diff --git a/clients/src/main/resources/common/message/BrokerRegistrationRequest.json b/clients/src/main/resources/common/message/BrokerRegistrationRequest.json
index ace268db77a6..9343465ec827 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/resources/common/message/BrokerRegistrationRequest.json
+++ b/clients/src/main/resources/common/message/BrokerRegistrationRequest.json
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     { "name": "IsMigratingZkBroker", "type": "bool", "versions": "1+", "default": "false",
       "about": "If the required configurations for ZK migration are present, this value is set to true" },
     { "name": "LogDirs", "type":  "[]uuid", "versions":  "2+",
-      "about": "Log directories configured in this broker which are available." },
+      "about": "Log directories configured in this broker which are available.", "ignorable": true },
     { "name": "PreviousBrokerEpoch", "type": "int64", "versions": "3+", "default": "-1", "ignorable": true,
       "about": "The epoch before a clean shutdown." }
   ]
diff --git a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/RequestResponseTest.java b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/RequestResponseTest.java
index b1ecb6aa4b41..4a19a3a16836 100644
--- a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/RequestResponseTest.java
+++ b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/RequestResponseTest.java
@@ -3502,7 +3502,9 @@ private BrokerRegistrationRequest createBrokerRegistrationRequest(short v) {
                         new BrokerRegistrationRequestData.Feature()).iterator()))
                 .setListeners(new BrokerRegistrationRequestData.ListenerCollection(singletonList(
                         new BrokerRegistrationRequestData.Listener()).iterator()))
-                .setIncarnationId(Uuid.randomUuid());
+                .setIncarnationId(Uuid.randomUuid())
+                .setLogDirs(Arrays.asList(Uuid.fromString("qaJjNJ05Q36kEgeTBDcj0Q")))
+                .setPreviousBrokerEpoch(123L);
         return new BrokerRegistrationRequest.Builder(data).build(v);
     }