diff --git a/agent/pkg/agent/config.go b/agent/pkg/agent/config.go
index 175925bc..a5b4f047 100644
--- a/agent/pkg/agent/config.go
+++ b/agent/pkg/agent/config.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 type AgentConfig struct {
 	Addr    string           `json:"addr"`
 	Name    string           `json:"name"`
-	Version string           `json:"version"`
+	Version pkg.Version      `json:"version"`
 	Runtime ContainerRuntime `json:"runtime"`
 
 	httpClient *http.Client
@@ -148,11 +148,10 @@ func (cfg *AgentConfig) StartWithCerts(ctx context.Context, ca, crt, key []byte)
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get agent runtime: HTTP %d %s", status, runtimeBytes)
 	}
 
-	cfg.Version = string(agentVersionBytes)
-	agentVersion := pkg.ParseVersion(cfg.Version)
+	cfg.Version = pkg.ParseVersion(string(agentVersionBytes))
 
-	if serverVersion.IsNewerMajorThan(agentVersion) {
-		log.Warn().Msgf("agent %s major version mismatch: server: %s, agent: %s", cfg.Name, serverVersion, agentVersion)
+	if serverVersion.IsNewerThanMajor(cfg.Version) {
+		log.Warn().Msgf("agent %s major version mismatch: server: %s, agent: %s", cfg.Name, serverVersion, cfg.Version)
 	}
 
 	log.Info().Msgf("agent %q initialized", cfg.Name)