diff --git a/awx_collection/plugins/module_utils/tower_api.py b/awx_collection/plugins/module_utils/tower_api.py
index 1ef663fb26..de81b6a662 100644
--- a/awx_collection/plugins/module_utils/tower_api.py
+++ b/awx_collection/plugins/module_utils/tower_api.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.urls import Request, SSLValidationError, ConnectionErr
 from ansible.module_utils.six import PY2
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.error import HTTPError
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.http_cookiejar import CookieJar
+import semver
 import time
 from json import loads, dumps
 
@@ -259,10 +260,17 @@ class TowerAPIModule(TowerModule):
                 tower_type = response.info().getheader('X-API-Product-Name', None)
                 tower_version = response.info().getheader('X-API-Product-Version', None)
 
+            semver_collection_version = semver.VersionInfo.parse(self._COLLECTION_VERSION)
+            semver_tower_version = semver.VersionInfo.parse(tower_version)
+
             if self._COLLECTION_TYPE not in self.collection_to_version or self.collection_to_version[self._COLLECTION_TYPE] != tower_type:
-                self.warn("You are using the {0} version of this collection but connecting to {1}".format(self._COLLECTION_TYPE, tower_type))
-            elif self._COLLECTION_VERSION != tower_version:
-                self.warn("You are running collection version {0} but connecting to tower version {1}".format(self._COLLECTION_VERSION, tower_version))
+                self.warn("You are using the {0} version of this collection but connecting to {1}".format(
+                    self._COLLECTION_TYPE, tower_type
+                ))
+            elif semver_collection_version.major != semver_tower_version.major:
+                self.warn("You are running collection version {0} but connecting to tower version {1}".format(
+                    self._COLLECTION_VERSION, tower_version
+                ))
             self.version_checked = True
 
         response_body = ''
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.in b/requirements/requirements.in
index 1970b215fb..4f22262c86 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements/requirements.in
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ python3-saml
 python-ldap>=3.3.1 # https://github.com/python-ldap/python-ldap/issues/270
 pyyaml>=5.4.1  # minimum to fix https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/issues/478
 schedule==0.6.0
+semver==2.13.0
 social-auth-core==3.3.1  # see UPGRADE BLOCKERs
 social-auth-app-django==3.1.0  # see UPGRADE BLOCKERs
 redis