diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f106d61f..5f9c5b7c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1916,6 +1916,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ritz",
  "roblox_install",
  "rojo-insta-ext",
+ "semver",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_yaml",
@@ -2034,9 +2035,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "semver"
-version = "1.0.17"
+version = "1.0.19"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bebd363326d05ec3e2f532ab7660680f3b02130d780c299bca73469d521bc0ed"
+checksum = "ad977052201c6de01a8ef2aa3378c4bd23217a056337d1d6da40468d267a4fb0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4c210934..a200ac85 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ anyhow = "1.0.44"
 bincode = "1.3.3"
 fs-err = "2.6.0"
 maplit = "1.0.2"
+semver = "1.0.19"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 rojo-insta-ext = { path = "crates/rojo-insta-ext" }
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 8326fcdc..b82f9542 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use fs_err as fs;
 use fs_err::File;
 use maplit::hashmap;
 use memofs::VfsSnapshot;
+use semver::Version;
 
 fn snapshot_from_fs_path(path: &Path) -> io::Result<VfsSnapshot> {
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed={}", path.display());
@@ -43,6 +44,19 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
     let root_dir = env::var_os("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").unwrap();
     let plugin_root = PathBuf::from(root_dir).join("plugin");
 
+    let our_version = Version::parse(env::var_os("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").unwrap().to_str().unwrap())?;
+    let plugin_version =
+        Version::parse(fs::read_to_string(&plugin_root.join("Version.txt"))?.trim())?;
+
+    assert!(
+        our_version.major == plugin_version.major,
+        "plugin version does not match Cargo version"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        our_version.minor == plugin_version.minor,
+        "plugin version does not match Cargo version"
+    );
+
     let snapshot = VfsSnapshot::dir(hashmap! {
         "default.project.json" => snapshot_from_fs_path(&plugin_root.join("default.project.json"))?,
         "fmt" => snapshot_from_fs_path(&plugin_root.join("fmt"))?,
@@ -51,6 +65,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
         "rbx_dom_lua" => snapshot_from_fs_path(&plugin_root.join("rbx_dom_lua"))?,
         "src" => snapshot_from_fs_path(&plugin_root.join("src"))?,
         "Packages" => snapshot_from_fs_path(&plugin_root.join("Packages"))?,
+        "Version.txt" => snapshot_from_fs_path(&plugin_root.join("Version.txt"))?,
     });
 
     let out_path = Path::new(&out_dir).join("plugin.bincode");
diff --git a/plugin/Version.txt b/plugin/Version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b23b8d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/Version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+7.3.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugin/default.project.json b/plugin/default.project.json
index 09234438..424f107e 100644
--- a/plugin/default.project.json
+++ b/plugin/default.project.json
@@ -1,25 +1,27 @@
 {
-	"name": "Rojo",
-	"tree": {
-		"$className": "Folder",
-		"Plugin": {
-			"$path": "src"
-		},
-		"Packages": {
-			"$path": "Packages",
-
-			"Log": {
-				"$path": "log"
-			},
-			"Http": {
-				"$path": "http"
-			},
-			"Fmt": {
-				"$path": "fmt"
-			},
-			"RbxDom": {
-				"$path": "rbx_dom_lua"
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
+  "name": "Rojo",
+  "tree": {
+    "$className": "Folder",
+    "Plugin": {
+      "$path": "src"
+    },
+    "Packages": {
+      "$path": "Packages",
+      "Log": {
+        "$path": "log"
+      },
+      "Http": {
+        "$path": "http"
+      },
+      "Fmt": {
+        "$path": "fmt"
+      },
+      "RbxDom": {
+        "$path": "rbx_dom_lua"
+      }
+    },
+    "Version": {
+      "$path": "Version.txt"
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugin/src/Config.lua b/plugin/src/Config.lua
index a2909f51..70eeccfa 100644
--- a/plugin/src/Config.lua
+++ b/plugin/src/Config.lua
@@ -2,11 +2,23 @@ local strict = require(script.Parent.strict)
 
 local isDevBuild = script.Parent.Parent:FindFirstChild("ROJO_DEV_BUILD") ~= nil
 
+local Version = script.Parent.Parent.Version
+local realVersion = Version.Value:split(".")
+
+for i = 1, 3 do
+	local num = tonumber(realVersion[i])
+	if num then
+		realVersion[i] = num
+	else
+		error(("invalid version `%s` (field %d)"):format(realVersion[i], i))
+	end
+end
+
 return strict("Config", {
 	isDevBuild = isDevBuild,
 	codename = "Epiphany",
-	version = { 7, 3, 0 },
-	expectedServerVersionString = "7.2 or newer",
+	version = realVersion,
+	expectedServerVersionString = ("%d.%d or newer"):format(realVersion[1], realVersion[2]),
 	protocolVersion = 4,
 	defaultHost = "localhost",
 	defaultPort = "34872",