diff --git a/src/client/src/tscSql.c b/src/client/src/tscSql.c
index 594164da6bf773cf53af7d4f9aea6dada4e2cf7a..3ff8cbf0bd14220072fe383d038aa36f21ea0e6a 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscSql.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscSql.c
@@ -134,11 +134,38 @@ TAOS *taos_connect(char *ip, char *user, char *pass, char *db, int port) {
 
   void *taos = taos_connect_imp(ip, user, pass, db, port, NULL, NULL, NULL);
   if (taos != NULL) {
+    int clientVersionNumber[4] = {0};
+    if (!taosGetVersionNumber(version, clientVersionNumber)) {
+      tscError("taos:%p, invalid client version:%s", taos, version);
+      globalCode = TSDB_CODE_INVALID_CLIENT_VERSION;
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
     char *server_version = taos_get_server_info(taos);
-    if (server_version && strcmp(server_version, version) != 0) {
-      tscError("taos:%p, server version:%s not equal with client version:%s, close connection",
+    int serverVersionNumber[4] = {0};
+    if (!taosGetVersionNumber(server_version, serverVersionNumber)) {
+      tscError("taos:%p, invalid server version:%s", taos, server_version);
+      globalCode = TSDB_CODE_INVALID_CLIENT_VERSION;
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (clientVersionNumber[0] != serverVersionNumber[0]) {
+      tscError("taos:%p, the 1st number of server version:%s not matched with client version:%s, close connection",
+               taos, server_version, version);
+      globalCode = TSDB_CODE_INVALID_CLIENT_VERSION;
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (clientVersionNumber[1] != serverVersionNumber[1]) {
+      tscError("taos:%p, the 2nd number of server version:%s not matched with client version:%s, close connection",
+               taos, server_version, version);
+      globalCode = TSDB_CODE_INVALID_CLIENT_VERSION;
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (clientVersionNumber[2] != serverVersionNumber[2]) {
+      tscError("taos:%p, the 3rd number of server version:%s not matched with client version:%s, close connection",
                taos, server_version, version);
-      taos_close(taos);
       globalCode = TSDB_CODE_INVALID_CLIENT_VERSION;
       return NULL;
     }
diff --git a/src/inc/tutil.h b/src/inc/tutil.h
index a9de168fae8a300d3c03c98367b69512276a7071..3fe1ab33eadfb37d0e4ac618289758f97867b9ad 100644
--- a/src/inc/tutil.h
+++ b/src/inc/tutil.h
@@ -221,6 +221,8 @@ bool taosUcs4ToMbs(void *ucs4, int32_t ucs4_max_len, char *mbs);
 
 bool taosValidateEncodec(char *encodec);
 
+bool taosGetVersionNumber(char *versionStr, int *versionNubmer);
+
 static FORCE_INLINE void taosEncryptPass(uint8_t *inBuf, unsigned int inLen, char *target) {
   MD5_CTX context;
   MD5Init(&context);
diff --git a/src/util/src/tutil.c b/src/util/src/tutil.c
index d2865ec31dfe6e2b5720b6dbb7066c4b013b1ef9..e239471b5166cfb2c467c731a8ee7300456d22be 100644
--- a/src/util/src/tutil.c
+++ b/src/util/src/tutil.c
@@ -469,4 +469,33 @@ bool taosValidateEncodec(char *encodec) {
 #else
   return true;
 #endif
+}
+
+bool taosGetVersionNumber(char *versionStr, int *versionNubmer) {
+  if (versionStr == NULL || versionNubmer == NULL) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  int versionNumberPos[4] = {0};
+  int len = strlen(versionStr);
+  int dot = 0;
+  for (int pos = 0; pos < len && dot < 4; ++pos) {
+    if (versionStr[pos] == '.') {
+      versionStr[pos] = 0;
+      versionNumberPos[++dot] = pos + 1;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (dot != 3) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  for (int pos = 0; pos < 4; ++pos) {
+    versionNubmer[pos] = atoi(versionStr + versionNumberPos[pos]);
+  }
+  versionStr[versionNumberPos[1] - 1] = '.';
+  versionStr[versionNumberPos[2] - 1] = '.';
+  versionStr[versionNumberPos[3] - 1] = '.';
+
+  return true;
 }
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