diff --git a/rollbar/contrib/fastapi/utils.py b/rollbar/contrib/fastapi/utils.py
index 74186133..db4902ec 100644
--- a/rollbar/contrib/fastapi/utils.py
+++ b/rollbar/contrib/fastapi/utils.py
@@ -21,6 +21,33 @@ def __init__(self, version, reason=''):
         return super().__init__(err_msg)
 
 
+def is_current_version_higher_or_equal(current_version, min_version):
+    """
+    Compare two version strings and return True if the current version is higher or equal to the minimum version.
+
+    Note: This function only compares the release segment of the version string.
+    """
+    def parse_version(version):
+        """Parse the release segment of a version string into a list of strings."""
+        parsed = ['']
+        current_segment = 0
+        for c in version:
+            if c.isdigit():
+                parsed[current_segment] += c
+            elif c == '.':
+                current_segment += 1
+                parsed.append('')
+            else:
+                break
+        if parsed[-1] == '':
+            parsed.pop()
+        return parsed
+
+    current = tuple(map(int, parse_version(current_version)))
+    minimum = tuple(map(int, parse_version(min_version)))
+    return current >= minimum
+
+
 class fastapi_min_version:
     def __init__(self, min_version):
         self.min_version = min_version
@@ -28,7 +55,10 @@ def __init__(self, min_version):
     def __call__(self, func):
         @functools.wraps(func)
         def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
-            if fastapi.__version__ < self.min_version:
+            if not is_current_version_higher_or_equal(
+                fastapi.__version__,
+                self.min_version,
+            ):
                 raise FastAPIVersionError(
                     self.min_version, reason=f'to use {func.__name__}() function'
                 )
diff --git a/rollbar/test/fastapi_tests/test_utils.py b/rollbar/test/fastapi_tests/test_utils.py
index db14e126..549e9b8c 100644
--- a/rollbar/test/fastapi_tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/rollbar/test/fastapi_tests/test_utils.py
@@ -121,3 +121,35 @@ async def read_root():
         app.include_router(router)
 
         self.assertFalse(has_bare_routing(app))
+
+@unittest.skipUnless(
+    FASTAPI_INSTALLED and ALLOWED_PYTHON_VERSION, 'FastAPI requires Python3.6+'
+)
+class UtilsVersionCompareTest(BaseTest):
+    def test_is_current_version_higher_or_equal(self):
+        # Copied from https://semver.org/#spec-item-11
+        versions = [
+            '1.0.0-alpha',
+            '1.0.0-alpha.1',
+            '1.0.0-alpha.beta',
+            '1.0.0-beta',
+            '1.0.0-beta.2',
+            '1.0.0-beta.11',
+            '1.0.0-rc.1',
+            '1.0.0',
+            '1.1.1',
+            '1.100.0-beta2',
+            '1.100.0-beta3',
+        ]
+
+        from rollbar.contrib.fastapi.utils import is_current_version_higher_or_equal
+
+        previous_version = None
+        for version in versions:
+            print(f'{version} >= {previous_version}')
+            if previous_version is None:
+                previous_version = version
+                continue
+            with self.subTest(f'{version} >= {previous_version}'):
+                self.assertTrue(is_current_version_higher_or_equal(version, previous_version))
+            previous_version = version