diff --git a/comm/comm_test.go b/comm/comm_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index a5a8d2471..000000000
--- a/comm/comm_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2018 The VeChainThor developers
-
-// Distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 software license, see the accompanying
-// file LICENSE or <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html>
-
-package comm_test
diff --git a/p2psrv/server.go b/p2psrv/server.go
index ff64e2ed8..188fd2ce6 100644
--- a/p2psrv/server.go
+++ b/p2psrv/server.go
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"math"
 	"net"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/mclock"
@@ -86,7 +88,20 @@ func (s *Server) Start(protocols []*p2p.Protocol, topic discv5.Topic) error {
 			if peer.Inbound() {
 				dir = "inbound"
 			}
-			log := log.New("peer", peer, "dir", dir)
+
+			if isIncompatible(peer.Name()) {
+				log.Warn("incompatible peer version",
+					"name", peer.Name(),
+					"address", peer.RemoteAddr().String(),
+					"id", peer.ID().String())
+
+				peer.Disconnect(p2p.DiscIncompatibleVersion)
+				s.knownNodes.Remove(peer.ID())
+				s.dialingNodes.Remove(peer.ID())
+				return nil
+			}
+
+			log := log.New("peer", peer, "dir", dir, "name", peer.Name())
 
 			log.Debug("peer connected")
 			metricConnectedPeers().Add(1)
@@ -374,3 +389,19 @@ func (s *Server) fetchBootstrap() {
 func (s *Server) Options() *Options {
 	return s.opts
 }
+
+var versionRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`v\d+\.\d+\.\d+`)
+
+// isIncompatible checks if the peer is running an incompatible version.
+func isIncompatible(peerName string) bool {
+	// Extract the semantic version from the name
+	peerVersion := versionRegex.FindString(peerName)
+	if peerVersion == "" {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	major := strings.Split(peerVersion, ".")[0]
+
+	// Only v1 nodes are incompatible for now
+	return major == "v1"
+}
diff --git a/p2psrv/server_test.go b/p2psrv/server_test.go
index 5cdc45d12..4566c5dcf 100644
--- a/p2psrv/server_test.go
+++ b/p2psrv/server_test.go
@@ -75,3 +75,38 @@ func TestNewServerConnectOnly(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.True(t, server.discoveredNodes.Contains(knownNode.ID))
 	assert.True(t, server.knownNodes.Contains(knownNode.ID))
 }
+
+func TestIsIncompatible(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		peerName string
+		expected bool
+	}{
+		{
+			peerName: "thor/v2.1.1-88c7c86-release/linux/go1.21.9",
+			expected: false,
+		},
+		{
+			peerName: "thor/v1.1.1-88c7c86-release/linux/go1.21.9",
+			expected: true,
+		},
+		{
+			peerName: "thor/v3.1.1-88c7c86-release/linux/go1.21.9",
+			expected: false,
+		},
+		{
+			peerName: "",
+			expected: true,
+		},
+		{
+			peerName: "thor/v1.bad.v-88c7c86-release/linux/go1.21.9",
+			expected: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.peerName, func(t *testing.T) {
+			result := isIncompatible(tc.peerName)
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.expected, result)
+		})
+	}
+}