diff --git a/cypress/e2e/tests/upgrade/create_upgrade_data.test.ts b/cypress/e2e/tests/upgrade/create_upgrade_data.test.ts
index f9bdb171a..3cdf7f79f 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/tests/upgrade/create_upgrade_data.test.ts
+++ b/cypress/e2e/tests/upgrade/create_upgrade_data.test.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import {
     getRandomApplicationData,
     login,
     preservecookies,
+    validateMtaVersionInCli,
+    validateMtaVersionInUi,
 } from "../../../utils/utils";
 import { TagCategory } from "../../models/migration/controls/tagcategory";
 import * as data from "../../../utils/data_utils";
@@ -41,10 +43,13 @@ describe(["@pre-upgrade"], "Creating pre-requisites before an upgrade", () => {
     let sourceControlUsernameCredentials: CredentialsSourceControlUsername;
     const assessment = new Assessment(getRandomApplicationData());
     let stakeHolder: Stakeholders;
+    const expectedMtaVersion = Cypress.env("sourceMtaVersion");
 
     before("Login", function () {
         // Perform login
         login();
+        validateMtaVersionInCli(expectedMtaVersion);
+        validateMtaVersionInUi(expectedMtaVersion);
     });
 
     beforeEach("Persist session", function () {
diff --git a/cypress/e2e/views/common.view.ts b/cypress/e2e/views/common.view.ts
index 505c7377c..40df8d949 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/views/common.view.ts
+++ b/cypress/e2e/views/common.view.ts
@@ -55,3 +55,4 @@ export const nameHelperBusiness = "#business-service-name-helper";
 export const nameHelperStakeholderGroup = "#-helper";
 export const kebabMenuItem = "a.pf-c-dropdown__menu-item";
 export const commonTable = "table[aria-label='main-table']";
+export const aboutButton = "#about-button";
diff --git a/cypress/utils/utils.ts b/cypress/utils/utils.ts
index fc93a30b9..0a726302d 100644
--- a/cypress/utils/utils.ts
+++ b/cypress/utils/utils.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import {
 } from "../e2e/types/constants";
 import { actionButton, date, createEntitiesCheckbox } from "../e2e/views/applicationinventory.view";
 import {
+    aboutButton,
     closeSuccessNotification,
     confirmButton,
     divHeader,
@@ -1757,3 +1758,31 @@ export function selectAssessmentApplications(apps: string): void {
 export function closeModalWindow(): void {
     click(closeModal, false, true);
 }
+
+export function getCommandOutput(command: string): Cypress.Chainable<Cypress.Exec> {
+    return cy.exec(command, { timeout: 30 * SEC }).then((result) => {
+        return result;
+    });
+}
+
+export function validateMtaVersionInCli(expectedMtaVersion: string): void {
+    const namespace = getNamespace();
+    const podName = `$(oc get pods -n${namespace}| grep ui|cut -d " " -f 1)`;
+    const command = `oc describe pod ${podName} -n${namespace}| grep -i version|awk '{print $2}'`;
+    getCommandOutput(command).then((output) => {
+        if (expectedMtaVersion !== output.stdout) {
+            throw new Error(
+                `Expected version in UI pod: ${expectedMtaVersion}, Actual version in UI pod: ${output.stdout}`
+            );
+        }
+    });
+}
+
+export function validateMtaVersionInUi(expectedVersion: string): void {
+    click(aboutButton);
+    cy.contains("dt", "Version")
+        .closest("dl")
+        .within(() => {
+            cy.get("dd").should("contain.text", expectedVersion);
+        });
+}