diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/delegates/nnapi/nnapi_delegate.cc b/tensorflow/lite/delegates/nnapi/nnapi_delegate.cc
index c477125a49a..d09c1dc5b33 100644
--- a/tensorflow/lite/delegates/nnapi/nnapi_delegate.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/lite/delegates/nnapi/nnapi_delegate.cc
@@ -2195,7 +2195,7 @@ bool NNAPIDelegateKernel::Validate(
              "NNAPI only supports constant int32 axis tensor.", &val_ctx);
     } break;
     case kTfLiteBuiltinSplit: {
-      ExpectOpVersion(version, 1, &val_ctx);
+      ExpectOpVersion(version, 3, &val_ctx);
       ExpectMinAndroidSdkVersion(android_sdk_version, kMinSdkVersionForNNAPI12,
                                  &val_ctx);
       // Tensor indices: split_dim: 0, value: 1