diff --git a/uma/test/uma_test.go b/uma/test/uma_test.go
index a3a7501..b0afa05 100644
--- a/uma/test/uma_test.go
+++ b/uma/test/uma_test.go
@@ -93,6 +93,17 @@ func TestIsUmaQueryInvalidPath(t *testing.T) {
 	require.False(t, uma.IsUmaLnurlpQuery(*urlObj))
 }
 
+func TestIsUmaQueryUnsupportedVersion(t *testing.T) {
+	urlString := "https://vasp2.com/.well-known/lnurlp/bob?signature=signature&nonce=12345&vaspDomain=vasp1.com&umaVersion=10.0&isSubjectToTravelRule=true&timestamp=12345678"
+	urlObj, _ := url.Parse(urlString)
+	assert.True(t, uma.IsUmaLnurlpQuery(*urlObj))
+
+	// Imagine if we removed the travel rule field and nonce field in a future version:
+	urlString = "https://vasp2.com/.well-known/lnurlp/bob?signature=signature&vaspDomain=vasp1.com&umaVersion=10.0&timestamp=12345678"
+	urlObj, _ = url.Parse(urlString)
+	assert.True(t, uma.IsUmaLnurlpQuery(*urlObj))
+}
+
 func TestSignAndVerifyLnurlpRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	privateKey, err := secp256k1.GeneratePrivateKey()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/uma/uma.go b/uma/uma.go
index d4bcd19..3badd82 100644
--- a/uma/uma.go
+++ b/uma/uma.go
@@ -214,6 +214,12 @@ func GetSignedLnurlpRequestUrl(
 // You should try to process the request as a regular LNURLp request to fall back to LNURL-PAY.
 func IsUmaLnurlpQuery(url url.URL) bool {
 	query, err := ParseLnurlpRequest(url)
+	// If err is an UnsupportedVersionError, the request is still an UMA request, but the version is not supported.
+	// The version negotiation should be handled by the VASP when parsing the request.
+	var unsupportedVersionError UnsupportedVersionError
+	if errors.As(err, &unsupportedVersionError) {
+		return true
+	}
 	return err == nil && query != nil && query.IsUmaRequest()
 }
 
@@ -239,6 +245,10 @@ func ParseLnurlpRequest(url url.URL) (*protocol.LnurlpRequest, error) {
 		timestampAsTime = &timestampAsTimeVal
 	}
 
+	if umaVersion != "" && !IsVersionSupported(umaVersion) {
+		return nil, UnsupportedVersionError{}
+	}
+
 	if vaspDomain == "" || signature == "" || nonce == "" || timestamp == "" || umaVersion == "" {
 		return nil, errors.New("missing uma query parameters. vaspDomain, umaVersion, signature, nonce, and timestamp are required")
 	}
@@ -249,10 +259,6 @@ func ParseLnurlpRequest(url url.URL) (*protocol.LnurlpRequest, error) {
 	}
 	receiverAddress := pathParts[3] + "@" + url.Host
 
-	if !IsVersionSupported(umaVersion) {
-		return nil, UnsupportedVersionError{}
-	}
-
 	nilIfEmpty := func(s string) *string {
 		if s == "" {
 			return nil