diff --git a/meilisearch-types/src/versioning.rs b/meilisearch-types/src/versioning.rs
index 3c4726403..2ec9d9b0c 100644
--- a/meilisearch-types/src/versioning.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-types/src/versioning.rs
@@ -10,38 +10,52 @@ static VERSION_MINOR: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION_MINOR");
 static VERSION_PATCH: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION_PATCH");
 
 /// Persists the version of the current Meilisearch binary to a VERSION file
-pub fn create_version_file(db_path: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {
+pub fn create_current_version_file(db_path: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {
+    create_version_file(db_path, VERSION_MAJOR, VERSION_MINOR, VERSION_PATCH)
+}
+
+pub fn create_version_file(
+    db_path: &Path,
+    major: &str,
+    minor: &str,
+    patch: &str,
+) -> io::Result<()> {
     let version_path = db_path.join(VERSION_FILE_NAME);
-    fs::write(version_path, format!("{}.{}.{}", VERSION_MAJOR, VERSION_MINOR, VERSION_PATCH))
+    fs::write(version_path, format!("{}.{}.{}", major, minor, patch))
 }
 
 /// Ensures Meilisearch version is compatible with the database, returns an error versions mismatch.
 pub fn check_version_file(db_path: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    let version_path = db_path.join(VERSION_FILE_NAME);
+    let (major, minor, patch) = get_version(db_path)?;
 
-    match fs::read_to_string(version_path) {
-        Ok(version) => {
-            let version_components = version.split('.').collect::<Vec<_>>();
-            let (major, minor, patch) = match &version_components[..] {
-                [major, minor, patch] => (major.to_string(), minor.to_string(), patch.to_string()),
-                _ => return Err(VersionFileError::MalformedVersionFile.into()),
-            };
-
-            if major != VERSION_MAJOR || minor != VERSION_MINOR {
-                return Err(VersionFileError::VersionMismatch { major, minor, patch }.into());
-            }
-        }
-        Err(error) => {
-            return match error.kind() {
-                ErrorKind::NotFound => Err(VersionFileError::MissingVersionFile.into()),
-                _ => Err(error.into()),
-            }
-        }
+    if major != VERSION_MAJOR || minor != VERSION_MINOR {
+        return Err(VersionFileError::VersionMismatch { major, minor, patch }.into());
     }
 
     Ok(())
 }
 
+pub fn get_version(db_path: &Path) -> Result<(String, String, String), VersionFileError> {
+    let version_path = db_path.join(VERSION_FILE_NAME);
+
+    match fs::read_to_string(version_path) {
+        Ok(version) => parse_version(&version),
+        Err(error) => match error.kind() {
+            ErrorKind::NotFound => Err(VersionFileError::MissingVersionFile),
+            _ => Err(error.into()),
+        },
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn parse_version(version: &str) -> Result<(String, String, String), VersionFileError> {
+    let version_components = version.split('.').collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    let (major, minor, patch) = match &version_components[..] {
+        [major, minor, patch] => (major.to_string(), minor.to_string(), patch.to_string()),
+        _ => return Err(VersionFileError::MalformedVersionFile),
+    };
+    Ok((major, minor, patch))
+}
+
 #[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
 pub enum VersionFileError {
     #[error(
@@ -58,4 +72,7 @@ pub enum VersionFileError {
         env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").to_string()
     )]
     VersionMismatch { major: String, minor: String, patch: String },
+
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    IoError(#[from] std::io::Error),
 }
diff --git a/meilisearch/src/lib.rs b/meilisearch/src/lib.rs
index b33826141..cd6f38eab 100644
--- a/meilisearch/src/lib.rs
+++ b/meilisearch/src/lib.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ use meilisearch_types::milli::documents::{DocumentsBatchBuilder, DocumentsBatchR
 use meilisearch_types::milli::update::{IndexDocumentsConfig, IndexDocumentsMethod};
 use meilisearch_types::settings::apply_settings_to_builder;
 use meilisearch_types::tasks::KindWithContent;
-use meilisearch_types::versioning::{check_version_file, create_version_file};
+use meilisearch_types::versioning::{check_version_file, create_current_version_file};
 use meilisearch_types::{compression, milli, VERSION_FILE_NAME};
 pub use option::Opt;
 use option::ScheduleSnapshot;
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ fn open_or_create_database_unchecked(
     match (
         index_scheduler_builder(),
         auth_controller.map_err(anyhow::Error::from),
-        create_version_file(&opt.db_path).map_err(anyhow::Error::from),
+        create_current_version_file(&opt.db_path).map_err(anyhow::Error::from),
     ) {
         (Ok(i), Ok(a), Ok(())) => Ok((i, a)),
         (Err(e), _, _) | (_, Err(e), _) | (_, _, Err(e)) => {