---
title: "Checking version compatibility"
source: dbt Core Documentation
source_url: https://github.com/dbt-labs/docs.getdbt.com
licence: Apache-2.0
domain: data-and-analysis
subdomain: dbt-docs
date_added: 2026-04-25
---

For the first several years of <Constant name="core" />'s development, breaking changes were more common. For this reason, we encouraged setting [dbt version requirements](/reference/project-configs/require-dbt-version) &mdash; especially if they use features that are newer or which may break in future versions of <Constant name="core" />. By default, if you run a project with an incompatible dbt version, dbt will raise an error.

You can use the `VERSION_CHECK` config to disable this check and suppress the error message:

```
$ dbt run --no-version-check
Running with dbt=1.0.0
Found 13 models, 2 tests, 1 archives, 0 analyses, 204 macros, 2 operations....
```

:::note <Constant name="dbt" /> release tracks
<Snippet path="_config-dbt-version-check" />

:::
