diff --git a/graylog2-server/src/main/java/org/graylog/plugins/views/storage/migration/state/actions/MigrationActionsImpl.java b/graylog2-server/src/main/java/org/graylog/plugins/views/storage/migration/state/actions/MigrationActionsImpl.java
index 07340cb4b4db..faece1544896 100644
--- a/graylog2-server/src/main/java/org/graylog/plugins/views/storage/migration/state/actions/MigrationActionsImpl.java
+++ b/graylog2-server/src/main/java/org/graylog/plugins/views/storage/migration/state/actions/MigrationActionsImpl.java
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 import org.graylog2.notifications.Notification;
 import org.graylog2.notifications.NotificationService;
 import org.graylog2.plugin.GlobalMetricNames;
-import org.graylog2.plugin.Version;
 import org.graylog2.plugin.certificates.RenewalPolicy;
 import org.graylog2.plugin.cluster.ClusterConfigService;
 import org.graylog2.rest.resources.datanodes.DatanodeResolver;
@@ -77,7 +76,6 @@ public class MigrationActionsImpl implements MigrationActions {
     private final ElasticsearchVersionProvider searchVersionProvider;
     private final List<URI> elasticsearchHosts;
 
-    private final Version graylogVersion = Version.CURRENT_CLASSPATH;
     private final NotificationService notificationService;
 
     @Inject
@@ -177,8 +175,7 @@ public boolean caAndRenewalPolicyExist() {
     public boolean compatibleDatanodesRunning() {
         Map<String, DataNodeDto> nodes = nodeService.allActive();
         return !nodes.isEmpty() && nodes.values().stream()
-                .allMatch(node -> node.getDatanodeVersion() != null &&
-                        graylogVersion.compareTo(new Version(com.github.zafarkhaja.semver.Version.valueOf(node.getDatanodeVersion()))) == 0);
+                .allMatch(DataNodeDto::isCompatibleWithVersion);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/graylog2-server/src/main/java/org/graylog2/cluster/nodes/DataNodeDto.java b/graylog2-server/src/main/java/org/graylog2/cluster/nodes/DataNodeDto.java
index e1fad5deafb2..315408d71085 100644
--- a/graylog2-server/src/main/java/org/graylog2/cluster/nodes/DataNodeDto.java
+++ b/graylog2-server/src/main/java/org/graylog2/cluster/nodes/DataNodeDto.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.graylog.security.certutil.CertRenewalService;
 import org.graylog2.cluster.preflight.DataNodeProvisioningConfig;
 import org.graylog2.datanode.DataNodeLifecycleTrigger;
+import org.graylog2.plugin.Version;
 
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
@@ -60,14 +61,19 @@ public abstract class DataNodeDto extends NodeDto {
     @JsonProperty("action_queue")
     public abstract DataNodeLifecycleTrigger getActionQueue();
 
-    @jakarta.annotation.Nullable
+    @Nullable
     @JsonProperty(FIELD_CERT_VALID_UNTIL)
     public abstract Date getCertValidUntil();
 
-    @jakarta.annotation.Nullable
+    @Nullable
     @JsonProperty(FIELD_DATANODE_VERSION)
     public abstract String getDatanodeVersion();
 
+    @JsonProperty("version_compatible")
+    public boolean isCompatibleWithVersion() {
+        return getDatanodeVersion() != null &&
+                Version.CURRENT_CLASSPATH.compareTo(new Version(com.github.zafarkhaja.semver.Version.valueOf(getDatanodeVersion()))) == 0;
+    }
 
     @Nullable
     @JsonUnwrapped
diff --git a/graylog2-web-interface/src/components/datanode/Types.ts b/graylog2-web-interface/src/components/datanode/Types.ts
index 2cb975c6f022..937d12d90465 100644
--- a/graylog2-web-interface/src/components/datanode/Types.ts
+++ b/graylog2-web-interface/src/components/datanode/Types.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ export type DataNode = {
   cert_valid_until: string | null,
   error_msg?: string,
   datanode_version: string,
+  version_compatible: boolean,
 }
 
 export type DataNodes = Array<DataNode>;
diff --git a/graylog2-web-interface/src/components/datanode/migrations/MigrationDatanodeList.tsx b/graylog2-web-interface/src/components/datanode/migrations/MigrationDatanodeList.tsx
index 6604ebc41efd..ecf198a82409 100644
--- a/graylog2-web-interface/src/components/datanode/migrations/MigrationDatanodeList.tsx
+++ b/graylog2-web-interface/src/components/datanode/migrations/MigrationDatanodeList.tsx
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ const MigrationDatanodeList = ({ showProvisioningState }: Props) => {
       ) : (
         <>
           <h4>Data Nodes found: {dataNodes?.list.length}</h4>
+          {dataNodes.list.find((datanode) => !datanode.version_compatible) && (
+            <Alert bsStyle="warning" title="Incompatible Data Nodes found">
+              There are Data Nodes running with versions incompatible to your current Graylog version.
+              Please make sure to use the same version for both Graylog and Data Node.
+            </Alert>
+          )}
           <br />
           <Table bordered condensed striped hover>
             <thead>
@@ -58,6 +64,7 @@ const MigrationDatanodeList = ({ showProvisioningState }: Props) => {
                 <th>Transport address</th>
                 <th>Status</th>
                 <th>Certificate valid until</th>
+                <th>Version</th>
               </tr>
             </thead>
             <tbody>
@@ -67,6 +74,13 @@ const MigrationDatanodeList = ({ showProvisioningState }: Props) => {
                   <td>{datanode.transport_address}</td>
                   <td>{showProvisioningState ? datanode.status : datanode.data_node_status}</td>
                   <td>{datanode.cert_valid_until ? <RelativeTime dateTime={datanode.cert_valid_until} /> : 'No certificate'}</td>
+                  <td>
+                    {!datanode.version_compatible && (
+                      <Icon name="warning"
+                            title="This version is incompatible with your current Graylog version." />
+                    )}
+                    {datanode.datanode_version}
+                  </td>
                 </tr>
               ))}
             </tbody>