diff --git a/ksqldb-rest-app/src/main/java/io/confluent/ksql/rest/server/computation/Command.java b/ksqldb-rest-app/src/main/java/io/confluent/ksql/rest/server/computation/Command.java
index d95d234aa89f..c89a0f8246d3 100644
--- a/ksqldb-rest-app/src/main/java/io/confluent/ksql/rest/server/computation/Command.java
+++ b/ksqldb-rest-app/src/main/java/io/confluent/ksql/rest/server/computation/Command.java
@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonCreator;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonSubTypes;
+import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import io.confluent.ksql.engine.KsqlPlan;
 import io.confluent.ksql.planner.plan.ConfiguredKsqlPlan;
 import io.confluent.ksql.statement.ConfiguredStatement;
+import io.confluent.ksql.util.KsqlException;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
@@ -31,31 +33,59 @@
 
 @JsonSubTypes({})
 public class Command {
+
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  static final int VERSION = 0;
+
   private final String statement;
   private final Map<String, Object> overwriteProperties;
   private final Map<String, String> originalProperties;
   private final Optional<KsqlPlan> plan;
+  private final Optional<Integer> version;
 
   @JsonCreator
   public Command(
       @JsonProperty(value = "statement", required = true) final String statement,
       @JsonProperty("streamsProperties") final Optional<Map<String, Object>> overwriteProperties,
       @JsonProperty("originalProperties") final Optional<Map<String, String>> originalProperties,
-      @JsonProperty("plan") final Optional<KsqlPlan> plan
+      @JsonProperty("plan") final Optional<KsqlPlan> plan,
+      @JsonProperty("version") final Optional<Integer> version
   ) {
     this(
         statement,
         overwriteProperties.orElseGet(ImmutableMap::of),
         originalProperties.orElseGet(ImmutableMap::of),
-        plan
+        plan,
+        version,
+        VERSION
     );
   }
 
+  @VisibleForTesting
   public Command(
       final String statement,
       final Map<String, Object> overwriteProperties,
       final Map<String, String> originalProperties,
       final Optional<KsqlPlan> plan
+  ) {
+    this(
+        statement,
+        overwriteProperties,
+        originalProperties,
+        plan,
+        Optional.of(VERSION),
+        VERSION
+    );
+  }
+
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  Command(
+      final String statement,
+      final Map<String, Object> overwriteProperties,
+      final Map<String, String> originalProperties,
+      final Optional<KsqlPlan> plan,
+      final Optional<Integer> version,
+      final int expectedVersion
   ) {
     this.statement = requireNonNull(statement, "statement");
     this.overwriteProperties = Collections.unmodifiableMap(
@@ -63,6 +93,13 @@ public Command(
     this.originalProperties = Collections.unmodifiableMap(
         requireNonNull(originalProperties, "originalProperties"));
     this.plan = requireNonNull(plan, "plan");
+    this.version = requireNonNull(version, "version");
+
+    if (expectedVersion != version.orElse(0)) {
+      throw new KsqlException(
+          "Received a command from an incompatible command topic version. "
+              + "Expected " + expectedVersion + " but got " + version.orElse(0));
+    }
   }
 
   public String getStatement() {
@@ -82,12 +119,18 @@ public Optional<KsqlPlan> getPlan() {
     return plan;
   }
 
+  public Optional<Integer> getVersion() {
+    return version;
+  }
+
   public static Command of(final ConfiguredKsqlPlan configuredPlan) {
     return new Command(
         configuredPlan.getPlan().getStatementText(),
         configuredPlan.getOverrides(),
         configuredPlan.getConfig().getAllConfigPropsWithSecretsObfuscated(),
-        Optional.of(configuredPlan.getPlan())
+        Optional.of(configuredPlan.getPlan()),
+        Optional.of(VERSION),
+        VERSION
     );
   }
 
@@ -96,7 +139,9 @@ public static Command of(final ConfiguredStatement<?> configuredStatement) {
         configuredStatement.getStatementText(),
         configuredStatement.getConfigOverrides(),
         configuredStatement.getConfig().getAllConfigPropsWithSecretsObfuscated(),
-        Optional.empty()
+        Optional.empty(),
+        Optional.of(VERSION),
+        VERSION
     );
   }
 
