diff --git a/PostCodeSerialMonitor/Assets/Resources.pt-BR.resx b/PostCodeSerialMonitor/Assets/Resources.pt-BR.resx
index 6ba45a0..db3d41a 100644
--- a/PostCodeSerialMonitor/Assets/Resources.pt-BR.resx
+++ b/PostCodeSerialMonitor/Assets/Resources.pt-BR.resx
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
     <comment>In Services/SerialService.cs</comment>
   </data>
   <data name="FailedFwVersion" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Falha ao processar a informação sobre a versão. Você está usando o firwmare v0.2.3 ou superior?</value>
+    <value>Falha na verificação da versão do firmware. Você está com o firmware mais recente do PicoDurangoPOST?</value>
     <comment>In Services/SerialService.cs</comment>
   </data>
   <data name="FailedParseConfig" xml:space="preserve">
diff --git a/PostCodeSerialMonitor/Assets/Resources.resx b/PostCodeSerialMonitor/Assets/Resources.resx
index 0ff1d4d..bba7703 100644
--- a/PostCodeSerialMonitor/Assets/Resources.resx
+++ b/PostCodeSerialMonitor/Assets/Resources.resx
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
     <comment>In Services/SerialService.cs</comment>
   </data>
   <data name="FailedFwVersion" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Failed to parse version information. Are you on FW v0.2.3 or greater?</value>
+    <value>Firmware version check failed. Are you on latest PicoDurangoPOST FW?</value>
     <comment>In Services/SerialService.cs</comment>
   </data>
   <data name="FailedParseConfig" xml:space="preserve">
diff --git a/PostCodeSerialMonitor/Services/MetaUpdateService.cs b/PostCodeSerialMonitor/Services/MetaUpdateService.cs
index c2c87bb..ed48cb1 100644
--- a/PostCodeSerialMonitor/Services/MetaUpdateService.cs
+++ b/PostCodeSerialMonitor/Services/MetaUpdateService.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ public class MetaUpdateService
     private readonly HttpClient _httpClient;
     private readonly ILogger<MetaUpdateService> _logger;
     private const string META_FILENAME = "meta.json";
+    private const int SUPPORTED_META_FORMAT_VERSION = 2;
     private MetaDefinition? _currentMeta;
 
     public string LocalMetaPath => Path.Combine(_localPath, META_FILENAME);
@@ -130,6 +131,9 @@ private async Task DownloadMetaFilesAsync()
         {
             var json = await File.ReadAllTextAsync(LocalMetaPath);
             var res = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<MetaDefinition>(json, _jsonSerializeOptions);
+            if (res != null && !IsSupportedFormatVersion(res))
+                return null;
+
             _currentMeta = res;
             return res;
         }
@@ -148,7 +152,8 @@ private async Task DownloadMetaFilesAsync()
             response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
 
             var json = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
-            return JsonSerializer.Deserialize<MetaDefinition>(json, _jsonSerializeOptions);
+            var res = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<MetaDefinition>(json, _jsonSerializeOptions);
+            return res != null && !IsSupportedFormatVersion(res) ? null : res;
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
@@ -156,4 +161,15 @@ private async Task DownloadMetaFilesAsync()
             return null;
         }
     }
+
+    private bool IsSupportedFormatVersion(MetaDefinition meta)
+    {
+        if (meta.FormatVersion == SUPPORTED_META_FORMAT_VERSION)
+            return true;
+
+        _logger.LogError(
+            "Metadata format version {ActualVersion} is not supported (expected {ExpectedVersion}). Please update the metadata.",
+            meta.FormatVersion, SUPPORTED_META_FORMAT_VERSION);
+        return false;
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/PostCodeSerialMonitor/Services/SerialService.cs b/PostCodeSerialMonitor/Services/SerialService.cs
index daa7d5a..6e5c23b 100644
--- a/PostCodeSerialMonitor/Services/SerialService.cs
+++ b/PostCodeSerialMonitor/Services/SerialService.cs
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ public class SerialService : IDisposable
     public event Action? DeviceStateChanged;
     public event Action? DeviceConfigChanged;
 
+    public const string MinimumFirmwareVersion = "v0.4.0";
+
     public string FirmwareVersion { get; private set; } = string.Empty;
     public string BuildDate { get; private set; } = string.Empty;
 
@@ -167,7 +169,7 @@ public async Task ConnectAsync(string portName, int baudRate = 115200)
         _serialPort.WriteLine("version");
         Thread.Sleep(100);
         success = await ParseVersionInfo();
-        if (!success)
+        if (!success || new SemanticVersion(FirmwareVersion) < new SemanticVersion(MinimumFirmwareVersion))
         {
             Disconnect();
             throw new Exception(Assets.Resources.FailedFwVersion);