diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/writeAnnotationUtil.kt b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/writeAnnotationUtil.kt
index cdb83127f50..dd4c80fbf71 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/writeAnnotationUtil.kt
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/writeAnnotationUtil.kt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.state.GenerationState
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.JvmAnalysisFlags
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.JvmAnnotationNames
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.kotlin.header.KotlinClassHeader
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.metadata.jvm.deserialization.JvmBytecodeBinaryVersion
 import org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.AnnotationVisitor
 
 fun writeKotlinMetadata(
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ fun writeKotlinMetadata(
 ) {
     val av = cb.newAnnotation(JvmAnnotationNames.METADATA_DESC, true)
     av.visit(JvmAnnotationNames.METADATA_VERSION_FIELD_NAME, state.metadataVersion.toArray())
+    av.visit(JvmAnnotationNames.BYTECODE_VERSION_FIELD_NAME, JvmBytecodeBinaryVersion.INSTANCE.toArray())
     av.visit(JvmAnnotationNames.KIND_FIELD_NAME, kind.id)
     var flags = extraFlags
     if (state.languageVersionSettings.isPreRelease()) {