diff --git a/frontend/packages/console-dynamic-plugin-sdk/src/api/segment-analytics.ts b/frontend/packages/console-dynamic-plugin-sdk/src/api/segment-analytics.ts
index 49298112c2d..88bdeb3dec0 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/console-dynamic-plugin-sdk/src/api/segment-analytics.ts
+++ b/frontend/packages/console-dynamic-plugin-sdk/src/api/segment-analytics.ts
@@ -114,7 +114,13 @@ if (!SAMPLE_SESSION) {
   console.debug('Analytics session is not being sampled, telemetry events will be ignored');
 }
 
-const analyticsEnabled = !TELEMETRY_DISABLED && SAMPLE_SESSION;
+if (!window.SERVER_FLAGS.releaseVersion) {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+  console.debug('No release version set, telemetry events will be ignored');
+}
+
+const analyticsEnabled =
+  !TELEMETRY_DISABLED && SAMPLE_SESSION && !!window.SERVER_FLAGS.releaseVersion;
 
 // Initialize Segment Analytics as soon as possible, outside of React useEffect.
 // This ensures that analytics.load method is invoked before any other methods.
diff --git a/frontend/packages/console-shared/src/hooks/useTelemetry.ts b/frontend/packages/console-shared/src/hooks/useTelemetry.ts
index dcd70902066..3daec03a20b 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/console-shared/src/hooks/useTelemetry.ts
+++ b/frontend/packages/console-shared/src/hooks/useTelemetry.ts
@@ -46,9 +46,7 @@ export const getClusterProperties = () => {
   ) {
     clusterProperties.clusterType = 'DEVSANDBOX';
   }
-  // Prefer to report the OCP version (releaseVersion) if available.
-  clusterProperties.consoleVersion =
-    window.SERVER_FLAGS.releaseVersion || window.SERVER_FLAGS.consoleVersion;
+  clusterProperties.consoleVersion = window.SERVER_FLAGS.releaseVersion;
   clusterProperties.organizationId = window.SERVER_FLAGS.telemetry?.ORGANIZATION_ID;
   clusterProperties.accountMail = window.SERVER_FLAGS.telemetry?.ACCOUNT_MAIL;
   return clusterProperties;