diff --git a/extensions/tokenizers/src/main/python/djl_converter/arg_parser.py b/extensions/tokenizers/src/main/python/djl_converter/arg_parser.py
index b4541b0eae2..a7a0edad382 100644
--- a/extensions/tokenizers/src/main/python/djl_converter/arg_parser.py
+++ b/extensions/tokenizers/src/main/python/djl_converter/arg_parser.py
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ def importer_args():
         " repository. This option should only be set for repositories you trust and in which"
         " you have read the code, as it will execute on your local machine arbitrary code"
         " present in the model repository.")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--min-version",
+        help="Requires a specific version of DJL to load the model.")
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
     if args.output_dir is None:
diff --git a/extensions/tokenizers/src/main/python/djl_converter/huggingface_models.py b/extensions/tokenizers/src/main/python/djl_converter/huggingface_models.py
index 43a15f74728..59d65a958be 100644
--- a/extensions/tokenizers/src/main/python/djl_converter/huggingface_models.py
+++ b/extensions/tokenizers/src/main/python/djl_converter/huggingface_models.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 import logging
 import os
 from argparse import Namespace
-from typing import List
+from typing import List, Optional
 
 from huggingface_hub import HfApi
 from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download
@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ def list_models(self, args: Namespace) -> List[dict]:
         return ret
 
     def update_progress(self, model_info: ModelInfo, application: str,
-                        result: bool, reason: str, size: int, cpu_only: bool):
+                        result: bool, reason: str, size: int, cpu_only: bool,
+                        min_version: Optional[str]):
         status = {
             "result": "success" if result else "failed",
             "application": application,
@@ -162,6 +163,8 @@ def update_progress(self, model_info: ModelInfo, application: str,
             status["reason"] = reason
         if cpu_only:
             status["cpu_only"] = True
+        if result and min_version:
+            status["requires"] = min_version
 
         self.processed_models[model_info.modelId] = status
 
diff --git a/extensions/tokenizers/src/main/python/djl_converter/model_zoo_importer.py b/extensions/tokenizers/src/main/python/djl_converter/model_zoo_importer.py
index 909563ced6b..e6fb7aba1a5 100644
--- a/extensions/tokenizers/src/main/python/djl_converter/model_zoo_importer.py
+++ b/extensions/tokenizers/src/main/python/djl_converter/model_zoo_importer.py
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ def main():
             size = -1
 
         huggingface_models.update_progress(model_info, converter.application,
-                                           result, reason, size, args.cpu_only)
+                                           result, reason, size, args.cpu_only,
+                                           args.min_version)
         if os.path.exists(temp_dir):
             shutil.rmtree(temp_dir)