diff --git a/src/constants.ts b/src/constants.ts
index 14c751d8a..668b139a6 100644
--- a/src/constants.ts
+++ b/src/constants.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// @ts-ignore
+import specs from '@asyncapi/specs';
+
 export const xParserSpecParsed = 'x-parser-spec-parsed';
 export const xParserSpecStringified = 'x-parser-spec-stringified';
 
@@ -11,3 +14,6 @@ export const xParserOriginalTraits = 'x-parser-original-traits';
 export const xParserCircular = 'x-parser-circular';
 
 export const EXTENSION_REGEX = /^x-[\w\d\.\-\_]+$/;
+
+// Only >=2.0.0 versions are supported
+export const specVersions = Object.keys(specs).filter((version: string) => !['1.0.0', '1.1.0', '1.2.0', '2.0.0-rc1', '2.0.0-rc2'].includes(version));
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diff --git a/src/schema-parser/asyncapi-schema-parser.ts b/src/schema-parser/asyncapi-schema-parser.ts
index 0e520b040..60deeae78 100644
--- a/src/schema-parser/asyncapi-schema-parser.ts
+++ b/src/schema-parser/asyncapi-schema-parser.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import Ajv from "ajv";
 // @ts-ignore
 import specs from '@asyncapi/specs';
 
+import { specVersions } from '../constants';
+
 import type { ErrorObject, ValidateFunction } from "ajv";
 import type { AsyncAPISchema, SchemaValidateResult } from '../types';
 import type { SchemaParser, ParseSchemaInput, ValidateSchemaInput } from "../schema-parser";
@@ -11,8 +13,6 @@ const ajv = new Ajv({
   strict: false,
   logger: false,
 });
-// Only versions compatible with JSON Schema Draf-07 are supported.
-const specVersions = Object.keys(specs).filter((version: string) => !['1.0.0', '1.1.0', '1.2.0', '2.0.0-rc1', '2.0.0-rc2'].includes(version));
 
 export function AsyncAPISchemaParser(): SchemaParser {
   return {
diff --git a/src/schema-parser/spectral-rule-v2.ts b/src/schema-parser/spectral-rule-v2.ts
index b4048edf0..5b514b989 100644
--- a/src/schema-parser/spectral-rule-v2.ts
+++ b/src/schema-parser/spectral-rule-v2.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import type { ValidateSchemaInput } from './index';
 import type { SchemaValidateResult } from '../types';
 import type { v2 } from '../spec-types';
 
-export function aas2schemaParserRule(parser: Parser): RuleDefinition {
+export function asyncApi2SchemaParserRule(parser: Parser): RuleDefinition {
   return {
     description: 'Custom schema must be correctly formatted from the point of view of the used format.',
     formats: [aas2_0, aas2_1, aas2_2, aas2_3, aas2_4],
diff --git a/src/spectral.ts b/src/spectral.ts
index 52a81a508..a9d231a0d 100644
--- a/src/spectral.ts
+++ b/src/spectral.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
-import { RulesetDefinition } from "@stoplight/spectral-core";
+import { createRulesetFunction } from '@stoplight/spectral-core';
 import { asyncapi as aasRuleset } from "@stoplight/spectral-rulesets";
 
-import { aas2schemaParserRule } from './schema-parser/spectral-rule-v2';
+import { asyncApi2SchemaParserRule } from './schema-parser/spectral-rule-v2';
+import { specVersions } from './constants';
+import { isObject } from './utils';
 
+import type { RuleDefinition, RulesetDefinition } from "@stoplight/spectral-core";
 import type { Parser } from "./parser";
+import type { MaybeAsyncAPI } from "./types";
 
