diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-make-target.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-make-target.yaml
index 15843138c946..9724962ae366 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-make-target.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-make-target.yaml
@@ -87,6 +87,18 @@ jobs:
         sudo systemctl is-active --quiet apparmor.service && sudo systemctl stop apparmor.service
         sudo systemctl disable apparmor.service
 
+    - name: RUN LOW VERSION ERLANG NODE IN DOCKER
+      if: inputs.make_target == 'ct-rabbit_fifo_prop'
+      run: |
+        # This version must be at least 1 major version lower than inputs.erlang_version
+        LOW_ERLANG_VERSION="26.2"
+
+        # Create ~/.erlang.cookie by starting a distributed node
+        erl -sname temp_node -eval 'halt().' -noshell
+
+        docker run -d --network host --name erlang_low_version erlang:${LOW_ERLANG_VERSION} \
+          erl -sname rabbit_fifo_prop@localhost -setcookie $(cat ~/.erlang.cookie) -noinput
+
     - name: RUN TESTS
       if: inputs.plugin != 'rabbitmq_cli'
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-make-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-make-tests.yaml
index a4ffd93c453c..2536aae453d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-make-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-make-tests.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ jobs:
           - ct-metadata_store_clustering
           - ct-quorum_queue
           - ct-rabbit_stream_queue
+          - ct-rabbit_fifo_prop
     uses: ./.github/workflows/test-make-target.yaml
     with:
       erlang_version: ${{ inputs.erlang_version }}
diff --git a/deps/rabbit/Makefile b/deps/rabbit/Makefile
index 8930f7088fdd..c5ff2c344a9d 100644
--- a/deps/rabbit/Makefile
+++ b/deps/rabbit/Makefile
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ PARALLEL_CT_SET_2_B = clustering_recovery crashing_queues deprecated_features di
 PARALLEL_CT_SET_2_C = disk_monitor dynamic_qq unit_disk_monitor unit_file_handle_cache unit_log_management unit_operator_policy
 PARALLEL_CT_SET_2_D = queue_length_limits queue_parallel quorum_queue_member_reconciliation rabbit_fifo rabbit_fifo_dlx rabbit_stream_coordinator
 
-PARALLEL_CT_SET_3_A = definition_import per_user_connection_channel_limit_partitions per_vhost_connection_limit_partitions policy priority_queue_recovery rabbit_fifo_prop rabbit_fifo_v0 rabbit_stream_sac_coordinator unit_credit_flow unit_queue_consumers unit_queue_location unit_quorum_queue
+PARALLEL_CT_SET_3_A = definition_import per_user_connection_channel_limit_partitions per_vhost_connection_limit_partitions policy priority_queue_recovery rabbit_fifo_v0 rabbit_stream_sac_coordinator unit_credit_flow unit_queue_consumers unit_queue_location unit_quorum_queue
 PARALLEL_CT_SET_3_B = cluster_upgrade list_consumers_sanity_check list_queues_online_and_offline logging lqueue maintenance_mode rabbit_fifo_q
 PARALLEL_CT_SET_3_C = cli_forget_cluster_node feature_flags_v2 mc_unit message_containers_deaths_v2 message_size_limit metadata_store_migration
 PARALLEL_CT_SET_3_D = metadata_store_phase1 metrics mirrored_supervisor peer_discovery_classic_config proxy_protocol runtime_parameters unit_stats_and_metrics unit_supervisor2 unit_vm_memory_monitor
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ PARALLEL_CT_SET_2 = $(sort $(PARALLEL_CT_SET_2_A) $(PARALLEL_CT_SET_2_B) $(PARAL
 PARALLEL_CT_SET_3 = $(sort $(PARALLEL_CT_SET_3_A) $(PARALLEL_CT_SET_3_B) $(PARALLEL_CT_SET_3_C) $(PARALLEL_CT_SET_3_D))
 PARALLEL_CT_SET_4 = $(sort $(PARALLEL_CT_SET_4_A) $(PARALLEL_CT_SET_4_B) $(PARALLEL_CT_SET_4_C) $(PARALLEL_CT_SET_4_D))
 
