diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-docker.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-docker.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index bd8bfa03a..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-docker.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-name: publish-docker
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - 'develop'
-      - 'main'
-jobs:
-  docker:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Get base image name
-        shell: bash
-        run: echo "##[set-output name=image;]$(echo gcr.io/up9-docker-hub/mizu/${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/})"
-        id: base_image_step
-      - name: Docker meta
-        id: meta
-        uses: crazy-max/ghaction-docker-meta@v2
-        with:
-          images: ${{ steps.base_image_step.outputs.image }}
-          tags: |
-            type=sha
-            type=raw,${{ github.sha }}
-            type=raw,latest
-      - name: Login to DockerHub
-        uses: docker/login-action@v1
-        with:
-          registry: gcr.io
-          username: _json_key
-          password: ${{ secrets.GCR_JSON_KEY }}
-      - name: Build and push
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
-        with:
-          context: .
-          push: true
-          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
-          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
-
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-cli.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
similarity index 55%
rename from .github/workflows/publish-cli.yml
rename to .github/workflows/publish.yml
index b9e814931..5beaeb446 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-cli.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-name: public-cli
+name: publish
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - develop
-      - main
+      - 'develop'
+      - 'main'
 jobs:
   docker:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -27,12 +27,43 @@ jobs:
         with:
           releaseType: ${{ steps.condval.outputs.value }}
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Get base image name
+      - name: Get version parameters
         shell: bash
         run: |
           echo "##[set-output name=build_timestamp;]$(echo $(date +%s))"
           echo "##[set-output name=branch;]$(echo ${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/})"
         id: version_parameters
+      - name: Get base image name
+        shell: bash
+        run: echo "##[set-output name=image;]$(echo gcr.io/up9-docker-hub/mizu/${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/})"
+        id: base_image_step
+      - name: Docker meta
+        id: meta
+        uses: crazy-max/ghaction-docker-meta@v2
+        with:
+          images: ${{ steps.base_image_step.outputs.image }}
+          tags: |
+            type=sha
+            type=raw,${{ github.sha }}
+            type=raw,${{ steps.versioning.outputs.version }}
+      - name: Login to DockerHub
+        uses: docker/login-action@v1
+        with:
+          registry: gcr.io
+          username: _json_key
+          password: ${{ secrets.GCR_JSON_KEY }}
+      - name: Build and push
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
+        with:
+          context: .
+          push: true
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+          build-args: |
+            SEM_VER=${{ steps.versioning.outputs.version }}
+            BUILD_TIMESTAMP=${{ steps.version_parameters.outputs.build_timestamp }}
+            GIT_BRANCH=${{ steps.version_parameters.outputs.branch }}
+            COMMIT_HASH=${{ github.sha }}
       - name: Build and Push CLI
         run: make push-cli SEM_VER='${{ steps.versioning.outputs.version }}' BUILD_TIMESTAMP='${{ steps.version_parameters.outputs.build_timestamp }}'
       - name: publish
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 157588ec9..0fa90f951 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -23,11 +23,20 @@ RUN go mod download
 # cheap trick to make the build faster (As long as go.mod wasn't changes)
 RUN go list -f '{{.Path}}@{{.Version}}' -m all | sed 1d | grep -e 'go-cache' -e 'sqlite' | xargs go get
 
+ARG COMMIT_HASH
+ARG GIT_BRANCH
+ARG BUILD_TIMESTAMP
+ARG SEM_VER
+
 # Copy and build api code
 COPY shared ../shared
 COPY tap ../tap
 COPY api .
-RUN go build -ldflags="-s -w" -o mizuagent .
+RUN go build -ldflags="-s -w \
+     -X 'mizuserver/pkg/version.GitCommitHash=${COMMIT_HASH}' \
+     -X 'mizuserver/pkg/version.Branch=${GIT_BRANCH}' \
+     -X 'mizuserver/pkg/version.BuildTimestamp=${BUILD_TIMESTAMP}' \
+     -X 'mizuserver/pkg/version.SemVer=${SEM_VER}'" -o mizuagent .
 
