diff --git a/backend/server/internal/server/server_test.go b/backend/server/internal/server/server_test.go
index 265c1d0..57819d9 100644
--- a/backend/server/internal/server/server_test.go
+++ b/backend/server/internal/server/server_test.go
@@ -613,3 +613,32 @@ func deserializeSubmitResponse(t *testing.T, w *httptest.ResponseRecorder) share
 	require.NoError(t, json.Unmarshal(w.Body.Bytes(), &submitResponse))
 	return submitResponse
 }
+
+func TestParseVersionString(t *testing.T) {
+	p, err := parseVersionString("v0.200")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, parsedVersion{majorVersion: 0, minorVersion: 200}, p)
+	p, err = parseVersionString("v1.200")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, parsedVersion{majorVersion: 1, minorVersion: 200}, p)
+	p, err = parseVersionString("v1.0")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, parsedVersion{majorVersion: 1, minorVersion: 0}, p)
+	p, err = parseVersionString("v0.216")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, parsedVersion{majorVersion: 0, minorVersion: 216}, p)
+	p, err = parseVersionString("v123.456")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, parsedVersion{majorVersion: 123, minorVersion: 456}, p)
+}
+
+func TestVersionLessThan(t *testing.T) {
+	require.False(t, parsedVersion{0, 200}.lessThan(parsedVersion{0, 200}))
+	require.False(t, parsedVersion{1, 200}.lessThan(parsedVersion{1, 200}))
+	require.False(t, parsedVersion{0, 201}.lessThan(parsedVersion{0, 200}))
+	require.False(t, parsedVersion{1, 0}.lessThan(parsedVersion{0, 200}))
+	require.True(t, parsedVersion{0, 199}.lessThan(parsedVersion{0, 200}))
+	require.True(t, parsedVersion{0, 200}.lessThan(parsedVersion{0, 205}))
+	require.True(t, parsedVersion{1, 200}.lessThan(parsedVersion{1, 205}))
+	require.True(t, parsedVersion{0, 200}.lessThan(parsedVersion{1, 1}))
+}
diff --git a/backend/server/internal/server/util.go b/backend/server/internal/server/util.go
index 218ac67..75077c3 100644
--- a/backend/server/internal/server/util.go
+++ b/backend/server/internal/server/util.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	pprofhttp "net/http/pprof"
 	"os"
+	"regexp"
 	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 
@@ -98,3 +99,35 @@ func checkGormError(err error) {
 	_, filename, line, _ := runtime.Caller(1)
 	panic(fmt.Sprintf("DB error at %s:%d: %v", filename, line, err))
 }
+
+type parsedVersion struct {
+	majorVersion int
+	minorVersion int
+}
+
+func (pv parsedVersion) lessThan(other parsedVersion) bool {
+	if pv.majorVersion != other.majorVersion {
+		return pv.majorVersion < other.majorVersion
+	}
+	return pv.minorVersion < other.minorVersion
+}
+
+func parseVersionString(versionString string) (parsedVersion, error) {
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(`v(\d+)[.](\d+)`)
+	matches := re.FindAllStringSubmatch(versionString, -1)
+	if len(matches) != 1 {
+		return parsedVersion{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse version=%#v (matches=%#v)", versionString, matches)
+	}
+	if len(matches[0]) != 3 {
+		return parsedVersion{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse version=%#v (matches[0]=%#v)", versionString, matches[0])
+	}
+	majorVersion, err := strconv.Atoi(matches[0][1])
+	if err != nil {
+		return parsedVersion{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse major version %#v", matches[0][1])
+	}
+	minorVersion, err := strconv.Atoi(matches[0][2])
+	if err != nil {
+		return parsedVersion{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse minor version %#v", matches[0][2])
+	}
+	return parsedVersion{majorVersion, minorVersion}, nil
+}