-SEQUENTIAL_CT_SUITES = amqp_client clustering_management dead_lettering feature_flags metadata_store_clustering quorum_queue rabbit_stream_queue
+SEQUENTIAL_CT_SUITES = amqp_client clustering_management dead_lettering feature_flags metadata_store_clustering quorum_queue rabbit_stream_queue rabbit_fifo_prop
 PARALLEL_CT_SUITES = $(PARALLEL_CT_SET_1) $(PARALLEL_CT_SET_2) $(PARALLEL_CT_SET_3) $(PARALLEL_CT_SET_4)
 
 ifeq ($(filter-out $(SEQUENTIAL_CT_SUITES) $(PARALLEL_CT_SUITES),$(CT_SUITES)),)
diff --git a/deps/rabbit/test/rabbit_fifo_prop_SUITE.erl b/deps/rabbit/test/rabbit_fifo_prop_SUITE.erl
index 37a2c8048c6b..fcc35397f2b2 100644
--- a/deps/rabbit/test/rabbit_fifo_prop_SUITE.erl
+++ b/deps/rabbit/test/rabbit_fifo_prop_SUITE.erl
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ all_tests() ->
      dlx_08,
      dlx_09,
      single_active_ordering_02,
-     different_nodes
+     two_nodes_same_otp_version,
+     two_nodes_different_otp_version
     ].
 
 groups() ->
@@ -1093,14 +1094,65 @@ single_active_ordering_03(_Config) ->
             false
     end.
 
-%% Test that running the state machine commands on different Erlang nodes
-%% end up in exactly the same state.
-different_nodes(Config) ->
-    Config1 = rabbit_ct_helpers:run_setup_steps(
-                Config,
-                rabbit_ct_broker_helpers:setup_steps()),
+%% Run the log on two Erlang nodes with the same OTP version.
+two_nodes_same_otp_version(Config0) ->
+    Config = rabbit_ct_helpers:run_setup_steps(Config0,
+                                               rabbit_ct_broker_helpers:setup_steps()),
+    Node = rabbit_ct_broker_helpers:get_node_config(Config, 0, nodename),
+    case is_same_otp_version(Config) of
+        true ->
+            ok = rabbit_ct_broker_helpers:add_code_path_to_node(Node, ?MODULE),
+            two_nodes(Node);
+        false ->
+            ct:fail("expected CT node and RabbitMQ node to have the same OTP version")
+    end,
+    rabbit_ct_helpers:run_teardown_steps(Config,
+                                         rabbit_ct_broker_helpers:teardown_steps()).
+
+%% Run the log on two Erlang nodes with different OTP versions.
+two_nodes_different_otp_version(_Config) ->
+    Node = 'rabbit_fifo_prop@localhost',
+    case net_adm:ping(Node) of
+        pong ->
+            case is_same_otp_version(Node) of
+                true ->
+                    ct:fail("expected CT node and 'rabbit_fifo_prop@localhost' "
+                            "to have different OTP versions");
+                false ->
+                    Prefixes = ["rabbit_fifo", "rabbit_misc", "mc",
+                                "lqueue", "priority_queue", "ra_"],
+                    [begin
+                         Mod = list_to_atom(ModStr),
+                         {Mod, Bin, _File} = code:get_object_code(Mod),
+                         {module, Mod} = erpc:call(Node, code, load_binary, [Mod, ModStr, Bin])
+                     end
+                     || {ModStr, _FileName, _Loaded} <- code:all_available(),
+                        lists:any(fun(Prefix) -> lists:prefix(Prefix, ModStr) end, Prefixes)],
+                    two_nodes(Node)
+            end;
+        pang ->
+            Reason = {node_down, Node},
+            case rabbit_ct_helpers:is_ci() of
+                true ->
+                    ct:fail(Reason);
+                false ->
+                    {skip, Reason}
+            end
+    end.
 
