diff --git a/apps/microtvm/arduino/template_project/microtvm_api_server.py b/apps/microtvm/arduino/template_project/microtvm_api_server.py
index e285ecc6e3b0..18c1b659dafd 100644
--- a/apps/microtvm/arduino/template_project/microtvm_api_server.py
+++ b/apps/microtvm/arduino/template_project/microtvm_api_server.py
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 import serial.tools.list_ports
 from tvm.micro.project_api import server
 
+_LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 MODEL_LIBRARY_FORMAT_RELPATH = pathlib.Path("src") / "model" / "model.tar"
 API_SERVER_DIR = pathlib.Path(os.path.dirname(__file__) or os.path.getcwd())
 BUILD_DIR = API_SERVER_DIR / "build"
@@ -43,6 +45,10 @@
 
 IS_TEMPLATE = not (API_SERVER_DIR / MODEL_LIBRARY_FORMAT_RELPATH).exists()
 
+# Used to check Arduino CLI version installed on the host.
+# We only check two levels of the version.
+ARDUINO_CLI_VERSION = 0.18
+
 
 BOARDS = API_SERVER_DIR / "boards.json"
 
@@ -77,6 +83,11 @@ class BoardAutodetectFailed(Exception):
     server.ProjectOption(
         "verbose", help="True to pass --verbose flag to arduino-cli compile and upload"
     ),
+    server.ProjectOption(
+        "warning_as_error",
+        choices=(True, False),
+        help="Treat warnings as errors and raise an Exception.",
+    ),
 ]
 
 
@@ -275,7 +286,25 @@ def _find_modified_include_path(self, project_dir, file_path, include_path):
         # It's probably a standard C/C++ header
         return include_path
 
+    def _get_platform_version(self, arduino_cli_path: str) -> float:
+        version_output = subprocess.check_output([arduino_cli_path, "version"], encoding="utf-8")
+        version_output = (
+            version_output.replace("\n", "").replace("\r", "").replace(":", "").lower().split(" ")
+        )
+        full_version = version_output[version_output.index("version") + 1].split(".")
+        version = float(f"{full_version[0]}.{full_version[1]}")
+
+        return version
+
     def generate_project(self, model_library_format_path, standalone_crt_dir, project_dir, options):
+        # Check Arduino version
+        version = self._get_platform_version(options["arduino_cli_cmd"])
+        if version != ARDUINO_CLI_VERSION:
+            message = f"Arduino CLI version found is not supported: found {version}, expected {ARDUINO_CLI_VERSION}."
+            if options.get("warning_as_error") is not None and options["warning_as_error"]:
+                raise server.ServerError(message=message)
+            _LOG.warning(message)
+
         # Reference key directories with pathlib
         project_dir = pathlib.Path(project_dir)
         project_dir.mkdir()
diff --git a/apps/microtvm/reference-vm/arduino/base-box/base_box_provision.sh b/apps/microtvm/reference-vm/arduino/base-box/base_box_provision.sh
index 11d89f2cd44e..2724069ba722 100644
--- a/apps/microtvm/reference-vm/arduino/base-box/base_box_provision.sh
+++ b/apps/microtvm/reference-vm/arduino/base-box/base_box_provision.sh
@@ -31,8 +31,12 @@ cd ~
 sudo apt-get install -y ca-certificates
 
 # Install Arduino-CLI (specific version)
+# To keep in sync with the version 
+# defined in apps/microtvm/arduino/template_project/microtvm_api_server.py
+ARDUINO_CLI_VERSION="0.18.3"
+
 export PATH="/home/vagrant/bin:$PATH"
-wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arduino/arduino-cli/master/install.sh | sh -s 0.18.3
+wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arduino/arduino-cli/master/install.sh | sh -s ${ARDUINO_CLI_VERSION}
 
 # Arduino (the CLI and GUI) require the dialout permission for uploading
 sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER
diff --git a/apps/microtvm/reference-vm/zephyr/base-box/base_box_provision.sh b/apps/microtvm/reference-vm/zephyr/base-box/base_box_provision.sh
index 0631e89f3bb3..0e83d1b8be97 100644
--- a/apps/microtvm/reference-vm/zephyr/base-box/base_box_provision.sh
+++ b/apps/microtvm/reference-vm/zephyr/base-box/base_box_provision.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ source ~/.profile
 # Init Zephyr
 cd ~
 # Using most recent commit that passes all the tests.
-~/ubuntu_init_zephyr_project.sh ~/zephyr v2.5-branch --commit dabf23758417fd041fec2a2a821d8f526afac29d
+ZEPHYR_VERSION="v2.5-branch"
+~/ubuntu_init_zephyr_project.sh ~/zephyr ${ZEPHYR_VERSION} --commit dabf23758417fd041fec2a2a821d8f526afac29d
 
