diff --git a/zuul/driver/gerrit/gerritconnection.py b/zuul/driver/gerrit/gerritconnection.py
index 6f1506db8f..1d0bab26fc 100644
--- a/zuul/driver/gerrit/gerritconnection.py
+++ b/zuul/driver/gerrit/gerritconnection.py
@@ -1128,7 +1128,8 @@ class GerritConnection(BaseConnection):
                     data['robot_comments'] = file_comments
                 else:
                     data['comments'] = file_comments
-        data['tag'] = 'autogenerated:zuul:%s' % (item.pipeline.name)
+        if self.version >= (2, 13, 0):
+            data['tag'] = 'autogenerated:zuul:%s' % (item.pipeline.name)
         changeid = "%s~%s~%s" % (
             urllib.parse.quote(str(change.project), safe=''),
             urllib.parse.quote(str(change.branch), safe=''),