@@ -119,6 +164,8 @@ public String toString() {
     return "Command{"
         + "statement='" + statement + '\''
         + ", overwriteProperties=" + overwriteProperties
+        + ", version=" + version
         + '}';
   }
+
 }
diff --git a/ksqldb-rest-app/src/main/java/io/confluent/ksql/rest/server/computation/RestoreCommandsCompactor.java b/ksqldb-rest-app/src/main/java/io/confluent/ksql/rest/server/computation/RestoreCommandsCompactor.java
index 6b0ffb88e7c3..bb930876e795 100644
--- a/ksqldb-rest-app/src/main/java/io/confluent/ksql/rest/server/computation/RestoreCommandsCompactor.java
+++ b/ksqldb-rest-app/src/main/java/io/confluent/ksql/rest/server/computation/RestoreCommandsCompactor.java
@@ -120,9 +120,10 @@ private static Optional<QueuedCommand> buildNewCmdWithoutQuery(final QueuedComma
 
     final Command newCommand = new Command(
         command.getStatement(),
-        command.getOverwriteProperties(),
-        command.getOriginalProperties(),
-        command.getPlan().map(KsqlPlan::withoutQuery)
+        Optional.of(command.getOverwriteProperties()),
+        Optional.of(command.getOriginalProperties()),
+        command.getPlan().map(KsqlPlan::withoutQuery),
+        command.getVersion()
     );
 
     return Optional.of(new QueuedCommand(
diff --git a/ksqldb-rest-app/src/test/java/io/confluent/ksql/rest/server/computation/CommandTest.java b/ksqldb-rest-app/src/test/java/io/confluent/ksql/rest/server/computation/CommandTest.java
index f80607dde42c..78ef448c61fe 100644
--- a/ksqldb-rest-app/src/test/java/io/confluent/ksql/rest/server/computation/CommandTest.java
+++ b/ksqldb-rest-app/src/test/java/io/confluent/ksql/rest/server/computation/CommandTest.java
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import io.confluent.ksql.execution.json.PlanJsonMapper;
+import io.confluent.ksql.util.Version;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class CommandTest {
@@ -46,6 +48,26 @@ public void shouldDeserializeCorrectly() throws IOException {
     assertThat(command.getOriginalProperties(), equalTo(expectedOriginalProperties));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void shouldDeserializeCorrectlyWithVersion() throws IOException {
+    final String commandStr = "{" +
+        "\"statement\": \"test statement;\", " +
+        "\"streamsProperties\": {\"foo\": \"bar\"}, " +
+        "\"originalProperties\": {\"biz\": \"baz\"}, " +
+        "\"version\": " + Command.VERSION +
+        "}";
+    final ObjectMapper mapper = PlanJsonMapper.INSTANCE.get();
+    final Command command = mapper.readValue(commandStr, Command.class);
+    assertThat(command.getStatement(), equalTo("test statement;"));
+    final Map<String, Object> expecteOverwriteProperties
+        = Collections.singletonMap("foo", "bar");
+    assertThat(command.getOverwriteProperties(), equalTo(expecteOverwriteProperties));
+    final Map<String, Object> expectedOriginalProperties
+        = Collections.singletonMap("biz", "baz");
+    assertThat(command.getOriginalProperties(), equalTo(expectedOriginalProperties));
+    assertThat(command.getVersion(), is(Optional.of(Command.VERSION)));
+  }
+
   private void grep(final String string, final String regex) {
     assertThat(string.matches(regex), is(true));
   }
@@ -61,6 +83,7 @@ public void shouldSerializeDeserializeCorrectly() throws IOException {
     grep(serialized, ".*\"streamsProperties\" *: *\\{ *\"foo\" *: *\"bar\" *\\}.*");
     grep(serialized, ".*\"statement\" *: *\"test statement;\".*");
     grep(serialized, ".*\"originalProperties\" *: *\\{ *\"biz\" *: *\"baz\" *\\}.*");
+    grep(serialized, ".*\"version\" *: *" + Command.VERSION + ".*");
     final Command deserialized = mapper.readValue(serialized, Command.class);
     assertThat(deserialized, equalTo(command));
   }