diff --git a/src/Appwrite/Utopia/Response/Filters/V20.php b/src/Appwrite/Utopia/Response/Filters/V20.php
index c0ed8297cc..96e847fa1f 100644
--- a/src/Appwrite/Utopia/Response/Filters/V20.php
+++ b/src/Appwrite/Utopia/Response/Filters/V20.php
@@ -2,13 +2,28 @@
 
 namespace Appwrite\Utopia\Response\Filters;
 
+use Appwrite\Utopia\Response;
 use Appwrite\Utopia\Response\Filter;
 
 class V20 extends Filter
 {
-    // Convert 1.8 format to 1.7 format
+    // removing $sequence from all versions less than 1.8
     public function parse(array $content, string $model): array
     {
+        $parsedResponse = $content;
+
+        $parsedResponse = match($model) {
+            Response::MODEL_DOCUMENT => $this->parseDocument($content),
+            Response::MODEL_DOCUMENT_LIST => $this->handleList($content, 'documents', fn ($item) => $this->parseDocument($item)),
+            default => $parsedResponse,
+        };
+
+        return $parsedResponse;
+    }
+
+    protected function parseDocument(array $content): array
+    {
+        unset($content['$sequence']);
         return $content;
     }
 }