 
 FROM alpine:3.13.5
diff --git a/api/main.go b/api/main.go
index ba012fca7..c9bba39dc 100644
--- a/api/main.go
+++ b/api/main.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"mizuserver/pkg/routes"
 	"mizuserver/pkg/sensitiveDataFiltering"
 	"mizuserver/pkg/utils"
+	"mizuserver/pkg/version"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"strings"
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ func hostApi(socketHarOutputChannel chan<- *tap.OutputChannelItem) {
 	}
 	routes.WebSocketRoutes(app, &eventHandlers)
 	routes.EntriesRoutes(app)
+	routes.MetadataRoutes(app)
 	routes.NotFoundRoute(app)
 
 	utils.StartServer(app)
diff --git a/api/pkg/controllers/metadata_controller.go b/api/pkg/controllers/metadata_controller.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..702e682b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/pkg/controllers/metadata_controller.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package controllers
+
+import (
+	"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2"
+	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/shared"
+	"mizuserver/pkg/version"
+)
+
+func GetVersion(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
+	resp := shared.VersionResponse{SemVer: version.SemVer}
+	return c.Status(fiber.StatusOK).JSON(resp)
+}
diff --git a/api/pkg/routes/public_routes.go b/api/pkg/routes/entries_routes.go
similarity index 94%
rename from api/pkg/routes/public_routes.go
rename to api/pkg/routes/entries_routes.go
index ed3a84e46..9f5f751be 100644
--- a/api/pkg/routes/public_routes.go
+++ b/api/pkg/routes/entries_routes.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"mizuserver/pkg/controllers"
 )
 
-// EntriesRoutes func for describe group of public routes.
+// EntriesRoutes defines the group of har entries routes.
 func EntriesRoutes(fiberApp *fiber.App) {
 	routeGroup := fiberApp.Group("/api")
 
diff --git a/api/pkg/routes/metadata_routes.go b/api/pkg/routes/metadata_routes.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3a3d3da11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/pkg/routes/metadata_routes.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package routes
+
+import (
+	"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2"
+	"mizuserver/pkg/controllers"
+)
+
+// MetadataRoutes defines the group of metadata routes.
+func MetadataRoutes(fiberApp *fiber.App) {
+	routeGroup := fiberApp.Group("/metadata")
+
+	routeGroup.Get("/version", controllers.GetVersion)
+}
diff --git a/api/pkg/routes/not_found_route.go b/api/pkg/routes/not_found_route.go
index 1aa1e7da7..452caa8e0 100644
--- a/api/pkg/routes/not_found_route.go
+++ b/api/pkg/routes/not_found_route.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package routes
 
 import "github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2"
 
-// NotFoundRoute func for describe 404 Error route.
+// NotFoundRoute defines the 404 Error route.
 func NotFoundRoute(fiberApp *fiber.App) {
 	fiberApp.Use(
 		func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
diff --git a/api/pkg/version/consts.go b/api/pkg/version/consts.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79742f5ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/pkg/version/consts.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package version
+
+var (
+	SemVer         = "0.0.1"
+	Branch         = "develop"
+	GitCommitHash  = "" // this var is overridden using ldflags in makefile when building
+	BuildTimestamp = "" // this var is overridden using ldflags in makefile when building
+)
diff --git a/build-push-featurebranch.sh b/build-push-featurebranch.sh
index 01089010e..5fbf32619 100755
--- a/build-push-featurebranch.sh
+++ b/build-push-featurebranch.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ then
 fi
 
 echo "building $DOCKER_TAGGED_BUILD"
-docker build -t "$DOCKER_TAGGED_BUILD" .
+docker build -t "$DOCKER_TAGGED_BUILD" --build-arg SEM_VER=${SEM_VER} --build-arg BUILD_TIMESTAMP=${BUILD_TIMESTAMP} --build-arg GIT_BRANCH=${GIT_BRANCH} --build-arg COMMIT_HASH=${COMMIT_HASH} .
 
 echo pushing to "$REPOSITORY"
 docker push "$DOCKER_TAGGED_BUILD"
diff --git a/cli/cmd/fetch.go b/cli/cmd/fetch.go
index 7faeffdc1..62caaf4e6 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/fetch.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/fetch.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/cli/mizu"
 )
 
