diff --git a/pkg/cli/install/install.go b/pkg/cli/install/install.go
index ab71fdea6..fe737aabe 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/install/install.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/install/install.go
@@ -230,12 +230,28 @@ func (o *Install) setVersionInfo(ctx context.Context) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
+	supVer, err := common.NewSupportedVersion(latestMeta)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := o.checkRequirements(supVer); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	o.l.Debugf("Everest latest version available: %s", latest)
 	o.l.Debugf("Everest version information %#v", latestMeta)
 	o.installVersion = latest.String()
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (o *Install) checkRequirements(supVer *common.SupportedVersion) error {
+	if err := cliutils.VerifyCLIVersion(supVer); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (o *Install) setupHelmInstaller(ctx context.Context) error {
 	nsExists, err := o.namespaceExists(ctx, common.SystemNamespace)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/cli/upgrade/upgrade.go b/pkg/cli/upgrade/upgrade.go
index a278fe5e2..680fbb68b 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/upgrade/upgrade.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/upgrade/upgrade.go
@@ -377,25 +377,9 @@ func (u *Upgrade) verifyRequirements(ctx context.Context, meta *version.Metadata
 func (u *Upgrade) checkRequirements(ctx context.Context, supVer *common.SupportedVersion) error {
 	// TODO: olm, catalog to be implemented.
 
-	// cli version check.
-	if cliVersion.Version != "" {
-		u.l.Infof("Checking cli version requirements")
-		cli, err := goversion.NewVersion(cliVersion.Version)
-		if err != nil {
-			return errors.Join(err, fmt.Errorf("invalid cli version %s", cliVersion.Version))
-		}
-
-		if !supVer.Cli.Check(cli.Core()) {
-			return fmt.Errorf(
-				"cli version %q does not meet minimum requirements of %q",
-				cli, supVer.Cli.String(),
-			)
-		}
-		u.l.Debugf("cli version %q meets requirements %q", cli, supVer.Cli.String())
-	} else {
-		u.l.Debug("cli version is empty")
+	if err := cliutils.VerifyCLIVersion(supVer); err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
-
 	// Operator version check.
 	if err := u.checkOperatorRequirements(ctx, supVer); err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/cli/utils/utils.go b/pkg/cli/utils/utils.go
index 740bee75c..3e4febeb1 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/utils/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/utils/utils.go
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ package utils
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
 	"path"
 
+	goversion "github.com/hashicorp/go-version"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	k8serrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 
@@ -61,3 +63,21 @@ func NewKubeclient(l *zap.SugaredLogger, kubeconfigPath string) (*kubernetes.Kub
 	}
 	return k, nil
 }
+
+// VerifyCLIVersion checks if the CLI version satisfies the constraints.
+func VerifyCLIVersion(supVer *common.SupportedVersion) error {
+	if version.Version == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	cli, err := goversion.NewVersion(version.Version)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse CLI version: %w", err)
+	}
+	if !supVer.Cli.Check(cli.Core()) {
+		return fmt.Errorf(
+			"cli version %q does not satisfy the constraints %q",
+			cli, supVer.Cli.String(),
+		)
+	}
+	return nil
+}