diff --git a/src/napari_imagej/java.py b/src/napari_imagej/java.py
index b4a132d3..8bd77c07 100644
--- a/src/napari_imagej/java.py
+++ b/src/napari_imagej/java.py
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 from jpype import JClass
 from scyjava import config, get_version, is_version_at_least, jimport, jvm_started
 
-from napari_imagej import settings
-from napari_imagej.utilities.logging import log_debug
+from napari_imagej import __version__, settings
+from napari_imagej.utilities.logging import log_debug, warn
 
 # -- Constants --
 
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
     "sc.fiji:TrackMate": "7.11.0",
 }
 
+recommended_versions = {}
+
 # -- ImageJ API -- #
 
 _ij = None
@@ -152,6 +154,28 @@ def _validate_imagej():
         )
         raise RuntimeError(failure_str)
 
+    # Find versions below recommended
+    violations = []
+    for component, cls in component_requirements.items():
+        if component not in recommended_versions:
+            continue
+        recommended_version = recommended_versions[component]
+        component_version = get_version(cls)
+        if not is_version_at_least(component_version, recommended_version):
+            violations.append(
+                f"{component} : {recommended_version} (Installed: {component_version})"
+            )
+
+    # If there are older versions, warn the user
+    if violations:
+        failure_str = (
+            f"napari-imagej v{__version__} recommends using "
+            "the following component versions:"
+        )
+        violations.insert(0, failure_str)
+        failure_str = "\n\t".join(violations)
+        warn(failure_str)
+
 
 def _optional_requirements():
     optionals = {}
diff --git a/tests/test_java.py b/tests/test_java.py
index 2f0f4b22..cc06a623 100644
--- a/tests/test_java.py
+++ b/tests/test_java.py
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 
 from scyjava import get_version, is_version_at_least, jimport
 
-from napari_imagej import settings
-from napari_imagej.java import minimum_versions
+from napari_imagej import __version__, settings
+from napari_imagej.java import _validate_imagej, minimum_versions
+from napari_imagej.utilities.logging import logger
 
 version_checks = {
     "io.scif:scifio": "io.scif.SCIFIO",
@@ -57,3 +58,33 @@ def test_endpoint(ij):
                 version = gav[2]
                 exp_version = get_version(jimport(version_checks[ga]))
                 assert is_version_at_least(version, exp_version)
+
+
+def test_recommended_version(ij):
+    # Save old recommended versions
+    import napari_imagej.java
+
+    existing = napari_imagej.java.recommended_versions
+    napari_imagej.java.recommended_versions = {"org.scijava:scijava-common": "999.0.0"}
+
+    # Setup log handler to capture warning
+    import io
+    import logging
+
+    log_capture_string = io.StringIO()
+    ch = logging.StreamHandler(log_capture_string)
+    ch.setLevel(logging.WARN)
+    logger().addHandler(ch)
+    # Validate ImageJ - capture lower-than-recommended version
+    _validate_imagej()
+    log_contents = log_capture_string.getvalue()
+    log_capture_string.close()
+    # Assert warning given
+    assert log_contents == (
+        f"napari-imagej: napari-imagej v{__version__} recommends using the "
+        "following component versions:\n\torg.scijava:scijava-common : "
+        "999.0.0 (Installed: 2.94.1)\n"
+    )
+
+    # restore recommended versions
+    napari_imagej.java.recommended_versions = existing