diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/remotesrv/grpc.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/remotesrv/grpc.go
index e0592aab9c..7636c11652 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/remotesrv/grpc.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/remotesrv/grpc.go
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ func (rs *RemoteChunkStore) GetDownloadLocations(ctx context.Context, req *remot
 		var ranges []*remotesapi.RangeChunk
 		for h, r := range hashToRange {
 			if r.DictLength != 0 {
-				return nil, status.Error(codes.Aborted, "upgrade your dolt client; it is too old to read these files")
+				return nil, status.Error(codes.Unknown, "upgrade your dolt client; it is too old to read these files")
 			}
 
 			hCpy := h