 export function configureSpectral(parser: Parser) {
   const ruleset = configureRuleset(parser);
@@ -14,7 +18,8 @@ function configureRuleset(parser: Parser): RulesetDefinition {
   return {
     extends: [aasRuleset],
     rules: {
-      'asyncapi-schemas-v2': aas2schemaParserRule(parser),
+      'asyncapi-is-asyncapi': asyncApi2IsAsyncApi(),
+      'asyncapi-schemas-v2': asyncApi2SchemaParserRule(parser),
       // We do not use these rules from the official ruleset due to the fact 
       // that the given rules validate only AsyncAPI Schemas and prevent defining schemas in other formats 
       'asyncapi-payload-unsupported-schemaFormat': 'off',
@@ -22,3 +27,40 @@ function configureRuleset(parser: Parser): RulesetDefinition {
     },
   } as RulesetDefinition;
 }
+
+function asyncApi2IsAsyncApi(): RuleDefinition {
+  return {
+    description: 'The input must be a document with a supported version of AsyncAPI.',
+    formats: [(_: unknown) => true], // run rule for all inputs
+    message: '{{error}}',
+    severity: 'error',
+    type: 'validation',
+    recommended: true,
+    given: '$',
+    then: {
+      function: createRulesetFunction<MaybeAsyncAPI, null>(
+        {
+          input: null,
+          options: null,
+        },
+        function asyncApi2IsAsyncAPI(targetVal) {
+          if (!isObject(targetVal) || typeof targetVal.asyncapi !== 'string') {
+            return [
+              {
+                message: 'This is not an AsyncAPI document. The "asyncapi" field as string is missing.',
+                path: [],
+              }
+            ];
+          } else if (!specVersions.includes(targetVal.asyncapi)) {
+            return [
+              {
+                message: `Version "${targetVal.asyncapi}" is not supported. Please use "${specVersions[specVersions.length - 1]}" (latest) version of the specification.`,
+                path: [],
+              }
+            ];
+          }
+        }
+      ),
+    },
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/test/spectral.test.ts b/test/spectral.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a0c9116b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/spectral.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import { Parser } from '../src/parser';
+import { validate } from '../src/lint';
+
+import { specVersions } from '../src/constants';
+
+import type { ISpectralDiagnostic } from '@stoplight/spectral-core';
+import type { SchemaValidateResult } from '../src/types';
+
+describe('Custom Spectral instance', function() {
+  const parser = new Parser();
+
+  describe('asyncapi-is-asyncapi Spectral rule', function() {
+    it('should throw error when input is not an AsyncAPI document (empty input case)', async function() {
+      const { diagnostics } = await validate(parser, '');
+      
+      expect(diagnostics.length > 0).toEqual(true);
+      const filteredDiagnostics = filterDiagnostics(diagnostics, 'asyncapi-is-asyncapi');
+
+      const expectedResult: SchemaValidateResult[] = [
+        {
+          message: 'This is not an AsyncAPI document. The "asyncapi" field as string is missing.',
+          path: []
+        },
+      ];
+  
+      expect(filteredDiagnostics).toEqual(expectedResult.map(e => expect.objectContaining(e)));
+    });
+
+    it('should throw error when input is not an AsyncAPI document (another spec case)', async function() {
+      const document = {
+        openapi: '3.0.0',
+      }
+      const { diagnostics } = await validate(parser, document as any);
+      
+      expect(diagnostics.length > 0).toEqual(true);
+      const filteredDiagnostics = filterDiagnostics(diagnostics, 'asyncapi-is-asyncapi');
+
+      const expectedResult: SchemaValidateResult[] = [
+        {
+          message: 'This is not an AsyncAPI document. The "asyncapi" field as string is missing.',
+          path: []
+        },
+      ];
+  
+      expect(filteredDiagnostics).toEqual(expectedResult.map(e => expect.objectContaining(e)));
+    });
+
+    it('should throw error when input is an unsupported version of AsyncAPI', async function() {
+      const document = {
+        asyncapi: '2.1.37',
+      }
+      const { diagnostics } = await validate(parser, document as any);
+      
+      expect(diagnostics.length > 0).toEqual(true);
+      const filteredDiagnostics = filterDiagnostics(diagnostics, 'asyncapi-is-asyncapi');
+
+      const expectedResult: SchemaValidateResult[] = [
+        {
+          message: `Version "2.1.37" is not supported. Please use "${specVersions[specVersions.length - 1]}" (latest) version of the specification.`,
+          path: []
+        },
+      ];
+  
+      expect(filteredDiagnostics).toEqual(expectedResult.map(e => expect.objectContaining(e)));
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+function filterDiagnostics(diagnostics: ISpectralDiagnostic[], code: string) {
+  return diagnostics.filter(d => d.code === code);
+}
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