diff --git a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
index 04d72ade3d..a8293afdc7 100644
--- a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
@@ -467,8 +467,8 @@ public:
         if (!batch[ID_NETWORKINFO]["error"].isNull()) return batch[ID_NETWORKINFO];
 
         const UniValue& networkinfo{batch[ID_NETWORKINFO]["result"]};
-        if (networkinfo["version"].getInt<int>() < 220000) {
-            throw std::runtime_error("This version of -netinfo requires bitcoind server to be running v22.0 and up");
+        if (networkinfo["version"].getInt<int>() < 239900) {
+            throw std::runtime_error("This version of -netinfo requires the bitcoind server to be running v24.0 and up");
         }
         const int64_t time_now{TicksSinceEpoch<std::chrono::seconds>(CliClock::now())};
 
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ public:
             const int8_t network_id{NetworkStringToId(network)};
             if (network_id == UNKNOWN_NETWORK) continue;
             const bool is_outbound{!peer["inbound"].get_bool()};
-            const bool is_tx_relay{peer["relaytxes"].get_bool()};
+            const bool is_tx_relay{peer["relaytxes"].isNull() ? true : peer["relaytxes"].get_bool()};
             const std::string conn_type{peer["connection_type"].get_str()};
             ++m_counts.at(is_outbound).at(network_id);      // in/out by network
             ++m_counts.at(is_outbound).at(NETWORKS.size()); // in/out overall
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ public:
         "  send     Time since last message sent to the peer, in seconds\n"
         "  recv     Time since last message received from the peer, in seconds\n"
         "  txn      Time since last novel transaction received from the peer and accepted into our mempool, in minutes\n"
-        "           \"*\" - whether we currently relay transactions to this peer (relaytxes is false)\n"
+        "           \"*\" - whether we relay transactions to this peer (relaytxes is false)\n"
         "  blk      Time since last novel block passing initial validity checks received from the peer, in minutes\n"
         "  hb       High-bandwidth BIP152 compact block relay\n"
         "           \".\" (to)   - we selected the peer as a high-bandwidth peer\n"
diff --git a/src/net_processing.cpp b/src/net_processing.cpp
index 781debd132..28148e1c65 100644
--- a/src/net_processing.cpp
+++ b/src/net_processing.cpp
@@ -271,11 +271,11 @@ struct Peer {
 
     struct TxRelay {
         mutable RecursiveMutex m_bloom_filter_mutex;
-        /** Whether we currently relay transactions to this peer.
+        /** Whether we relay transactions to this peer.
          *
          * On receiving a `version` message, this is initially set to false
-         * either if the peer is outbound block-relay-only, or otherwise based
-         * on the fRelay flag.
+         * if the peer is outbound block-relay-only and otherwise based on
+         * the fRelay flag.
          *
          * If initially set to false, it can only be flipped to true if we have
          * offered the peer NODE_BLOOM services and it sends us a `filterload`
diff --git a/src/rpc/net.cpp b/src/rpc/net.cpp
index 41c4a2c539..e953f8ba25 100644
--- a/src/rpc/net.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/net.cpp
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan getpeerinfo()
                     {
                         {RPCResult::Type::STR, "SERVICE_NAME", "the service name if it is recognised"}
                     }},
-                    {RPCResult::Type::BOOL, "relaytxes", "Whether we currently relay transactions to this peer"},
+                    {RPCResult::Type::BOOL, "relaytxes", /*optional=*/true, "Whether we relay transactions to this peer"},
                     {RPCResult::Type::NUM_TIME, "lastsend", "The " + UNIX_EPOCH_TIME + " of the last send"},
                     {RPCResult::Type::NUM_TIME, "lastrecv", "The " + UNIX_EPOCH_TIME + " of the last receive"},
                     {RPCResult::Type::NUM_TIME, "last_transaction", "The " + UNIX_EPOCH_TIME + " of the last valid transaction received from this peer"},
@@ -200,7 +200,9 @@ static RPCHelpMan getpeerinfo()
         ServiceFlags services{fStateStats ? statestats.their_services : ServiceFlags::NODE_NONE};
         obj.pushKV("services", strprintf("%016x", services));
         obj.pushKV("servicesnames", GetServicesNames(services));
-        obj.pushKV("relaytxes", fStateStats ? statestats.m_relay_txs : false);
+        if (fStateStats) {
+            obj.pushKV("relaytxes", statestats.m_relay_txs);
+        }
         obj.pushKV("lastsend", count_seconds(stats.m_last_send));
         obj.pushKV("lastrecv", count_seconds(stats.m_last_recv));
         obj.pushKV("last_transaction", count_seconds(stats.m_last_tx_time));