diff --git a/fwprovider/datasource_version.go b/fwprovider/datasource_version.go
index eb7d3283..76afc5c8 100644
--- a/fwprovider/datasource_version.go
+++ b/fwprovider/datasource_version.go
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func (d *versionDatasource) Read(ctx context.Context, _ datasource.ReadRequest,
 
 	state.Release = types.StringValue(version.Release)
 	state.RepositoryID = types.StringValue(version.RepositoryID)
-	state.Version = types.StringValue(version.Version)
+	state.Version = types.StringValue(version.Version.String())
 
 	state.ID = types.StringValue("version")
 
diff --git a/proxmox/version/capabilities.go b/proxmox/version/capabilities.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5608f9ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxmox/version/capabilities.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+package version
+
+import "github.com/hashicorp/go-version"
+
+// MinimumProxmoxVersion is the minimum supported Proxmox version by the provider.
+//
+//nolint:gochecknoglobals
+var MinimumProxmoxVersion = ProxmoxVersion{*version.Must(version.NewVersion("8.0.0"))}
+
+// SupportImportContentType checks if the Proxmox version supports the `import` content type when uploading disk images.
+// See https://bugzilla.proxmox.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2424
+func (v *ProxmoxVersion) SupportImportContentType() bool {
+	return v.GreaterThanOrEqual(version.Must(version.NewVersion("8.4.0")))
+}
diff --git a/proxmox/version/version_types.go b/proxmox/version/version_types.go
index f4221e6d..022d5b93 100644
--- a/proxmox/version/version_types.go
+++ b/proxmox/version/version_types.go
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
 
 package version
 
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/go-version"
+)
+
 // ResponseBody contains the body from a version response.
 type ResponseBody struct {
 	Data *ResponseData `json:"data,omitempty"`
@@ -13,8 +19,24 @@ type ResponseBody struct {
 
 // ResponseData contains the data from a version response.
 type ResponseData struct {
-	Console      string `json:"console"`
-	Release      string `json:"release"`
-	RepositoryID string `json:"repoid"`
-	Version      string `json:"version"`
+	Console      string         `json:"console"`
+	Release      string         `json:"release"`
+	RepositoryID string         `json:"repoid"`
+	Version      ProxmoxVersion `json:"version"`
+}
+
+type ProxmoxVersion struct {
+	version.Version
+}
+
+func (v *ProxmoxVersion) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
+	// Unmarshal the version string into a go-version Version object
+	ver, err := version.NewVersion(string(data))
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse version %q: %w", string(data), err)
+	}
+
+	v.Version = *ver
+
+	return nil
 }
diff --git a/proxmoxtf/resource/file.go b/proxmoxtf/resource/file.go
index 163abb4d..0de2b4c5 100644
--- a/proxmoxtf/resource/file.go
+++ b/proxmoxtf/resource/file.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"slices"
 	"sort"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -31,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/bpg/terraform-provider-proxmox/proxmox"
 	"github.com/bpg/terraform-provider-proxmox/proxmox/api"
+	"github.com/bpg/terraform-provider-proxmox/proxmox/version"
 	"github.com/bpg/terraform-provider-proxmox/proxmoxtf"
 	"github.com/bpg/terraform-provider-proxmox/proxmoxtf/resource/validators"
 	"github.com/bpg/terraform-provider-proxmox/utils"
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ func fileCreate(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, m interface{}) diag
 				"url": sourceFilePath,
 			})
 
-			version, e := api.GetMinTLSVersion(sourceFileMinTLS)
+			minTLSVersion, e := api.GetMinTLSVersion(sourceFileMinTLS)
 			if e != nil {
 				return diag.FromErr(e)
 			}
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ func fileCreate(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, m interface{}) diag
 			httpClient := http.Client{
 				Transport: &http.Transport{
 					TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{
-						MinVersion:         version,
+						MinVersion:         minTLSVersion,
 						InsecureSkipVerify: sourceFileInsecure,
 					},
 				},
@@ -624,28 +624,13 @@ func fileGetContentType(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, c proxmox.C
 	sourceFile := d.Get(mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentFileSourceFile).([]interface{})
 	sourceRaw := d.Get(mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentFileSourceRaw).([]interface{})
 
-	releaseMajor := 0
-	releaseMinor := 0
-
-	version, err := c.Version().Version(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		tflog.Warn(ctx, "failed to determine Proxmox VE version", map[string]interface{}{
+	ver := version.MinimumProxmoxVersion
+	if versionResp, err := c.Version().Version(ctx); err == nil {
+		ver = versionResp.Version
+	} else {
+		tflog.Warn(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("failed to determine Proxmox VE version, assume %v", ver), map[string]interface{}{
 			"error": err,
 		})
-	} else {
-		release := strings.Split(version.Release, ".")
-		releaseMajor, err = strconv.Atoi(release[0])
-		if err != nil {
-			tflog.Warn(ctx, "failed to parse Proxmox VE version Major", map[string]interface{}{
-				"error": err,
-			})
-		}
-		releaseMinor, err = strconv.Atoi(release[1])
-		if err != nil {
-			tflog.Warn(ctx, "failed to parse Proxmox VE version Minor", map[string]interface{}{
-				"error": err,
-			})
-		}
 	}
 
 	sourceFilePath := ""
@@ -668,10 +653,10 @@ func fileGetContentType(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, c proxmox.C
 		if strings.HasSuffix(sourceFilePath, ".tar.gz") ||
 			strings.HasSuffix(sourceFilePath, ".tar.xz") {
 			contentType = "vztmpl"
-			// For Proxmox VE 8.4 and later, we can import VM images to  the "import" content type.
-		} else if releaseMajor >= 8 && releaseMinor > 4 && (strings.HasSuffix(sourceFilePath, ".qcow2") ||
-			strings.HasSuffix(sourceFilePath, ".raw") ||
-			strings.HasSuffix(sourceFilePath, ".vmdk")) {
+		} else if ver.SupportImportContentType() &&
+			(strings.HasSuffix(sourceFilePath, ".qcow2") ||
+				strings.HasSuffix(sourceFilePath, ".raw") ||
+				strings.HasSuffix(sourceFilePath, ".vmdk")) {
 			contentType = "import"
 		} else {
 			ext := strings.TrimLeft(strings.ToLower(filepath.Ext(sourceFilePath)), ".")