diff --git a/owrx/__main__.py b/owrx/__main__.py
index 2bf3ec9..452de85 100644
--- a/owrx/__main__.py
+++ b/owrx/__main__.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Support and info:       https://groups.io/g/openwebrx
     if not featureDetector.is_available("core"):
         logger.error(
             "you are missing required dependencies to run openwebrx. "
-            "please check that the following core requirements are installed:"
+            "please check that the following core requirements are installed and up to date:"
         )
         logger.error(", ".join(featureDetector.get_requirements("core")))
         return
diff --git a/owrx/feature.py b/owrx/feature.py
index 73f05a6..fe90b49 100644
--- a/owrx/feature.py
+++ b/owrx/feature.py
@@ -115,7 +115,20 @@ class FeatureDetector(object):
         OpenWebRX uses the demodulator and pipeline tools provided by the csdr project. Please check out [the project
         page on github](https://github.com/jketterl/csdr) for further details and installation instructions.
         """
-        return self.command_is_runnable("csdr")
+        required_version = LooseVersion("0.16.1")
+
+        csdr_version_regex = re.compile("^csdr version (.*)$")
+
+        try:
+            process = subprocess.Popen(["csdr", "version"], stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+            matches = csdr_version_regex.match(process.stderr.readline().decode())
+            if matches is None:
+                return False
+            version = LooseVersion(matches.group(1))
+            process.wait(1)
+            return version >= required_version
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            return False
 
     def has_nmux(self):
         """