diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/environment.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/environment.ts
index 7d3a9f18f5..4cb0a9c731 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/environment.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/environment.ts
@@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ const environment = {
   BB_ADMIN_USER_EMAIL: process.env.BB_ADMIN_USER_EMAIL,
   BB_ADMIN_USER_PASSWORD: process.env.BB_ADMIN_USER_PASSWORD,
   OPENAI_API_KEY: process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY,
+  MIN_VERSION_WITHOUT_POWER_ROLE:
+    process.env.MIN_VERSION_WITHOUT_POWER_ROLE || "3.0.0",
 }
 
 export function setEnv(newEnvVars: Partial<typeof environment>): () => void {
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/security/roles.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/security/roles.ts
index df7f41e6ce..76c4f08fbe 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/security/roles.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/security/roles.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
 import cloneDeep from "lodash/fp/cloneDeep"
 import { RoleColor, helpers } from "@budibase/shared-core"
 import { uniqBy } from "lodash"
+import { default as env } from "../environment"
 
 export const BUILTIN_ROLE_IDS = {
   ADMIN: "ADMIN",
@@ -545,7 +546,10 @@ async function shouldIncludePowerRole(db: Database) {
     return true
   }
 
-  const isGreaterThan3x = semver.gte(creationVersion, "3.0.0")
+  const isGreaterThan3x = semver.gte(
+    creationVersion,
+    env.MIN_VERSION_WITHOUT_POWER_ROLE
+  )
   return !isGreaterThan3x
 }