diff --git a/packages/amazonq/.changes/next-release/Removal-c259464a-0437-47e6-be6c-8df023ad477c.json b/packages/amazonq/.changes/next-release/Removal-c259464a-0437-47e6-be6c-8df023ad477c.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a97df091840..00000000000
--- a/packages/amazonq/.changes/next-release/Removal-c259464a-0437-47e6-be6c-8df023ad477c.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"type": "Removal",
-	"description": "Minimum required VSCode version is now 1.83"
-}
diff --git a/packages/amazonq/package.json b/packages/amazonq/package.json
index 7662b0ed006..5d474ff04b3 100644
--- a/packages/amazonq/package.json
+++ b/packages/amazonq/package.json
@@ -1046,6 +1046,6 @@
     },
     "engines": {
         "npm": "^10.1.0",
-        "vscode": "^1.83.0"
+        "vscode": "^1.68.0"
     }
 }
diff --git a/packages/amazonq/src/app/chat/activation.ts b/packages/amazonq/src/app/chat/activation.ts
index 82cc92f7b3a..64b73e338b9 100644
--- a/packages/amazonq/src/app/chat/activation.ts
+++ b/packages/amazonq/src/app/chat/activation.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ function registerApps(appInitContext: amazonq.AmazonQAppInitContext) {
     amazonq.featureDevChatAppInit(appInitContext)
     amazonq.gumbyChatAppInit(appInitContext)
 }
-
 /**
  * Display a notification to user for Log In.
  *
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index c549bbd9e53..74d0eb2011d 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "license": "Apache-2.0",
     "engines": {
         "npm": "^10.1.0",
-        "vscode": "^1.83.0"
+        "vscode": "^1.68.0"
     },
     "exports": {
         ".": "./dist/src/extension.js",
diff --git a/packages/core/src/extension.ts b/packages/core/src/extension.ts
index 468aa6c61a9..c34a849deb8 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/extension.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/extension.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 import vscode from 'vscode'
 import * as nls from 'vscode-nls'
-
 import globals, { initialize, isWeb } from './shared/extensionGlobals'
 import { join } from 'path'
 import { Commands } from './shared/vscode/commands2'
@@ -51,6 +50,7 @@ import { Auth } from './auth'
 import { AuthFormId } from './login/webview/vue/types'
 import { getTelemetryMetadataForConn, isSsoConnection } from './auth/connection'
 import { registerCommands } from './commands'
+import * as semver from 'semver'
 
 // In web mode everything must be in a single file, so things like the endpoints file will not be available.
 // The following imports the endpoints file, which causes webpack to bundle it in the final output file
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ export async function activateCommon(
         uriHandler: globals.uriHandler,
         credentialsStore: globals.loginManager.store,
     }
-
+    void setupVscodeVersionNotification()
     await activateViewsShared(extContext.extensionContext)
 
     return extContext
@@ -304,3 +304,32 @@ export async function emitUserState() {
         })
     })
 }
+
+// TODO: remove once version bump to 1.83.0 is complete.
+function setupVscodeVersionNotification() {
+    let notificationDisplayed = false
+    tryShowNotification()
+
+    function tryShowNotification() {
+        // Do not show the notification if the IDE version will continue to be supported.
+        if (!semver.gte(vscode.version, '1.83.0')) {
+            return
+        }
+
+        if (notificationDisplayed) {
+            return
+        }
+
+        notificationDisplayed = true
+
+        telemetry.toolkit_showNotification.emit({
+            component: 'editor',
+            id: 'versionNotification',
+            reason: 'unsupportedVersion',
+            result: 'Succeeded',
+        })
+        void vscode.window.showWarningMessage(
+            'Update VS Code to version 1.83.0+, support for previous versions will be dropped soon. '
+        )
+    }
+}
diff --git a/packages/toolkit/.changes/next-release/Breaking Change-91df9fbf-ea4b-4087-b43f-77f35253c525.json b/packages/toolkit/.changes/next-release/Breaking Change-91df9fbf-ea4b-4087-b43f-77f35253c525.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 205db3ae630..00000000000
--- a/packages/toolkit/.changes/next-release/Breaking Change-91df9fbf-ea4b-4087-b43f-77f35253c525.json	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"type": "Breaking Change",
-	"description": "Bumping VS Code minimum version to 1.83.0"
-}
diff --git a/packages/toolkit/.changes/next-release/Removal-cf2f67d7-fd40-4834-960c-bbd57508a7f4.json b/packages/toolkit/.changes/next-release/Removal-cf2f67d7-fd40-4834-960c-bbd57508a7f4.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a97df091840..00000000000
--- a/packages/toolkit/.changes/next-release/Removal-cf2f67d7-fd40-4834-960c-bbd57508a7f4.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"type": "Removal",
-	"description": "Minimum required VSCode version is now 1.83"
-}
diff --git a/packages/toolkit/package.json b/packages/toolkit/package.json
index 3e957178a01..5d2fe80b1f4 100644
--- a/packages/toolkit/package.json
+++ b/packages/toolkit/package.json
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     "browser": "./dist/src/extensionWeb",
     "engines": {
         "npm": "^10.1.0",
-        "vscode": "^1.83.0"
+        "vscode": "^1.68.0"
     },
     "scripts": {
         "vscode:prepublish": "npm run clean && npm run buildScripts && webpack --mode production",