diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7809b76..4c6bc38 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ This project acts as a client SDK implementation written in Go to interact with
 import "code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea"
 ```
 
+## Version Requirements
+ * go >= 1.13
+ * gitea >= 1.10
+
 ## Contributing
 
 Fork -> Patch -> Push -> Pull Request
diff --git a/gitea/client.go b/gitea/client.go
index 7f03b59..7516ff6 100644
--- a/gitea/client.go
+++ b/gitea/client.go
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ func NewClient(url string, options ...func(*Client)) (*Client, error) {
 	for _, opt := range options {
 		opt(client)
 	}
+	if err := client.CheckServerVersionConstraint(">=1.10"); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	return client, nil
 }