diff --git a/dsc/tests/dsc_discovery.tests.ps1 b/dsc/tests/dsc_discovery.tests.ps1
index 8c1c4897f..6e4c49af4 100644
--- a/dsc/tests/dsc_discovery.tests.ps1
+++ b/dsc/tests/dsc_discovery.tests.ps1
@@ -67,4 +67,45 @@ Describe 'tests for resource discovery' {
         $resources = dsc resource list | ConvertFrom-Json
         $resources.Count | Should -Be 0
     }
+
+    It 'warns on invalid semver' {
+        $manifest = @'
+        {
+            "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PowerShell/DSC/main/schemas/2023/08/bundled/resource/manifest.json",
+            "type": "Test/Echo",
+            "version": "1.1.0..1",
+            "get": {
+                "executable": "dsctest",
+                "args": [
+                    "echo",
+                    "--input",
+                    "{json}"
+                ],
+                "input": {
+                    "arg": "{json}"
+                }
+            },
+            "schema": {
+                "command": {
+                    "executable": "dsctest",
+                    "args": [
+                        "schema",
+                        "-s",
+                        "echo"
+                    ]
+                }
+            }
+        }
+'@
+        $oldPath = $env:DSC_RESOURCE_PATH
+        try {
+            $env:DSC_RESOURCE_PATH = $testdrive
+            Set-Content -Path "$testdrive/test.dsc.resource.json" -Value $manifest
+            $out = dsc resource list 2>&1
+            $out | Should -Match 'WARN.*?Validation.*?Invalid manifest.*?version'
+        }
+        finally {
+            $env:DSC_RESOURCE_PATH = $oldPath
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/dsc_lib/Cargo.toml b/dsc_lib/Cargo.toml
index 8bb98bfec..ed37b49af 100644
--- a/dsc_lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/dsc_lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ serde_json = { version = "1.0", features = ["preserve_order"] }
 serde_yaml = { version = "0.9.3" }
 thiserror = "1.0"
 security_context_lib = { path = "../security_context_lib" }
+semver = "1.0"
 tracing = "0.1.37"
 tracing-indicatif = { version = "0.3.6" }
 tree-sitter = "0.22"
diff --git a/dsc_lib/src/discovery/command_discovery.rs b/dsc_lib/src/discovery/command_discovery.rs
index 2535fe07b..5adf163a3 100644
--- a/dsc_lib/src/discovery/command_discovery.rs
+++ b/dsc_lib/src/discovery/command_discovery.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 use crate::discovery::discovery_trait::ResourceDiscovery;
 use crate::discovery::convert_wildcard_to_regex;
 use crate::dscresources::dscresource::{Capability, DscResource, ImplementedAs};
-use crate::dscresources::resource_manifest::{import_manifest, Kind, ResourceManifest};
+use crate::dscresources::resource_manifest::{import_manifest, validate_semver, Kind, ResourceManifest};
 use crate::dscresources::command_resource::invoke_command;
 use crate::dscresources::command_resource::log_resource_traces;
 use crate::dscerror::DscError;
@@ -380,6 +380,10 @@ fn load_manifest(path: &Path) -> Result<DscResource, DscError> {
         }
     };
 
+    if let Err(err) = validate_semver(&manifest.version) {
+        return Err(DscError::Validation(format!("Invalid manifest {path:?} version value: {err}")));
+    }
+
     let kind = if let Some(kind) = manifest.kind.clone() {
         kind
     } else if manifest.adapter.is_some() {
diff --git a/dsc_lib/src/dscresources/resource_manifest.rs b/dsc_lib/src/dscresources/resource_manifest.rs
index 81a245dc6..99d4ce931 100644
--- a/dsc_lib/src/dscresources/resource_manifest.rs
+++ b/dsc_lib/src/dscresources/resource_manifest.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
 use schemars::JsonSchema;
+use semver::Version;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_json::Value;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
@@ -232,11 +233,29 @@ pub struct ListMethod {
 ///
 /// * `DscError` - The JSON value is invalid or the schema version is not supported.
 pub fn import_manifest(manifest: Value) -> Result<ResourceManifest, DscError> {
+    // TODO: enable schema version validation, if not provided, use the latest
     // const MANIFEST_SCHEMA_VERSION: &str = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PowerShell/DSC/main/schemas/2023/08/bundled/resource/manifest.json";
     let manifest = serde_json::from_value::<ResourceManifest>(manifest)?;
     // if !manifest.schema_version.eq(MANIFEST_SCHEMA_VERSION) {
     //     return Err(DscError::InvalidManifestSchemaVersion(manifest.schema_version, MANIFEST_SCHEMA_VERSION.to_string()));
     // }
-
     Ok(manifest)
 }
+
+/// Validate a semantic version string.
+///
+/// # Arguments
+///
+/// * `version` - The semantic version string to validate.
+///
+/// # Returns
+///
+/// * `Result<(), Error>` - The result of the validation.
+///
+/// # Errors
+///
+/// * `Error` - The version string is not a valid semantic version.
+pub fn validate_semver(version: &str) -> Result<(), semver::Error> {
+    Version::parse(version)?;
+    Ok(())
+}