diff --git a/pkg/harvester/edit/harvesterhci.io.management.cluster.vue b/pkg/harvester/edit/harvesterhci.io.management.cluster.vue
index 93860b88..41c8484e 100644
--- a/pkg/harvester/edit/harvesterhci.io.management.cluster.vue
+++ b/pkg/harvester/edit/harvesterhci.io.management.cluster.vue
@@ -113,6 +113,12 @@ export default {
     @finish="saveOverride"
     @error="e=>errors = e"
   >
+    <Banner
+      v-if="isCreate"
+      color="info"
+    >
+      {{ t('harvesterManager.cluster.supportMessage') }}
+    </Banner>>
     <div class="mt-20">
       <NameNsDescription
         v-if="!isView"
diff --git a/pkg/harvester/l10n/en-us.yaml b/pkg/harvester/l10n/en-us.yaml
index 0b1f1429..c1344069 100644
--- a/pkg/harvester/l10n/en-us.yaml
+++ b/pkg/harvester/l10n/en-us.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ harvesterManager:
     none: There are no Harvester Clusters
     learnMore: Learn more about Harvester from the <a target="_blank" href="https://harvesterhci.io/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Harvester Web Site</a> or read the the <a target="_blank" href="https://docs.harvesterhci.io/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Harvester Docs</a>
     description: Harvester is a modern Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solution built for bare metal servers using enterprise-grade open source technologies including Kubernetes, Kubevirt and Longhorn.
+    supportMessage: Harvester UI Extension only supports Harvester cluster version >= 1.3.0
   plugins:
     loadError: Error loading harvester plugin
   rke:
diff --git a/pkg/harvester/list/harvesterhci.io.management.cluster.vue b/pkg/harvester/list/harvesterhci.io.management.cluster.vue
index 4e6f47db..ac52bc64 100644
--- a/pkg/harvester/list/harvesterhci.io.management.cluster.vue
+++ b/pkg/harvester/list/harvesterhci.io.management.cluster.vue
@@ -87,6 +87,16 @@ export default {
   },
 
   methods: {
+    disableClusterLink(row) {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+      console.log('🚀 ~ disableClusterLink ~ row:', row);
+      if (!row.isSupportedHarvesterVersion) {
+        return true;
+      }
+
+      return this.navigating ? true : null;
+    },
+
     async goToCluster(row) {
       const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
         // Don't show loading indicator for quickly fetched plugins
@@ -148,7 +158,7 @@ export default {
             <a
               v-if="row.isReady"
               class="link"
-              :disabled="navigating ? true : null"
+              :disabled="disableClusterLink(row)"
               @click="goToCluster(row)"
             >{{ row.nameDisplay }}</a>
             <span v-else>
diff --git a/pkg/harvester/models/harvesterhci.io.management.cluster.js b/pkg/harvester/models/harvesterhci.io.management.cluster.js
index 6a2a407e..758dae60 100644
--- a/pkg/harvester/models/harvesterhci.io.management.cluster.js
+++ b/pkg/harvester/models/harvesterhci.io.management.cluster.js
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ import ProvCluster from '@shell/models/provisioning.cattle.io.cluster';
 import { DEFAULT_WORKSPACE, HCI, MANAGEMENT } from '@shell/config/types';
 import { HARVESTER_NAME, HARVESTER_NAME as VIRTUAL } from '@shell/config/features';
 import { SETTING } from '@shell/config/settings';
-
+import semver from 'semver';
+import { serverVersion } from '../utils/feature-flags';
 export default class HciCluster extends ProvCluster {
   get stateObj() {
     return this._stateObj;
@@ -29,6 +30,26 @@ export default class HciCluster extends ProvCluster {
     return false;
   }
 
+  get stateDescription() {
+    if (!this.isSupportedHarvesterVersion) {
+      return this.t('harvesterManager.cluster.supportMessage');
+    }
+
+    return '';
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * harvester ui extension only supports harvester cluster version >= 1.3.0
+   */
+  get isSupportedHarvesterVersion() {
+    const version = serverVersion(this.$rootGetters);
+
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+    console.log('🚀 ~ HciCluster ~ getisSupportedHarvesterVersion ~ version:', version);
+
+    return semver.gte(version, '1.3.0');
+  }
+
   /**
    * Fetch and cache the response for /ui-info
    *