diff --git a/adapters-api/pom.xml b/adapters-api/pom.xml
index d6f0929c6..910afaed1 100644
--- a/adapters-api/pom.xml
+++ b/adapters-api/pom.xml
@@ -57,4 +57,13 @@
 
     </dependencies>
 
+    <build>
+        <resources>
+            <resource>
+                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+                <filtering>true</filtering>
+            </resource>
+        </resources>
+    </build>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/adapters-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityconfig/rawyaml/RawStmtsDoc.java b/adapters-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityconfig/rawyaml/RawStmtsDoc.java
index 6c413e34c..0d6aa3d8d 100644
--- a/adapters-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityconfig/rawyaml/RawStmtsDoc.java
+++ b/adapters-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityconfig/rawyaml/RawStmtsDoc.java
@@ -16,9 +16,13 @@
 
 package io.nosqlbench.engine.api.activityconfig.rawyaml;
 
+import io.nosqlbench.engine.api.util.AdaptersApiVersionInfo;
+import io.nosqlbench.nb.api.errors.OpConfigError;
+
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 /**
  * A statements doc can have both a list of statement blocks and/or a
@@ -33,6 +37,7 @@ public class RawStmtsDoc extends StatementsOwner {
 
     private RawScenarios scenarios = new RawScenarios();
     private final List<RawStmtsBlock> blocks = new ArrayList<>();
+    private String versionRegex = ".+";
 
     // no-args ctor is required
     public RawStmtsDoc() {
@@ -45,6 +50,17 @@ public class RawStmtsDoc extends StatementsOwner {
     }
 
     public void setFieldsByReflection(Map<String, Object> properties) {
+        if (properties.containsKey("version_regex")) {
+            String versionRegex = properties.remove("version_regex").toString();
+            if (versionRegex!=null) {
+                Pattern versionpattern = Pattern.compile(versionRegex);
+                String version = new AdaptersApiVersionInfo().getVersion();
+                if (!versionpattern.matcher(version).matches()) {
+                    throw new OpConfigError("Unable to load yaml with this version '" + version + " since " +
+                        "the required version doesn't match version_regex '" + versionRegex + "' from yaml.");
+                }
+            }
+        }
         Object blocksObjects = properties.remove("blocks");
         if (blocksObjects instanceof List) {
             List<Object> blockList = ((List<Object>) blocksObjects);
@@ -79,7 +95,6 @@ public class RawStmtsDoc extends StatementsOwner {
         }
 
         Object scenariosData = properties.remove("scenarios");
-
         if (scenariosData != null) {
             scenarios.setPropertiesByReflection(scenariosData);
         }
@@ -121,4 +136,12 @@ public class RawStmtsDoc extends StatementsOwner {
         this.scenarios = scenarios;
     }
 
+    public String getVersionRegex() {
+        return this.versionRegex;
+    }
+
+    public void setVersionRegex(String regex) {
+        this.versionRegex = regex;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/adapters-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityconfig/yaml/StmtsDocList.java b/adapters-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityconfig/yaml/StmtsDocList.java
index 67422c8bc..2af520c93 100644
--- a/adapters-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityconfig/yaml/StmtsDocList.java
+++ b/adapters-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityconfig/yaml/StmtsDocList.java
@@ -17,13 +17,18 @@
 package io.nosqlbench.engine.api.activityconfig.yaml;
 
 import io.nosqlbench.engine.api.activityconfig.StatementsLoader;
+import io.nosqlbench.engine.api.activityconfig.rawyaml.RawStmtsDoc;
 import io.nosqlbench.engine.api.activityconfig.rawyaml.RawStmtsDocList;
 import io.nosqlbench.engine.api.util.TagFilter;
-import io.nosqlbench.nb.api.config.standard.*;
+import io.nosqlbench.nb.api.config.standard.ConfigModel;
+import io.nosqlbench.nb.api.config.standard.NBConfigModel;
+import io.nosqlbench.nb.api.config.standard.NBConfigModelExpander;
+import io.nosqlbench.nb.api.config.standard.Param;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
 import java.util.*;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 public class StmtsDocList implements Iterable<StmtsDoc> {
@@ -156,4 +161,9 @@ public class StmtsDocList implements Iterable<StmtsDoc> {
         StmtsDocList loaded = StatementsLoader.loadPath(logger, (String) workload, "activities");
         return loaded.getConfigModel();
     };
+
+    public Pattern getVersionRegex() {
+        List<RawStmtsDoc> stmtDocs = rawStmtsDocList.getStmtsDocs();
+        return Pattern.compile(stmtDocs.size()>0 ? stmtDocs.get(0).getVersionRegex() : ".*");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/adapters-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/util/AdaptersApiVersionInfo.java b/adapters-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/util/AdaptersApiVersionInfo.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..299c55e77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adapters-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/util/AdaptersApiVersionInfo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 nosqlbench
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package io.nosqlbench.engine.api.util;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+public class AdaptersApiVersionInfo {
+
+    private final Properties versionProperties = new Properties();
+
+    public AdaptersApiVersionInfo() {
+        InputStream versionStream = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/version.properties");
+        try {
+            versionProperties.load(versionStream);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("unable to read version properties:" + e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public String getVersion() {
+        return versionProperties.getProperty("version");
+    }
+
+    public String getArtifactId() {
+        return versionProperties.getProperty("artifactId");
+    }
+
+    public String getGroupId() {
+        return versionProperties.getProperty("groupId");
+    }
+
+    public String getArtifactCoordinates() {
+        return "<dependency>\n" +
+                " <groupId>" + getGroupId() + "</groupId>\n" +
+                " <artifactId>"+ getArtifactId() + "</artifactId>\n" +
+                " <version>" + getVersion() + "</version>\n" +
+                "</dependency>";
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/adapters-api/src/main/resources/version.properties b/adapters-api/src/main/resources/version.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc4cf67cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adapters-api/src/main/resources/version.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2022 nosqlbench
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+version=${project.version}
+groupId=${project.groupId}
+artifactId=${project.artifactId}