diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/917.fixed.md b/doc/changelog.d/917.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1bda1ba72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/917.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Throw value error for unsupported version of Mechanical
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 9a0c6450d..14b7c3c7b 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@
 from sphinx_gallery.sorting import FileNameSortKey
 
 import ansys.mechanical.core as pymechanical
-from ansys.mechanical.core.embedding.initializer import (
-    SUPPORTED_MECHANICAL_EMBEDDING_VERSIONS_WINDOWS,
-)
+from ansys.mechanical.core.embedding.initializer import SUPPORTED_MECHANICAL_EMBEDDING_VERSIONS
 
 # necessary when building the sphinx gallery
 pymechanical.BUILDING_GALLERY = True
@@ -141,7 +139,7 @@
 with open("links.rst") as f:
     rst_epilog += f.read()
 
-current_mechanical_version = next(iter(SUPPORTED_MECHANICAL_EMBEDDING_VERSIONS_WINDOWS.keys()))
+current_mechanical_version = next(iter(SUPPORTED_MECHANICAL_EMBEDDING_VERSIONS.keys()))
 rst_epilog = rst_epilog.replace("%%VERSION%%", f"v{current_mechanical_version}")
 # The name of the Pygments (syntax highlighting) style to use.
 pygments_style = "sphinx"
diff --git a/src/ansys/mechanical/core/embedding/initializer.py b/src/ansys/mechanical/core/embedding/initializer.py
index 2a1b0be22..ddd28350d 100644
--- a/src/ansys/mechanical/core/embedding/initializer.py
+++ b/src/ansys/mechanical/core/embedding/initializer.py
@@ -28,15 +28,13 @@
 import sys
 import warnings
 
-import ansys.tools.path as atp
-
 from ansys.mechanical.core.embedding.loader import load_clr
 from ansys.mechanical.core.embedding.resolver import resolve
 
 INITIALIZED_VERSION = None
 """Constant for the initialized version."""
 
-SUPPORTED_MECHANICAL_EMBEDDING_VERSIONS_WINDOWS = {242: "2024R2", 241: "2024R1", 232: "2023R2"}
+SUPPORTED_MECHANICAL_EMBEDDING_VERSIONS = {242: "2024R2", 241: "2024R1", 232: "2023R2"}
 """Supported Mechanical embedding versions on Windows."""
 
 
@@ -59,40 +57,46 @@ def __workaround_material_server(version: int) -> None:
         os.environ["ENGRDATA_SERVER_SERIAL"] = "1"
 
 
-def _get_default_linux_version() -> int:
-    """Try to get the active linux version from the environment.
+def __check_for_supported_version(version) -> None:
+    """Check if Mechanical version is supported with current version of PyMechanical.
 
-    On linux, embedding is only possible by setting environment variables before starting python.
-    The version will then be fixed  to a specific version, based on those env vars.
-    The documented way to set those variables is to run python using the ``mechanical-env`` script,
-    which can be used after installing the ``ansys-mechanical-env`` package with this command:
-    ``pip install ansys-mechanical-env``. The script takes user input of a version. If the user
-    does not provide a version, the ``find_mechanical()`` function from the ``ansys-tools-path``
-    package is used to find a version of Mechanical.
+    If specific environment variable is enabled, then users can overwrite the supported versions.
+    However, using unsupported versions may cause issues.
     """
-    supported_versions = [232, 241, 242]
-    awp_roots = {ver: os.environ.get(f"AWP_ROOT{ver}", "") for ver in supported_versions}
-    installed_versions = {
-        ver: path for ver, path in awp_roots.items() if path and os.path.isdir(path)
-    }
-    assert len(installed_versions) == 1, "multiple AWP_ROOT environment variables found!"
-    return next(iter(installed_versions))
+    allow_old_version = os.getenv("ANSYS_MECHANICAL_EMBEDDING_SUPPORT_OLD_VERSIONS") == "1"
 
+    # Check if the version is supported
+    if not allow_old_version and version < min(SUPPORTED_MECHANICAL_EMBEDDING_VERSIONS):
+        raise ValueError(f"Mechanical version {version} is not supported.")
 
-def _get_default_version() -> int:
-    if os.name == "posix":
-        return _get_default_linux_version()
+    return version
 
-    if os.name != "nt":  # pragma: no cover
-        raise Exception("Unexpected platform!")
 
-    _, version = atp.find_mechanical(
-        supported_versions=SUPPORTED_MECHANICAL_EMBEDDING_VERSIONS_WINDOWS
-    )
+def _get_latest_default_version() -> int:
+    """Try to get the latest Mechanical version from the environment.
 
-    # version is of the form 23.2
-    int_version = int(str(version).replace(".", ""))
-    return int_version
+    Checks if multiple versions of Mechanical found in system.
+    For Linux it will be only one since ``mechanical-env`` takes care of that.
+    If multiple versions are detected, select the latest one, as no specific version is provided.
+    """
+    awp_roots = [value for key, value in os.environ.items() if key.startswith("AWP_ROOT")]
+
+    if not awp_roots:
+        raise Exception("No Mechanical installations found.")
+
+    versions_found = []
+    for path in awp_roots:
+        folder = os.path.basename(os.path.normpath(path))
+        version = folder.split("v")[-1]
+        versions_found.append(int(version))
+    latest_version = max(versions_found)
+
+    if len(awp_roots) > 1:
+        raise Warning(
+            f"Multiple versions of Mechanical found! Using latest version {latest_version} ..."
+        )
+
+    return latest_version
 
 
 def __check_python_interpreter_architecture() -> None:
@@ -165,7 +169,9 @@ def initialize(version: int = None):
         return
 
     if version == None:
-        version = _get_default_version()
+        version = _get_latest_default_version()
+
+    version = __check_for_supported_version(version=version)
 
     INITIALIZED_VERSION = version