 # Cleanup
 rm -f *.sh
diff --git a/apps/microtvm/zephyr/template_project/microtvm_api_server.py b/apps/microtvm/zephyr/template_project/microtvm_api_server.py
index f700b5774c72..36a5ff12193f 100644
--- a/apps/microtvm/zephyr/template_project/microtvm_api_server.py
+++ b/apps/microtvm/zephyr/template_project/microtvm_api_server.py
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@
 
 BOARDS = API_SERVER_DIR / "boards.json"
 
+# Used to check Zephyr version installed on the host.
+# We only check two levels of the version.
+ZEPHYR_VERSION = 2.5
+
+
 # Data structure to hold the information microtvm_api_server.py needs
 # to communicate with each of these boards.
 try:
@@ -265,6 +270,11 @@ def _get_nrf_device_args(options):
         "config_main_stack_size",
         help="Sets CONFIG_MAIN_STACK_SIZE for Zephyr board.",
     ),
+    server.ProjectOption(
+        "warning_as_error",
+        choices=(True, False),
+        help="Treat warnings as errors and raise an Exception.",
+    ),
 ]
 
 
@@ -342,7 +352,27 @@ def _create_prj_conf(self, project_dir, options):
         "aot_demo": "memory microtvm_rpc_common common",
     }
 
+    def _get_platform_version(self) -> float:
+        with open(pathlib.Path(os.getenv("ZEPHYR_BASE")) / "VERSION", "r") as f:
+            lines = f.readlines()
+            for line in lines:
+                line = line.replace(" ", "").replace("\n", "").replace("\r", "")
+                if "VERSION_MAJOR" in line:
+                    version_major = line.split("=")[1]
+                if "VERSION_MINOR" in line:
+                    version_minor = line.split("=")[1]
+
+        return float(f"{version_major}.{version_minor}")
+
     def generate_project(self, model_library_format_path, standalone_crt_dir, project_dir, options):
+        # Check Zephyr version
+        version = self._get_platform_version()
+        if version != ZEPHYR_VERSION:
+            message = f"Zephyr version found is not supported: found {version}, expected {ZEPHYR_VERSION}."
+            if options.get("warning_as_error") is not None and options["warning_as_error"]:
+                raise server.ServerError(message=message)
+            _LOG.warning(message)
+
         project_dir = pathlib.Path(project_dir)
         # Make project directory.
         project_dir.mkdir()
diff --git a/docker/install/ubuntu_install_arduino.sh b/docker/install/ubuntu_install_arduino.sh
index c374850aa1df..a612261b2a2b 100644
--- a/docker/install/ubuntu_install_arduino.sh
+++ b/docker/install/ubuntu_install_arduino.sh
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ set -o pipefail
 export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 apt-get install -y ca-certificates
 
-# Install arduino-cli latest version
-wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arduino/arduino-cli/master/install.sh | sh -s
+ARDUINO_CLI_VERSION="0.18.3"
+# Install arduino-cli
+wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arduino/arduino-cli/master/install.sh | sh -s ${ARDUINO_CLI_VERSION}
 
 # Install the cores we want to test on
 arduino-cli core install arduino:mbed_nano
diff --git a/docker/install/ubuntu_install_zephyr.sh b/docker/install/ubuntu_install_zephyr.sh
index 7e5aae96a38f..ddd1ea1c1734 100644
--- a/docker/install/ubuntu_install_zephyr.sh
+++ b/docker/install/ubuntu_install_zephyr.sh
@@ -44,9 +44,13 @@ sudo apt-get install -y cmake
 pip3 install west
 
 # Init ZephyrProject
+# To keep in sync with the version 
+# defined in apps/microtvm/zephyr/template_project/microtvm_api_server.py
+# We use `-branch` tag since it tracks the same version with extra patches for bugs.
+ZEPHYR_VERSION="v2.5-branch"
 ZEPHYR_PROJECT_PATH=/opt/zephyrproject
 ZEPHYR_INIT_SCRIPT=$(find -name "ubuntu_init_zephyr_project.sh")
-bash ${ZEPHYR_INIT_SCRIPT} ${ZEPHYR_PROJECT_PATH} v2.5-branch
+bash ${ZEPHYR_INIT_SCRIPT} ${ZEPHYR_PROJECT_PATH} ${ZEPHYR_VERSION}
 cd ${ZEPHYR_PROJECT_PATH}
 
 # As part of the build process, Zephyr needs to touch some symlinks in zephyr/misc/generated/syscalls_links (this path is relative to the