diff --git a/core/metadata/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/deserialization/BinaryVersion.kt b/core/metadata/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/deserialization/BinaryVersion.kt
index 1106ff859b9..c15338afe88 100644
--- a/core/metadata/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/deserialization/BinaryVersion.kt
+++ b/core/metadata/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/deserialization/BinaryVersion.kt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ abstract class BinaryVersion(private vararg val numbers: Int) {
     } else emptyList()
 
     @Deprecated("Please use isCompatibleWithCurrentCompilerVersion()", ReplaceWith("isCompatibleWithCurrentCompilerVersion()"))
-    fun isCompatible(): Boolean = isCompatibleWithCurrentCompilerVersion()
+    open fun isCompatible(): Boolean = isCompatibleWithCurrentCompilerVersion()
 
     abstract fun isCompatibleWithCurrentCompilerVersion(): Boolean