diff --git a/src/cliproxy/binary/__tests__/version-checker-suffix.test.ts b/src/cliproxy/binary/__tests__/version-checker-suffix.test.ts
index 186942b0..c20c75ae 100644
--- a/src/cliproxy/binary/__tests__/version-checker-suffix.test.ts
+++ b/src/cliproxy/binary/__tests__/version-checker-suffix.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'bun:test';
 
-import { compareCliproxyVersions, isNewerVersion } from '../version-checker';
+import {
+  type CLIProxyBackendMinVersions,
+  compareCliproxyVersions,
+  isNewerVersion,
+  meetsBackendMinimumVersion,
+} from '../version-checker';
 
 describe('cliproxy version comparison', () => {
   it('treats missing fork release suffix as zero', () => {
@@ -19,3 +24,38 @@ describe('cliproxy version comparison', () => {
     expect(isNewerVersion('7.1.31-99', '7.1.32-0')).toBe(false);
   });
 });
+
+describe('meetsBackendMinimumVersion', () => {
+  const testMinimums: CLIProxyBackendMinVersions = {
+    original: '7.2.104',
+    plus: '7.2.105-0',
+  };
+
+  it('evaluates original backend boundary correctly', () => {
+    expect(meetsBackendMinimumVersion('7.2.103', 'original', testMinimums)).toBe(false);
+    expect(meetsBackendMinimumVersion('7.2.104', 'original', testMinimums)).toBe(true);
+    expect(meetsBackendMinimumVersion('7.2.105', 'original', testMinimums)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('evaluates plus backend boundary with fork suffixes correctly', () => {
+    expect(meetsBackendMinimumVersion('7.2.104-9', 'plus', testMinimums)).toBe(false);
+    expect(meetsBackendMinimumVersion('7.2.105-0', 'plus', testMinimums)).toBe(true);
+    expect(meetsBackendMinimumVersion('7.2.105-1', 'plus', testMinimums)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('treats missing fork suffix as equal to -0', () => {
+    const minWithSuffix: CLIProxyBackendMinVersions = {
+      original: '6.8.34-0',
+      plus: '6.8.34-0',
+    };
+    expect(meetsBackendMinimumVersion('6.8.34', 'original', minWithSuffix)).toBe(true);
+    expect(meetsBackendMinimumVersion('6.8.34', 'plus', minWithSuffix)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('rejects empty and invalid version strings against real minimums', () => {
+    expect(meetsBackendMinimumVersion('', 'original', testMinimums)).toBe(false);
+    expect(meetsBackendMinimumVersion('not-a-version', 'original', testMinimums)).toBe(false);
+    expect(meetsBackendMinimumVersion('', 'plus', testMinimums)).toBe(false);
+    expect(meetsBackendMinimumVersion('not-a-version', 'plus', testMinimums)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/cliproxy/binary/version-checker.ts b/src/cliproxy/binary/version-checker.ts
index f4e7c547..946dfc78 100644
--- a/src/cliproxy/binary/version-checker.ts
+++ b/src/cliproxy/binary/version-checker.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import {
 } from '../binary/platform-detector';
 import type { CLIProxyBackend } from '../types';
 
+export type CLIProxyBackendMinVersions = Readonly<Record<CLIProxyBackend, string>>;
+
 interface FetchLatestVersionDeps {
   fetchJsonFn?: typeof fetchJson;
 }
@@ -78,6 +80,14 @@ export function isNewerVersion(latest: string, current: string): boolean {
   return compareCliproxyVersions(latest, current) > 0;
 }
 
+export function meetsBackendMinimumVersion(
+  installedVersion: string,
+  backend: CLIProxyBackend,
+  minimumByBackend: CLIProxyBackendMinVersions
+): boolean {
+  return compareCliproxyVersions(installedVersion, minimumByBackend[backend]) >= 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * Check if version is within the faulty range (v81-85)
  * @returns true if version has known critical bugs