diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 62a69014..59fcc06e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Changed
+- Discovery iproto features only for Tarantools since version 2.10.0 (#283). 
+
 ## 0.12.0 - 2023-02-13
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/tarantool/connection.py b/tarantool/connection.py
index b2d17760..cd1329c6 100644
--- a/tarantool/connection.py
+++ b/tarantool/connection.py
@@ -1014,7 +1014,8 @@ def handshake(self):
         if greeting.protocol != "Binary":
             raise NetworkError("Unsupported protocol: " + greeting.protocol)
         self.version_id = greeting.version_id
-        self._check_features()
+        if self.version_id >= version_id(2, 10, 0):
+            self._check_features()
         self.uuid = greeting.uuid
         self._salt = greeting.salt
         if self.user: