diff --git a/pkg/admin/prerun/version.go b/pkg/admin/prerun/version.go
index c057d8f645..d3c995d7e4 100644
--- a/pkg/admin/prerun/version.go
+++ b/pkg/admin/prerun/version.go
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ func getVersionOfData() (versionMetadata, error) {
 	return versionMetadataFromString(string(versionFileContents))
 }
 
+// checkVersionDiff compares versions of executable and existing data for purposes of data migration.
+// It returns true if the migration should be performed.
 func checkVersionDiff(execVer, dataVer versionMetadata) (bool, error) {
 	if execVer == dataVer {
 		return false, nil
@@ -118,5 +120,13 @@ func checkVersionDiff(execVer, dataVer versionMetadata) (bool, error) {
 		return false, fmt.Errorf("executable (%s) is older than existing data (%s): migrating data to older version is not supported", execVer.String(), dataVer.String())
 	}
 
+	if execVer.Minor > dataVer.Minor {
+		if execVer.Minor-1 == dataVer.Minor {
+			return true, nil
+		} else {
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("executable (%s) is too recent compared to existing data (%s): maximum minor version difference is 1", execVer.String(), dataVer.String())
+		}
+	}
+
 	return false, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/admin/prerun/version_test.go b/pkg/admin/prerun/version_test.go
index 93584a5bcc..e8bb978729 100644
--- a/pkg/admin/prerun/version_test.go
+++ b/pkg/admin/prerun/version_test.go
@@ -35,6 +35,20 @@ func TestCheckVersionDiff(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedMigrationRequired: false,
 			errExpected:               true,
 		},
+		{
+			name:                      "binary must be newer only by one minor version",
+			execVer:                   versionMetadata{Major: 4, Minor: 15},
+			dataVer:                   versionMetadata{Major: 4, Minor: 14},
+			expectedMigrationRequired: true,
+			errExpected:               false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:                      "binary newer more than one minor version is not supported",
+			execVer:                   versionMetadata{Major: 4, Minor: 15},
+			dataVer:                   versionMetadata{Major: 4, Minor: 13},
+			expectedMigrationRequired: false,
+			errExpected:               true,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, td := range testData {