diff --git a/src/registry/domain/validators/index.ts b/src/registry/domain/validators/index.ts
index 3cdef5b4c..049eb0fe4 100644
--- a/src/registry/domain/validators/index.ts
+++ b/src/registry/domain/validators/index.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import ocCliVersionValidator from './oc-cli-version';
 import packageJsonValidator from './package-json-validator';
 import pluginsRequirementsValidator from './plugins-requirements';
 import registryConfigurationValidator from './registry-configuration';
+import templateOcVersionValidator from './templace-oc-version';
 
 import nodeVersionValidator from './node-version';
 import uploadedPackageValidator from './uploaded-package';
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@ export const validatePackage = uploadedPackageValidator;
 export const validatePackageJson = packageJsonValidator;
 export const validatePluginsRequirements = pluginsRequirementsValidator;
 export const validateRegistryConfiguration = registryConfigurationValidator;
+export const validateTemplateOcVersion = templateOcVersionValidator;
+
 export function validateVersion(version: string): boolean {
   return !!semver.valid(version);
 }
diff --git a/src/registry/domain/validators/templace-oc-version.ts b/src/registry/domain/validators/templace-oc-version.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ed0087db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/registry/domain/validators/templace-oc-version.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import path from 'node:path';
+import fs from 'fs-extra';
+import semver from 'semver';
+
+const packageInfo = fs.readJsonSync(
+  path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', '..', '..', 'package.json')
+);
+
+type OkResult = { isValid: true };
+type ErrorResult = {
+  isValid: false;
+  error: {
+    registryVersion: string;
+    minOcVersion: string;
+    code: string;
+  };
+};
+type Result = OkResult | ErrorResult;
+
+export default function templateOcVersion(minOcVersion: string): Result {
+  if (semver.lt(packageInfo.version, minOcVersion)) {
+    return {
+      isValid: false,
+      error: {
+        registryVersion: packageInfo.version,
+        minOcVersion,
+        code: 'old_version'
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+  return { isValid: true };
+}
diff --git a/src/registry/routes/helpers/get-component.ts b/src/registry/routes/helpers/get-component.ts
index 791be2922..651a21ff4 100644
--- a/src/registry/routes/helpers/get-component.ts
+++ b/src/registry/routes/helpers/get-component.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import RequireWrapper from '../../domain/require-wrapper';
 import * as sanitiser from '../../domain/sanitiser';
 import * as urlBuilder from '../../domain/url-builder';
 import * as validator from '../../domain/validators';
+import { validateTemplateOcVersion } from '../../domain/validators';
 import applyDefaultValues from './apply-default-values';
 import * as getComponentFallback from './get-component-fallback';
 import GetComponentRetrievingInfo from './get-component-retrieving-info';
@@ -203,6 +204,24 @@ export default function getComponent(conf: Config, repository: Repository) {
           });
         }
 
+        if (component.oc.files.template.minOcVersion) {
+          const templateOcVersionResult = validateTemplateOcVersion(
+            component.oc.files.template.minOcVersion
+          );
+          if (!templateOcVersionResult.isValid) {
+            return callback({
+              status: 400,
+              response: {
+                code: 'TEMPLATE_REQUIRES_HIGHER_OC_VERSION',
+                error: strings.errors.cli.TEMPLATE_OC_VERSION_NOT_VALID(
+                  templateOcVersionResult.error.minOcVersion,
+                  templateOcVersionResult.error.registryVersion
+                )
+              }
+            });
+          }
+        }
+
         // Support legacy templates
         let templateType = component.oc.files.template.type;
         const isLegacyTemplate = isTemplateLegacy(templateType);
diff --git a/src/registry/routes/publish.ts b/src/registry/routes/publish.ts
index 30b166f01..299a6c5a3 100644
--- a/src/registry/routes/publish.ts
+++ b/src/registry/routes/publish.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import strings from '../../resources/index';
 import extractPackage from '../domain/extract-package';
 import type { Repository } from '../domain/repository';
 import * as validator from '../domain/validators';
+import { validateTemplateOcVersion } from '../domain/validators';
 
 export default function publish(repository: Repository) {
   return async (req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> => {
@@ -56,6 +57,24 @@ export default function publish(repository: Repository) {
     try {
       const pkgDetails = await extractPackage(files, res.conf.tarExtractMode);
 
+      if (pkgDetails.packageJson.oc.files.template.minOcVersion) {
+        const templateOcVersionResult = validateTemplateOcVersion(
+          pkgDetails.packageJson.oc.files.template.minOcVersion
+        );
+        if (!templateOcVersionResult.isValid) {
+          res.errorDetails = `Your template requires a version of OC higher than ${templateOcVersionResult.error.minOcVersion}`;
+          res.status(409).json({
+            code: 'template_oc_version_not_valid',
+            error: strings.errors.cli.TEMPLATE_OC_VERSION_NOT_VALID(
+              templateOcVersionResult.error.minOcVersion,
+              templateOcVersionResult.error.registryVersion
+            ),
+            details: templateOcVersionResult.error
+          });
+          return;
+        }
+      }
+
       try {
         await repository.publishComponent({
           pkgDetails,
diff --git a/src/resources/index.ts b/src/resources/index.ts
index 7e9904456..4e68e1272 100644
--- a/src/resources/index.ts
+++ b/src/resources/index.ts
@@ -212,6 +212,11 @@ export default {
         `Error requiring oc-template: "${template}" not found`,
       TEMPLATE_TYPE_NOT_VALID: (template: string): string =>
         `Error requiring oc-template: "${template}" is not a valid oc-template`,
+      TEMPLATE_OC_VERSION_NOT_VALID: (
+        template: string,
+        version: string
+      ): string =>
+        `Your template requires a version of OC higher than ${template} but your OC version is ${version}`,
       TEMPLATE_DEP_MISSING: (template: string, path: string): string =>
         `Template dependency missing. To fix it run:\n\nnpm install --save-dev ${template}-compiler --prefix ${path}\n\n`
     },
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 370498463..c4f0f357a 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ interface OcConfiguration {
       src: string;
       type: string;
       version: string;
+      minOcVersion?: string;
       size?: number;
     };
     env?: string;