diff --git a/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/loom/build/ModCompileRemapper.java b/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/loom/build/ModCompileRemapper.java
index 38250e25b..2a57d2af2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/loom/build/ModCompileRemapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/loom/build/ModCompileRemapper.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
@@ -91,6 +92,12 @@ public static void remapDependencies(Project project, String mappingsSuffix, Loo
 					String name = artifact.getModuleVersion().getId().getName();
 					String version = replaceIfNullOrEmpty(artifact.getModuleVersion().getId().getVersion(), () -> Checksum.truncatedSha256(artifact.getFile()));
 
+					try {
+						ModUtils.validateJarManifest(artifact.getFile().toPath());
+					} catch (IOException e) {
+						throw new UncheckedIOException("Failed to read manifest from" + artifact.getFile(), e);
+					}
+
 					if (!ModUtils.shouldRemapMod(project.getLogger(), artifact.getFile(), artifact.getId(), extension.getPlatform().get(), sourceConfig.getName())) {
 						addToRegularCompile(project, regularConfig, artifact);
 						continue;
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/loom/util/ModUtils.java b/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/loom/util/ModUtils.java
index f1076080f..e05469379 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/loom/util/ModUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/loom/util/ModUtils.java
@@ -24,11 +24,15 @@
 
 package net.fabricmc.loom.util;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.jar.Attributes;
+import java.util.jar.Manifest;
 
 import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
 import org.gradle.api.logging.Logger;
@@ -82,4 +86,21 @@ public static boolean shouldRemapMod(Logger logger, File input, Object id, ModPl
 
 		return false;
 	}
+
+	public static void validateJarManifest(Path path) throws IOException {
+		try (FileSystemUtil.Delegate fs = FileSystemUtil.getJarFileSystem(path)) {
+			final Path manifestPath = fs.get().getPath("META-INF/MANIFEST.MF");
+
+			if (Files.exists(manifestPath)) {
+				final var manifest = new Manifest(new ByteArrayInputStream(Files.readAllBytes(manifestPath)));
+				final Attributes mainAttributes = manifest.getMainAttributes();
+
+				// Check to see if the jar was built with a newer version of loom.
+				// This version of loom does not support the remap type value so throw an exception.
+				if (mainAttributes.getValue("Fabric-Loom-Mixin-Remap-Type") != null) {
+					throw new IllegalStateException("This version of loom does not support the mixin remap type value. Please update to the latest version of loom.");
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
 }