KotlinClassFileDecompiler.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/decompiler/classFile/KotlinClassFileDecompiler.kt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.decompiler.textBuilder.DecompiledText
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.decompiler.textBuilder.ResolverForDecompiler
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.decompiler.textBuilder.buildDecompiledText
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.decompiler.textBuilder.defaultDecompilerRendererOptions
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.JvmAbi
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.JvmBytecodeBinaryVersion
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.kotlin.header.isCompatibleClassKind
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.kotlin.header.isCompatibleFileFacadeKind
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.kotlin.header.isCompatibleMultifileClassKind
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ fun buildDecompiledTextForClassFile(
         !classHeader.isCompatibleAbiVersion -> {
             DecompiledText(
                     INCOMPATIBLE_ABI_VERSION_COMMENT
-                            .replace(CURRENT_ABI_VERSION_MARKER, JvmAbi.VERSION.toString())
+                            .replace(CURRENT_ABI_VERSION_MARKER, JvmBytecodeBinaryVersion.INSTANCE.toString())
                             .replace(FILE_ABI_VERSION_MARKER, classHeader.version.toString()),
                     mapOf())
         }
diff --git a/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jps/incremental/CacheVersion.kt b/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jps/incremental/CacheVersion.kt
index 493a6e59875..cad343f160a 100644
--- a/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jps/incremental/CacheVersion.kt
+++ b/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jps/incremental/CacheVersion.kt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.jps.builders.storage.BuildDataPaths
 import org.jetbrains.jps.incremental.ModuleBuildTarget
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.IncrementalCompilation
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.jps.incremental.CacheVersion.Action
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.JvmAbi
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.JvmBytecodeBinaryVersion
 import java.io.File
 
 private val NORMAL_VERSION = 8
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class CacheVersion(
         get() = versionFile.readText().toInt()
 
     private val expectedVersion: Int
-        get() = ownVersion * 1000000 + JvmAbi.VERSION.major * 1000 + JvmAbi.VERSION.minor
+        get() = ownVersion * 1000000 + JvmBytecodeBinaryVersion.INSTANCE.major * 1000 + JvmBytecodeBinaryVersion.INSTANCE.minor
 
     fun checkVersion(): Action =
             when (versionFile.exists() to isEnabled) {