diff --git a/ec/acc/deployment_post_node_role_upgrade_test.go b/ec/acc/deployment_post_node_role_upgrade_test.go
index a1baf55fa..7329801c6 100644
--- a/ec/acc/deployment_post_node_role_upgrade_test.go
+++ b/ec/acc/deployment_post_node_role_upgrade_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ func TestAccDeployment_post_node_roles(t *testing.T) {
 	resName := "ec_deployment.post_nr_upgrade"
 	randomName := prefix + acctest.RandStringFromCharSet(10, acctest.CharSetAlphaNum)
 	startCfg := "testdata/deployment_post_node_roles_upgrade_1.tf"
-	upgradeVersionCfg := "testdata/deployment_post_node_roles_upgrade_2.tf"
+	withoutEnterpriseSearch := "testdata/deployment_post_node_roles_upgrade_2.tf"
+	upgradeVersionCfg := "testdata/deployment_post_node_roles_upgrade_3.tf"
 
 	cfgF := func(cfg string) string {
 		return fixtureAccDeploymentResourceBasic(
@@ -55,6 +56,26 @@ func TestAccDeployment_post_node_roles(t *testing.T) {
 					resource.TestCheckNoResourceAttr(resName, "elastic.hot.node_type_master"),
 					resource.TestCheckNoResourceAttr(resName, "elastic.hot.node_type_ml"),
 
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrSet(resName, "enterprise_search.size"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrSet(resName, "kibana.size"),
+
+					resource.TestCheckNoResourceAttr(resName, "apm"),
+				),
+			},
+			{
+				Config: cfgF(withoutEnterpriseSearch),
+				Check: resource.ComposeAggregateTestCheckFunc(
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrSet(resName, "elasticsearch.hot.instance_configuration_id"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resName, "elasticsearch.hot.size", "1g"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrSet(resName, "elasticsearch.hot.node_roles.#"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resName, "elasticsearch.hot.size_resource", "memory"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resName, "elasticsearch.hot.zone_count", "1"),
+
+					resource.TestCheckNoResourceAttr(resName, "elastic.hot.node_type_data"),
+					resource.TestCheckNoResourceAttr(resName, "elastic.hot.node_type_ingest"),
+					resource.TestCheckNoResourceAttr(resName, "elastic.hot.node_type_master"),
+					resource.TestCheckNoResourceAttr(resName, "elastic.hot.node_type_ml"),
+
 					resource.TestCheckNoResourceAttr(resName, "kibana"),
 					resource.TestCheckNoResourceAttr(resName, "apm"),
 					resource.TestCheckNoResourceAttr(resName, "enterprise_search"),
diff --git a/ec/acc/testdata/deployment_post_node_roles_upgrade_1.tf b/ec/acc/testdata/deployment_post_node_roles_upgrade_1.tf
index 68fe0810d..115388a88 100644
--- a/ec/acc/testdata/deployment_post_node_roles_upgrade_1.tf
+++ b/ec/acc/testdata/deployment_post_node_roles_upgrade_1.tf
@@ -16,4 +16,7 @@ resource "ec_deployment" "post_nr_upgrade" {
       autoscaling = {}
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+
+  kibana            = {}
+  enterprise_search = {}
+}
diff --git a/ec/acc/testdata/deployment_post_node_roles_upgrade_2.tf b/ec/acc/testdata/deployment_post_node_roles_upgrade_2.tf
index a28f001f2..b78b97b30 100644
--- a/ec/acc/testdata/deployment_post_node_roles_upgrade_2.tf
+++ b/ec/acc/testdata/deployment_post_node_roles_upgrade_2.tf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 data "ec_stack" "post_node_roles_upgrade" {
-  version_regex = "7.??.?"
+  version_regex = "7.12.?"
   region        = "%s"
 }
 
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ resource "ec_deployment" "post_nr_upgrade" {
       autoscaling = {}
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/ec/acc/testdata/deployment_post_node_roles_upgrade_3.tf b/ec/acc/testdata/deployment_post_node_roles_upgrade_3.tf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..62e0e081f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ec/acc/testdata/deployment_post_node_roles_upgrade_3.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+data "ec_stack" "post_node_roles_upgrade" {
+  version_regex = "7.17.?"
+  region        = "%s"
+}
+
+resource "ec_deployment" "post_nr_upgrade" {
+  name                   = "%s"
+  region                 = "%s"
+  version                = data.ec_stack.post_node_roles_upgrade.version
+  deployment_template_id = "%s"
+
+  elasticsearch = {
+    hot = {
+      size        = "1g"
+      zone_count  = 1
+      autoscaling = {}
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/ec/ecresource/deploymentresource/deployment/v2/deployment_read.go b/ec/ecresource/deploymentresource/deployment/v2/deployment_read.go
index 2c0040928..b49fcd4ae 100644
--- a/ec/ecresource/deploymentresource/deployment/v2/deployment_read.go
+++ b/ec/ecresource/deploymentresource/deployment/v2/deployment_read.go
@@ -258,36 +258,36 @@ func getLowestVersion(res *models.DeploymentResources) (string, error) {
 	}
 
 	for _, r := range res.Kibana {
-		if !util.IsCurrentKibanaPlanEmpty(r) {
+		if !util.IsCurrentKibanaPlanEmpty(r) && !kibanav2.IsKibanaStopped(r) {
 			v := r.Info.PlanInfo.Current.Plan.Kibana.Version
-			if err := swapLowerVersion(&version, v); err != nil && !kibanav2.IsKibanaStopped(r) {
+			if err := swapLowerVersion(&version, v); err != nil {
 				return version.String(), fmt.Errorf("kibana version '%s' is not semver compliant: %w", v, err)
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
 	for _, r := range res.Apm {
-		if !util.IsCurrentApmPlanEmpty(r) {
+		if !util.IsCurrentApmPlanEmpty(r) && !apmv2.IsApmStopped(r) {
 			v := r.Info.PlanInfo.Current.Plan.Apm.Version
-			if err := swapLowerVersion(&version, v); err != nil && !apmv2.IsApmStopped(r) {
+			if err := swapLowerVersion(&version, v); err != nil {
 				return version.String(), fmt.Errorf("apm version '%s' is not semver compliant: %w", v, err)
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
 	for _, r := range res.IntegrationsServer {
-		if !util.IsCurrentIntegrationsServerPlanEmpty(r) {
+		if !util.IsCurrentIntegrationsServerPlanEmpty(r) && !integrationsserverv2.IsIntegrationsServerStopped(r) {
 			v := r.Info.PlanInfo.Current.Plan.IntegrationsServer.Version
-			if err := swapLowerVersion(&version, v); err != nil && !integrationsserverv2.IsIntegrationsServerStopped(r) {
+			if err := swapLowerVersion(&version, v); err != nil {
 				return version.String(), fmt.Errorf("integrations_server version '%s' is not semver compliant: %w", v, err)
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
 	for _, r := range res.EnterpriseSearch {
-		if !util.IsCurrentEssPlanEmpty(r) {
+		if !util.IsCurrentEssPlanEmpty(r) && !enterprisesearchv2.IsEnterpriseSearchStopped(r) {
 			v := r.Info.PlanInfo.Current.Plan.EnterpriseSearch.Version
-			if err := swapLowerVersion(&version, v); err != nil && !enterprisesearchv2.IsEnterpriseSearchStopped(r) {
+			if err := swapLowerVersion(&version, v); err != nil {
 				return version.String(), fmt.Errorf("enterprise search version '%s' is not semver compliant: %w", v, err)
 			}
 		}