diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index be882cb4..370929af 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -669,9 +669,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "semver"
-version = "1.0.19"
+version = "1.0.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ad977052201c6de01a8ef2aa3378c4bd23217a056337d1d6da40468d267a4fb0"
+checksum = "d65bd28f48be7196d222d95b9243287f48d27aca604e08497513019ff0502cc4"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
diff --git a/cargo-insta/Cargo.toml b/cargo-insta/Cargo.toml
index f0202d92..e53be7e6 100644
--- a/cargo-insta/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cargo-insta/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ syn = { version = "2.0.8", features = ["full", "visit", "extra-traits"] }
 ignore = "0.4.17"
 uuid = { version = "1.0.0", features = ["v4"] }
 tempfile = "3.5.0"
+
 # Needs pinning in Cargo.lock because of MSRV
 semver = {version = "1.0.7", features = ["serde"]}
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
diff --git a/cargo-insta/src/cli.rs b/cargo-insta/src/cli.rs
index 8fc9f450..190e4ed3 100644
--- a/cargo-insta/src/cli.rs
+++ b/cargo-insta/src/cli.rs
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@ use std::{collections::HashSet, fmt};
 use std::{env, fs};
 use std::{io, process};
 
+use cargo_metadata::MetadataCommand;
 use console::{set_colors_enabled, style, Key, Term};
 use insta::Snapshot;
 use insta::_cargo_insta_support::{
     is_ci, SnapshotPrinter, SnapshotUpdate, TestRunner, ToolConfig, UnreferencedSnapshots,
 };
 use itertools::Itertools;
+use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use semver::Version;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use uuid::Uuid;
@@ -1248,6 +1250,8 @@ pub(crate) fn run() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
         args.remove(1);
     }
 
+    check_insta_cargo_insta_compat()?;
+
     let opts = Opts::parse_from(args);
 
     handle_color(opts.color);
@@ -1270,3 +1274,42 @@ pub(crate) fn run() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
         Command::PendingSnapshots(cmd) => pending_snapshots_cmd(cmd),
     }
 }
+
+fn check_insta_cargo_insta_compat() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let insta_version = read_insta_version()?;
+    if insta_version.major != CARGO_INSTA_VERSION.major {
+        eprintln!(
+            "{}: insta version mismatch: cargo-insta is {}, but insta is {}",
+            style("error").bold().red(),
+            *CARGO_INSTA_VERSION,
+            insta_version
+        );
+        return Err(QuietExit(1).into());
+    }
+
+    if (insta_version.minor).abs_diff(CARGO_INSTA_VERSION.minor) > 10 {
+        eprintln!(
+            "{}: insta version {} is very different from cargo-insta version {}. This may raise an error in the future.",
+            style("error").bold().red(),
+            *CARGO_INSTA_VERSION,
+            insta_version
+        );
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+lazy_static! {
+    static ref CARGO_INSTA_VERSION: Version =
+        Version::parse(env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")).expect("Invalid cargo-insta version number");
+}
+
+fn read_insta_version() -> Result<Version, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    MetadataCommand::new()
+        .exec()?
+        .packages
+        .iter()
+        .find(|package| package.name == "insta")
+        .map(|package| package.version.clone())
+        .ok_or("insta not found in cargo metadata".into())
+}