 type MizuFetchOptions struct {
@@ -17,6 +18,11 @@ var fetchCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "fetch",
 	Short: "Download recorded traffic to files",
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		if isCompatible, err := mizu.CheckVersionCompatibility(mizuFetchOptions.MizuPort); err != nil {
+			return err
+		} else if !isCompatible {
+			return nil
+		}
 		RunMizuFetch(&mizuFetchOptions)
 		return nil
 	},
diff --git a/cli/cmd/tap.go b/cli/cmd/tap.go
index 037ad4944..245b3d7df 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/tap.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/tap.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func init() {
 	tapCmd.Flags().Uint16VarP(&mizuTapOptions.SleepIntervalSec, "upload-interval", "", 10, "Interval in seconds for uploading data to UP9")
 	tapCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&mizuTapOptions.AllNamespaces, "all-namespaces", "A", false, "Tap all namespaces")
 	tapCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&mizuTapOptions.KubeConfigPath, "kube-config", "k", "", "Path to kube-config file")
-	tapCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&mizuTapOptions.MizuImage, "mizu-image", "", fmt.Sprintf("gcr.io/up9-docker-hub/mizu/%s:latest", mizu.Branch), "Custom image for mizu collector")
+	tapCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&mizuTapOptions.MizuImage, "mizu-image", "", fmt.Sprintf("gcr.io/up9-docker-hub/mizu/%s:%s", mizu.Branch, mizu.SemVer), "Custom image for mizu collector")
 	tapCmd.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&mizuTapOptions.PlainTextFilterRegexes, "regex-masking", "r", nil, "List of regex expressions that are used to filter matching values from text/plain http bodies")
 	tapCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&direction, "direction", "", "in", "Record traffic that goes in this direction (relative to the tapped pod): in/any")
 	tapCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&mizuTapOptions.HideHealthChecks, "hide-healthchecks", false, "hides requests with kube-probe or prometheus user-agent headers")
diff --git a/cli/cmd/view.go b/cli/cmd/view.go
index acb2091c9..a49ebde75 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/view.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/view.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/cli/mizu"
 )
 
 type MizuViewOptions struct {
@@ -14,9 +15,15 @@ var viewCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "view",
 	Short: "Open GUI in browser",
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		if isCompatible, err := mizu.CheckVersionCompatibility(mizuFetchOptions.MizuPort); err != nil {
+			return err
+		} else if !isCompatible {
+			return nil
+		}
 		runMizuView(mizuViewOptions)
 		return nil
 	},
+
 }
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/cli/mizu/versionCheck.go b/cli/mizu/versionCheck.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3211f687d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/mizu/versionCheck.go
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package mizu
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/shared"
+	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/shared/semver"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+)
+
+
+func getApiVersion(port uint16) (string, error) {
+	versionUrl, _ := url.Parse(fmt.Sprintf("http://localhost:%d/mizu/metadata/version", port))
+	req := &http.Request{
+		Method: http.MethodGet,
+		URL:    versionUrl,
+	}
+	statusResp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	defer statusResp.Body.Close()
+
+	versionResponse := &shared.VersionResponse{}
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(statusResp.Body).Decode(&versionResponse); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return versionResponse.SemVer, nil
+}
+
+func CheckVersionCompatibility(port uint16) (bool, error) {
+	apiSemVer, err := getApiVersion(port)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	if semver.SemVersion(apiSemVer).Major() == semver.SemVersion(SemVer).Major() &&
+		semver.SemVersion(apiSemVer).Minor() == semver.SemVersion(SemVer).Minor() {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf(Red, fmt.Sprintf("cli version (%s) is not compatible with api version (%s)\n", SemVer, apiSemVer))
+	return false, nil
+}
diff --git a/shared/models.go b/shared/models.go
index 8cf46c0f7..14c1b3ce9 100644
--- a/shared/models.go
+++ b/shared/models.go
@@ -61,3 +61,8 @@ type TrafficFilteringOptions struct {
 	PlainTextMaskingRegexes []*SerializableRegexp
 	HideHealthChecks        bool
 }
+
+type VersionResponse struct {
+	SemVer string `json:"semver"`
+}
+
diff --git a/shared/semver/semver.go b/shared/semver/semver.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f27ca33f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/semver/semver.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package semver
+
+import (
+	"regexp"
+)
+
+type SemVersion string
+
+func (v SemVersion) Breakdown() (string, string, string) {
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(`\d+`)
+	breakdown := re.FindAllString(string(v), 3)
+	return breakdown[0], breakdown[1], breakdown[2]
+}
+
+func (v SemVersion) Major() string {
+	major, _, _ := v.Breakdown()
+	return major
+}
+
+func (v SemVersion) Minor() string {
+	_, minor, _ := v.Breakdown()
+	return minor
+}
+
+func (v SemVersion) Patch() string {
+	_, _, patch := v.Breakdown()
+	return patch
+}