diff --git a/core/descriptors.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/kotlin/ModuleMappingUtil.kt b/core/descriptors.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/kotlin/ModuleMappingUtil.kt
index 947f1983479..2081d6ab7c8 100644
--- a/core/descriptors.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/kotlin/ModuleMappingUtil.kt
+++ b/core/descriptors.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/kotlin/ModuleMappingUtil.kt
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.kotlin
 
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.metadata.jvm.deserialization.JvmMetadataVersion
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.metadata.jvm.deserialization.ModuleMapping
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.serialization.deserialization.DeserializationConfiguration
 
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ fun ModuleMapping.Companion.loadModuleMapping(
     loadModuleMapping(
         bytes,
         debugName,
-        { version -> JvmMetadataVersion(*version).isCompatible() },
         configuration.skipMetadataVersionCheck,
         configuration.isJvmPackageNameSupported
     )
diff --git a/core/metadata.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/jvm/deserialization/ModuleMapping.kt b/core/metadata.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/jvm/deserialization/ModuleMapping.kt
index 6cc9f145b7e..8a4a0d38534 100644
--- a/core/metadata.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/jvm/deserialization/ModuleMapping.kt
+++ b/core/metadata.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/jvm/deserialization/ModuleMapping.kt
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ class ModuleMapping private constructor(
         fun loadModuleMapping(
             bytes: ByteArray?,
             debugName: String,
-            isVersionCompatible: (IntArray) -> Boolean,
             skipMetadataVersionCheck: Boolean,
             isJvmPackageNameSupported: Boolean
         ): ModuleMapping {
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ class ModuleMapping private constructor(
                 return CORRUPTED
             }
 
-            if (skipMetadataVersionCheck || isVersionCompatible(versionNumber)) {
+            if (skipMetadataVersionCheck || JvmMetadataVersion(*versionNumber).isCompatible()) {
                 val moduleProto = JvmModuleProtoBuf.Module.parseFrom(stream) ?: return EMPTY
                 val result = linkedMapOf<String, PackageParts>()
 
diff --git a/libraries/kotlinx-metadata/jvm/src/kotlinx/metadata/jvm/KotlinClassHeader.kt b/libraries/kotlinx-metadata/jvm/src/kotlinx/metadata/jvm/KotlinClassHeader.kt
index f7d2feda357..acdb9fa8a39 100644
--- a/libraries/kotlinx-metadata/jvm/src/kotlinx/metadata/jvm/KotlinClassHeader.kt
+++ b/libraries/kotlinx-metadata/jvm/src/kotlinx/metadata/jvm/KotlinClassHeader.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 
 package kotlinx.metadata.jvm
 
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.metadata.jvm.deserialization.JvmBytecodeBinaryVersion
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.metadata.jvm.deserialization.JvmMetadataVersion
+
 /**
  * A mirror to the [Metadata] annotation on a JVM class file, containing the metadata of Kotlin declarations declared in the class file.
  * Properties of this class correspond to the properties of [Metadata], but the names are not shortened because there's no restriction
@@ -142,7 +145,7 @@ class KotlinClassHeader(
          * @see metadataVersion
          */
         @JvmField
-        val COMPATIBLE_METADATA_VERSION = intArrayOf(1, 1, 10)
+        val COMPATIBLE_METADATA_VERSION = JvmMetadataVersion.INSTANCE.toArray().copyOf()
 
         /**
          * The latest bytecode version supported by this version of the library.
@@ -150,6 +153,6 @@ class KotlinClassHeader(
          * @see bytecodeVersion
          */
         @JvmField
-        val COMPATIBLE_BYTECODE_VERSION = intArrayOf(1, 0, 2)
+        val COMPATIBLE_BYTECODE_VERSION = JvmBytecodeBinaryVersion.INSTANCE.toArray().copyOf()
     }
 }
diff --git a/libraries/kotlinx-metadata/jvm/src/kotlinx/metadata/jvm/KotlinClassMetadata.kt b/libraries/kotlinx-metadata/jvm/src/kotlinx/metadata/jvm/KotlinClassMetadata.kt
index 75b3f638272..7829cd03aed 100644
--- a/libraries/kotlinx-metadata/jvm/src/kotlinx/metadata/jvm/KotlinClassMetadata.kt
+++ b/libraries/kotlinx-metadata/jvm/src/kotlinx/metadata/jvm/KotlinClassMetadata.kt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import kotlinx.metadata.impl.LambdaWriter
 import kotlinx.metadata.impl.PackageWriter
 import kotlinx.metadata.impl.accept
 import kotlinx.metadata.jvm.impl.writeProtoBufData
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.metadata.jvm.deserialization.JvmMetadataVersion
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.metadata.jvm.deserialization.JvmProtoBufUtil
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.metadata.jvm.serialization.JvmStringTable
 import kotlin.LazyThreadSafetyMode.PUBLICATION
@@ -312,8 +313,7 @@ sealed class KotlinClassMetadata(val header: KotlinClassHeader) {
         @JvmStatic
         fun read(header: KotlinClassHeader): KotlinClassMetadata? {
             // We only support metadata of version 1.1.* (this is Kotlin from 1.0 until today)
-            val version = header.metadataVersion
-            if (version.getOrNull(0) != 1 || version.getOrNull(1) != 1) return null
+            if (!JvmMetadataVersion(*header.metadataVersion).isCompatible()) return null
 
             return try {
                 when (header.kind) {
diff --git a/libraries/kotlinx-metadata/jvm/src/kotlinx/metadata/jvm/KotlinModuleMetadata.kt b/libraries/kotlinx-metadata/jvm/src/kotlinx/metadata/jvm/KotlinModuleMetadata.kt
index 16c941f76f6..16051c3dd5b 100644
--- a/libraries/kotlinx-metadata/jvm/src/kotlinx/metadata/jvm/KotlinModuleMetadata.kt
+++ b/libraries/kotlinx-metadata/jvm/src/kotlinx/metadata/jvm/KotlinModuleMetadata.kt
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@
 
 package kotlinx.metadata.jvm
 
-import kotlinx.metadata.KmAnnotation
-import kotlinx.metadata.ClassName
 import kotlinx.metadata.InconsistentKotlinMetadataException
+import kotlinx.metadata.KmAnnotation
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.metadata.jvm.JvmModuleProtoBuf
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.metadata.jvm.deserialization.ModuleMapping
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.metadata.jvm.deserialization.PackageParts
@@ -22,10 +21,9 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.metadata.jvm.deserialization.serializeToByteArray
  * @property bytes the byte array representing the contents of a `.kotlin_module` file
  */
 class KotlinModuleMetadata(@Suppress("CanBeParameter", "MemberVisibilityCanBePrivate") val bytes: ByteArray) {
-    internal val data: ModuleMapping = ModuleMapping.loadModuleMapping(bytes, javaClass.name, isVersionCompatible = { version ->
-        // We only support metadata of version 1.1.* (this is Kotlin from 1.0 until today)
-        version.getOrNull(0) == 1 && version.getOrNull(1) == 1
-    }, skipMetadataVersionCheck = false, isJvmPackageNameSupported = true)
+    internal val data: ModuleMapping = ModuleMapping.loadModuleMapping(
+        bytes, javaClass.name, skipMetadataVersionCheck = false, isJvmPackageNameSupported = true
+    )
 
     /**
      * A [KmModuleVisitor] that generates the metadata of a Kotlin JVM module file.