diff --git a/spatial/include/spatial/core/geometry/geometry_processor.hpp b/spatial/include/spatial/core/geometry/geometry_processor.hpp
index 3567bcae..c70b763c 100644
--- a/spatial/include/spatial/core/geometry/geometry_processor.hpp
+++ b/spatial/include/spatial/core/geometry/geometry_processor.hpp
@@ -220,8 +220,13 @@ class GeometryProcessor {
 public:
 	RESULT Process(const geometry_t &geom, ARGS... args) {
 
-		has_z = geom.GetProperties().HasZ();
-		has_m = geom.GetProperties().HasM();
+		const auto props = geom.GetProperties();
+
+		// Check the version
+		props.CheckVersion();
+
+		has_z = props.HasZ();
+		has_m = props.HasM();
 		nesting_level = 0;
 		current_type = geom.GetType();
 		parent_type = GeometryType::POINT;
diff --git a/spatial/include/spatial/core/geometry/geometry_properties.hpp b/spatial/include/spatial/core/geometry/geometry_properties.hpp
index 49e71e9c..a3d042c9 100644
--- a/spatial/include/spatial/core/geometry/geometry_properties.hpp
+++ b/spatial/include/spatial/core/geometry/geometry_properties.hpp
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ namespace spatial {
 
 namespace core {
 
+static constexpr const uint8_t GEOMETRY_VERSION = 0;
+
 struct GeometryProperties {
 private:
 	static constexpr const uint8_t Z = 0x01;
@@ -14,6 +16,8 @@ struct GeometryProperties {
 	// static constexpr const uint8_t EMPTY = 0x08;
 	// static constexpr const uint8_t GEODETIC = 0x10;
 	// static constexpr const uint8_t SOLID = 0x20;
+	static constexpr const uint8_t VERSION_1 = 0x40;
+	static constexpr const uint8_t VERSION_0 = 0x80;
 	uint8_t flags = 0;
 
 public:
@@ -24,6 +28,16 @@ struct GeometryProperties {
 		SetM(has_m);
 	}
 
+	inline void CheckVersion() const {
+		const auto v0 = (flags & VERSION_0);
+		const auto v1 = (flags & VERSION_1);
+		if ((v1 | v0) != GEOMETRY_VERSION) {
+			throw NotImplementedException(
+			    "This geometry seems to be written with a newer version of the DuckDB spatial library that is not "
+			    "compatible with this version. Please upgrade your DuckDB installation.");
+		}
+	}
+
 	inline bool HasZ() const {
 		return (flags & Z) != 0;
 	}
diff --git a/spatial/include/spatial/core/geometry/geometry_type.hpp b/spatial/include/spatial/core/geometry/geometry_type.hpp
index 58fc0339..2a13c629 100644
--- a/spatial/include/spatial/core/geometry/geometry_type.hpp
+++ b/spatial/include/spatial/core/geometry/geometry_type.hpp
@@ -83,13 +83,15 @@ class geometry_t {
 	}
 
 	GeometryType GetType() const {
+		// return the type
 		return Load<GeometryType>(const_data_ptr_cast(data.GetPrefix()));
 	}
+
 	GeometryProperties GetProperties() const {
-		return Load<GeometryProperties>(const_data_ptr_cast(data.GetPrefix() + 1));
-	}
-	uint16_t GetHash() const {
-		return Load<uint16_t>(const_data_ptr_cast(data.GetPrefix() + 2));
+		const auto props = Load<GeometryProperties>(const_data_ptr_cast(data.GetPrefix() + 1));
+		// Check the version
+		props.CheckVersion();
+		return props;
 	}
 
 	bool TryGetCachedBounds(Box2D<double> &bbox) const {
@@ -101,6 +103,9 @@ class geometry_t {
 		auto hash = cursor.Read<uint16_t>();
 		(void)hash;
 
+		// Check the version
+		properties.CheckVersion();
+
 		if (properties.HasBBox()) {
 			cursor.Skip(4); // skip padding
 
diff --git a/test/data/duckdb_v1_0_0.db b/test/data/duckdb_v1_0_0.db
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..268b4702
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/data/duckdb_v1_0_0.db differ
diff --git a/test/sql/geometry/geometry_version.test b/test/sql/geometry/geometry_version.test
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0cf2652e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sql/geometry/geometry_version.test
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Query a database with geometry types created in duckdb v1.0.0
+require spatial
+
+statement ok
+attach 'test/data/duckdb_v1_0_0.db' as db;
+
+statement ok
+use db
+
+query IIII rowsort
+SELECT st_geometrytype(geom), st_astext(geom), st_isvalid(geom), st_area(geom) FROM types;
+----
+GEOMETRYCOLLECTION	GEOMETRYCOLLECTION (POINT (0 0), LINESTRING (0 0, 1 1))	true	0.0
+GEOMETRYCOLLECTION	GEOMETRYCOLLECTION EMPTY	true	0.0
+LINESTRING	LINESTRING (0 0, 1 1)	true	0.0
+LINESTRING	LINESTRING EMPTY	true	0.0
+MULTILINESTRING	MULTILINESTRING ((0 0, 1 1), (2 2, 3 3))	true	0.0
+MULTILINESTRING	MULTILINESTRING EMPTY	true	0.0
+MULTIPOINT	MULTIPOINT (0 0, 1 1)	true	0.0
+MULTIPOINT	MULTIPOINT EMPTY	true	0.0
+MULTIPOLYGON	MULTIPOLYGON (((0 0, 1 0, 1 1, 0 1, 0 0)), ((2 2, 3 2, 3 3, 2 3, 2 2)))	true	2.0
+MULTIPOLYGON	MULTIPOLYGON EMPTY	true	0.0
+POINT	POINT (0 0)	true	0.0
+POINT	POINT EMPTY	true	0.0
+POLYGON	POLYGON ((0 0, 1 0, 1 1, 0 1, 0 0))	true	1.0
+POLYGON	POLYGON EMPTY	true	0.0
+