diff --git a/src/lib/validation-error.ts b/src/lib/validation-error.ts
index 687aa3b7..facc041b 100644
--- a/src/lib/validation-error.ts
+++ b/src/lib/validation-error.ts
@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { DefinedError } from 'ajv';
-
 export class ValidationError {
-  readonly message: string;
-
-  constructor(readonly error: DefinedError) {
-    this.message = `invalid: ${error.instancePath} | ${error.schemaPath} | ${error.message}`;
-  }
+  constructor(public readonly message: string) {}
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/workflow-validator.ts b/src/lib/workflow-validator.ts
index 37938035..6214822e 100644
--- a/src/lib/workflow-validator.ts
+++ b/src/lib/workflow-validator.ts
@@ -14,14 +14,16 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { ValidateFunction, DefinedError } from 'ajv';
+import { ValidateFunction } from 'ajv';
 import { Specification } from './definitions';
 import { validators } from './validators';
 import { ValidationError } from './validation-error';
 
+import { schemaVersion } from '../../package.json';
+
 export class WorkflowValidator {
   /** The validation errors after running validate(), if any */
-  readonly errors: ValidationError[] | never[] = [];
+  readonly errors: ValidationError[] = [];
 
   /** Whether the workflow is valid or not */
   readonly isValid: boolean;
@@ -32,9 +34,20 @@ export class WorkflowValidator {
    */
   constructor(private workflow: Specification.Workflow) {
     const validateFn = validators.get('Workflow') as ValidateFunction<Specification.Workflow>;
-    this.isValid = validateFn(this.workflow);
+    validateFn(this.workflow);
     if (validateFn.errors) {
-      this.errors = validateFn.errors.map((error) => new ValidationError(error as DefinedError));
+      this.errors = validateFn.errors.map((error) => {
+        const message = `invalid: ${error.instancePath} | ${error.schemaPath} | ${error.message}`;
+        return new ValidationError(message);
+      });
+    }
+
+    const specVersion = workflow.specVersion;
+    if (schemaVersion !== specVersion) {
+      const message = `provided workflow.specVersion value '${specVersion}' can not be different from the SDK supported version '${schemaVersion}'`;
+      this.errors.push(new ValidationError(message));
     }
+
+    this.isValid = this.errors.length === 0;
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/lib/workflow-validator.spec.ts b/tests/lib/workflow-validator.spec.ts
index 396897ff..e9e6cc62 100644
--- a/tests/lib/workflow-validator.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/lib/workflow-validator.spec.ts
@@ -17,48 +17,62 @@
 import { ValidationError, WorkflowValidator } from '../../src';
 import { Workflow } from '../../src/lib/definitions/workflow';
 
-describe('workflow-validator', () => {
+const validWorkflow = {
+  id: 'helloworld',
+  version: '1.0',
+  specVersion: '0.7',
+  name: 'Hello World Workflow',
+  description: 'Inject Hello World',
+  start: 'Hello State',
+  states: [
+    {
+      name: 'Hello State',
+      type: 'inject',
+      data: {
+        result: 'Hello World!',
+      },
+      end: true,
+    },
+  ],
+};
+
+describe('workflow-validator, invalid state', () => {
   it('should return errors instance of ValidationError if the workflow provided is not valid', () => {
     // @ts-ignore
-    const workflow = {
-      id: 'helloworld',
-      name: 'Hello World Workflow',
-      version: '1.0',
-      specVersion: '0.7',
-      description: 'Inject Hello World',
-      start: 'Hello State',
-      states: [],
-    } as Workflow;
+    const workflowWithEmptyStates = Object.assign({ ...validWorkflow }, { states: [] }) as Workflow;
 
-    const workflowValidator = new WorkflowValidator(workflow);
-    expect(workflowValidator.isValid).toBeFalsy('Expected isValid to be false');
-    expect(workflowValidator.errors.length).toBe(1);
-    expect(workflowValidator.errors[0].constructor === ValidationError).toBeTruthy(
-      'Expected errors to be instance of ValidationError'
-    );
+    const workflowValidator = new WorkflowValidator(workflowWithEmptyStates);
+
+    const numErrors = 1;
+    expectInvalidWorkflow(workflowValidator, numErrors);
     expect(workflowValidator.errors[0].message).toMatch('states');
   });
 
+  it('should check if specVersion match the supported sdk version', () => {
+    // @ts-ignore
+    const workflowWithInvalidSpecVersion = Object.assign({ ...validWorkflow }, { specVersion: '0.1' }) as Workflow;
+
+    const workflowValidator = new WorkflowValidator(workflowWithInvalidSpecVersion);
+
+    const numErrors = 1;
+    expectInvalidWorkflow(workflowValidator, numErrors);
+
+    expect(workflowValidator.errors[0].message).toMatch('specVersion');
+  });
+
+  function expectInvalidWorkflow(workflowValidator: WorkflowValidator, numErrors: number) {
+    expect(workflowValidator.isValid).toBeFalsy('Expected isValid to be false');
+    expect(workflowValidator.errors.length).toBe(numErrors);
+    workflowValidator.errors.forEach((error) => {
+      expect(error.constructor === ValidationError).toBeTruthy('Expected errors to be instance of ValidationError');
+    });
+  }
+});
+
+describe('workflow-validator, valid state', () => {
   it('should have no errors if the workflow is valid', () => {
     // @ts-ignore
-    const workflow = {
-      id: 'helloworld',
-      version: '1.0',
-      specVersion: '0.7',
-      name: 'Hello World Workflow',
-      description: 'Inject Hello World',
-      start: 'Hello State',
-      states: [
-        {
-          name: 'Hello State',
-          type: 'inject',
-          data: {
-            result: 'Hello World!',
-          },
-          end: true,
-        },
-      ],
-    } as Workflow;
+    const workflow = validWorkflow as Workflow;
 
     const workflowValidator = new WorkflowValidator(workflow);
     expect(workflowValidator.errors.length).toBe(0);