-    Size = 400,
+is_same_otp_version(ConfigOrNode) ->
+    OurOTP = erlang:system_info(otp_release),
+    OtherOTP = case ConfigOrNode of
+                   Cfg when is_list(Cfg) ->
+                       rabbit_ct_broker_helpers:rpc(Cfg, erlang, system_info, [otp_release]);
+                   Node when is_atom(Node) ->
+                       erpc:call(Node, erlang, system_info, [otp_release])
+               end,
+    ct:pal("Our CT node runs OTP ~s, other node runs OTP ~s", [OurOTP, OtherOTP]),
+    OurOTP =:= OtherOTP.
+
+two_nodes(Node) ->
+    Size = 500,
     run_proper(
       fun () ->
               ?FORALL({Length, Bytes, DeliveryLimit, SingleActive},
@@ -1118,13 +1170,9 @@ different_nodes(Config) ->
                                         DeliveryLimit),
                           ?FORALL(O, ?LET(Ops, log_gen_different_nodes(Size), expand(Ops, Conf)),
                                   collect({log_size, length(O)},
-                                          different_nodes_prop(Config1, Conf, O)))
+                                          different_nodes_prop(Node, Conf, O)))
                       end)
-      end, [], Size),
-
-    rabbit_ct_helpers:run_teardown_steps(
-      Config1,
-      rabbit_ct_broker_helpers:teardown_steps()).
+      end, [], Size).
 
 max_length(_Config) ->
     %% tests that max length is never transgressed
@@ -1485,18 +1533,18 @@ single_active_prop(Conf0, Commands, ValidateOrder) ->
             false
     end.
 
-different_nodes_prop(Config, Conf0, Commands) ->
+different_nodes_prop(Node, Conf0, Commands) ->
     Conf = Conf0#{release_cursor_interval => 100},
     Indexes = lists:seq(1, length(Commands)),
     Entries = lists:zip(Indexes, Commands),
     InitState = test_init(Conf),
     Fun = fun(_) -> true end,
-    Vsn = 6,
+    MachineVersion = 6,
 
-    {State0, _Effs0} = run_log(InitState, Entries, Fun, Vsn),
-    {State1, _Effs1} = rabbit_ct_broker_helpers:rpc(Config, ?MODULE, run_log,
-                                                    [InitState, Entries, Fun, Vsn]),
-    State0 =:= State1.
+    {State1, _Effs1} = run_log(InitState, Entries, Fun, MachineVersion),
+    {State2, _Effs2} = erpc:call(Node, ?MODULE, run_log,
+                                 [InitState, Entries, Fun, MachineVersion]),
+    State1 =:= State2.
 
 messages_total_prop(Conf0, Commands) ->
     Conf = Conf0#{release_cursor_interval => 100},
diff --git a/deps/rabbitmq_ct_helpers/src/rabbit_ct_helpers.erl b/deps/rabbitmq_ct_helpers/src/rabbit_ct_helpers.erl
index df65f808e66a..88d1f3ce8540 100644
--- a/deps/rabbitmq_ct_helpers/src/rabbit_ct_helpers.erl
+++ b/deps/rabbitmq_ct_helpers/src/rabbit_ct_helpers.erl
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@
     await_condition_with_retries/2,
 
     eventually/1, eventually/3,
-    consistently/1, consistently/3
+    consistently/1, consistently/3,
+    
+    is_ci/0
   ]).
 
 -define(SSL_CERT_PASSWORD, "test").
@@ -1175,6 +1177,12 @@ consistently({Line, Assertion} = TestObj, PollInterval, PollCount)
     timer:sleep(PollInterval),
     consistently(TestObj, PollInterval, PollCount - 1).
 
+is_ci() ->
+    case os:getenv("CI") of
+        "true" -> true;
+        _ -> false
+    end.
+
 %% -------------------------------------------------------------------
 %% Cover-related functions.
 %% -------------------------------------------------------------------