diff --git a/utbot-intellij-python/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/intellij/plugin/python/PythonDialogProcessor.kt b/utbot-intellij-python/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/intellij/plugin/python/PythonDialogProcessor.kt
index 86eb6b4d56..a90e62650e 100644
--- a/utbot-intellij-python/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/intellij/plugin/python/PythonDialogProcessor.kt
+++ b/utbot-intellij-python/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/intellij/plugin/python/PythonDialogProcessor.kt
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import org.utbot.python.TestFileInformation
 import org.utbot.python.framework.api.python.PythonClassId
 import org.utbot.python.framework.codegen.PythonCgLanguageAssistant
 import org.utbot.python.newtyping.mypy.dropInitFile
+import org.utbot.python.utils.PythonVersionChecker
 import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledFuture
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
 import kotlin.io.path.Path
@@ -124,16 +125,24 @@ object PythonDialogProcessor {
                 title = "Python test generation error"
             )
         } else {
-            val dialog = createDialog(
-                project,
-                elementsToShow,
-                focusedElement,
-                pythonPath,
-            )
-            if (!dialog.showAndGet()) {
-                return
+            if (!PythonVersionChecker.checkPythonVersion(pythonPath)) {
+                showErrorDialogLater(
+                    project,
+                    message = "Please use Python 3.10 or newer",
+                    title = "Python test generation error"
+                )
+            } else {
+                val dialog = createDialog(
+                    project,
+                    elementsToShow,
+                    focusedElement,
+                    pythonPath,
+                )
+                if (!dialog.showAndGet()) {
+                    return
+                }
+                createTests(project, dialog.model)
             }
-            createTests(project, dialog.model)
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/utbot-python/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/python/utils/PythonVersionChecker.kt b/utbot-python/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/python/utils/PythonVersionChecker.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a0e81e7a07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utbot-python/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/python/utils/PythonVersionChecker.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package org.utbot.python.utils
+
+object PythonVersionChecker {
+    private val minimalPythonVersion = Triple(3, 10, 0)
+
+    fun checkPythonVersion(pythonPath: String): Boolean {
+        try {
+            val version = runCommand(listOf(
+                pythonPath,
+                "-c",
+                "\"import sys; print('.'.join(map(str, sys.version_info[:3])))\""
+            ))
+            if (version.exitValue == 0) {
+                val (major, minor, patch) = version.stdout.split(".")
+                return (major.toInt() >= minimalPythonVersion.first && minor.toInt() >= minimalPythonVersion.second && patch.toInt() >= minimalPythonVersion.third)
+            }
+            return false
+        } catch (_: Exception) {
+            return false
+        }
+    }
+}
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