diff --git a/compiler/testData/compileKotlinAgainstCustomBinaries/preReleaseCompilerAgainstPreReleaseLibraryStableLanguageVersion/output.txt b/compiler/testData/compileKotlinAgainstCustomBinaries/preReleaseCompilerAgainstPreReleaseLibraryStableLanguageVersion/output.txt
index 44ec8ddab78..d86bac9de59 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/compileKotlinAgainstCustomBinaries/preReleaseCompilerAgainstPreReleaseLibraryStableLanguageVersion/output.txt
+++ b/compiler/testData/compileKotlinAgainstCustomBinaries/preReleaseCompilerAgainstPreReleaseLibraryStableLanguageVersion/output.txt
@@ -1,8 +1 @@
-error: incompatible classes were found in dependencies. Remove them from the classpath or use '-Xskip-metadata-version-check' to suppress errors
-compiler/testData/compileKotlinAgainstCustomBinaries/preReleaseCompilerAgainstPreReleaseLibraryStableLanguageVersion/source.kt:5:16: error: class 'a.A' is compiled by a pre-release version of Kotlin and cannot be loaded by this version of the compiler
-fun baz(param: A) {
-               ^
-compiler/testData/compileKotlinAgainstCustomBinaries/preReleaseCompilerAgainstPreReleaseLibraryStableLanguageVersion/source.kt:6:5: error: class 'a.AKt' is compiled by a pre-release version of Kotlin and cannot be loaded by this version of the compiler
-    foo()
-    ^
-COMPILATION_ERROR
+OK
diff --git a/compiler/testData/compileKotlinAgainstCustomBinaries/preReleaseCompilerAgainstPreReleaseLibraryStableLanguageVersion/source.kt b/compiler/testData/compileKotlinAgainstCustomBinaries/preReleaseCompilerAgainstPreReleaseLibraryStableLanguageVersion/source.kt
index 28999b2eadb..f21b3de444d 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/compileKotlinAgainstCustomBinaries/preReleaseCompilerAgainstPreReleaseLibraryStableLanguageVersion/source.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/compileKotlinAgainstCustomBinaries/preReleaseCompilerAgainstPreReleaseLibraryStableLanguageVersion/source.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package usage
 
 import a.*
 
-fun baz(param: A) {
+fun baz(param: A): A {
     foo()
+    return param
 }
diff --git a/compiler/util/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/config/LanguageVersionSettings.kt b/compiler/util/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/config/LanguageVersionSettings.kt
index d6e8406703b..1cdf1189cc6 100644
--- a/compiler/util/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/config/LanguageVersionSettings.kt
+++ b/compiler/util/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/config/LanguageVersionSettings.kt
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ class LanguageVersionSettingsImpl @JvmOverloads constructor(
         }
     }
 
-    override fun isPreRelease(): Boolean = languageVersion.isPreRelease() ||
+    override fun isPreRelease(): Boolean = KotlinCompilerVersion.isPreRelease() ||
             specificFeatures.any { (feature, state) ->
                 state == LanguageFeature.State.ENABLED && feature.forcesPreReleaseBinariesIfEnabled()
             }