diff --git a/docs/pyproject.md b/docs/pyproject.md
index de68fe7b9a1..39b7b192253 100644
--- a/docs/pyproject.md
+++ b/docs/pyproject.md
@@ -843,6 +843,17 @@ any custom url in the `urls` section.
 
 If you publish your package on PyPI, they will appear in the `Project Links` section.
 
+## `requires-poetry`
+
+A constraint for the Poetry version that is required for this project.
+If you are using a Poetry version that is not allowed by this constraint,
+an error will be raised.
+
+```toml
+[tool.poetry]
+requires-poetry = ">=2.0"
+```
+
 ## `requires-plugins`
 
 In this section, you can specify that certain plugins are required for your project:
diff --git a/src/poetry/factory.py b/src/poetry/factory.py
index 8675a438651..b404f1da79a 100644
--- a/src/poetry/factory.py
+++ b/src/poetry/factory.py
@@ -10,9 +10,12 @@
 
 from cleo.io.null_io import NullIO
 from packaging.utils import canonicalize_name
+from poetry.core.constraints.version import Version
+from poetry.core.constraints.version import parse_constraint
 from poetry.core.factory import Factory as BaseFactory
 from poetry.core.packages.dependency_group import MAIN_GROUP
 
+from poetry.__version__ import __version__
 from poetry.config.config import Config
 from poetry.exceptions import PoetryException
 from poetry.json import validate_object
@@ -56,6 +59,15 @@ def create_poetry(
 
         base_poetry = super().create_poetry(cwd=cwd, with_groups=with_groups)
 
+        if version_str := base_poetry.local_config.get("requires-poetry"):
+            version_constraint = parse_constraint(version_str)
+            version = Version.parse(__version__)
+            if not version_constraint.allows(version):
+                raise PoetryException(
+                    f"This project requires Poetry {version_constraint},"
+                    f" but you are using Poetry {version}"
+                )
+
         poetry_file = base_poetry.pyproject_path
         locker = Locker(poetry_file.parent / "poetry.lock", base_poetry.pyproject.data)
 
diff --git a/src/poetry/json/schemas/poetry.json b/src/poetry/json/schemas/poetry.json
index b8fa520478d..b35743fffb4 100644
--- a/src/poetry/json/schemas/poetry.json
+++ b/src/poetry/json/schemas/poetry.json
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
   "type": "object",
   "required": [],
   "properties": {
+    "requires-poetry": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "description": "The version constraint for Poetry itself.",
+      "$ref": "#/definitions/dependency"
+    },
     "requires-plugins": {
       "type": "object",
       "description": "Poetry plugins that are required for this project.",
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/self_version_not_ok/pyproject.toml b/tests/fixtures/self_version_not_ok/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..19e752a0642
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/self_version_not_ok/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[tool.poetry]
+package-mode = false
+requires-poetry = "<1.2"
+
+[tool.poetry.dependencies]
+python = "^3.8"
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/self_version_ok/pyproject.toml b/tests/fixtures/self_version_ok/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9347cb92342
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/self_version_ok/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[tool.poetry]
+package-mode = false
+requires-poetry = ">=1.2"
+
+[tool.poetry.dependencies]
+python = "^3.8"
diff --git a/tests/json/fixtures/self_invalid_version.toml b/tests/json/fixtures/self_invalid_version.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ddc07369b03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/json/fixtures/self_invalid_version.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[tool.poetry]
+name = "foobar"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = ""
+authors = ["Your Name <you@example.com>"]
+requires-poetry = 2
diff --git a/tests/json/fixtures/self_valid.toml b/tests/json/fixtures/self_valid.toml
index 298a50b7831..44f9c200fbb 100644
--- a/tests/json/fixtures/self_valid.toml
+++ b/tests/json/fixtures/self_valid.toml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ name = "foobar"
 version = "0.1.0"
 description = ""
 authors = ["Your Name <you@example.com>"]
+requires-poetry = ">=2.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.requires-plugins]
 foo = ">=1.0"
diff --git a/tests/json/test_schema.py b/tests/json/test_schema.py
index edbbe50186b..9d8a791ccb9 100644
--- a/tests/json/test_schema.py
+++ b/tests/json/test_schema.py
@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@ def test_self_valid() -> None:
     assert Factory.validate(toml) == {"errors": [], "warnings": []}
 
 
+def test_self_invalid_version() -> None:
+    toml: dict[str, Any] = TOMLFile(FIXTURE_DIR / "self_invalid_version.toml").read()
+    assert Factory.validate(toml) == {
+        "errors": ["data.requires-poetry must be string"],
+        "warnings": [],
+    }
+
+
 def test_self_invalid_plugin() -> None:
     toml: dict[str, Any] = TOMLFile(FIXTURE_DIR / "self_invalid_plugin.toml").read()
     assert Factory.validate(toml) == {
diff --git a/tests/test_factory.py b/tests/test_factory.py
index dee66ba6a9f..5f36026aed1 100644
--- a/tests/test_factory.py
+++ b/tests/test_factory.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 from poetry.core.packages.package import Package
 from poetry.core.packages.vcs_dependency import VCSDependency
 
+from poetry.__version__ import __version__
 from poetry.exceptions import PoetryException
 from poetry.factory import Factory
 from poetry.plugins.plugin import Plugin
@@ -230,6 +231,23 @@ def test_create_poetry_non_package_mode(fixture_dir: FixtureDirGetter) -> None:
     assert not poetry.is_package_mode
 
 
+def test_create_poetry_version_ok(fixture_dir: FixtureDirGetter) -> None:
+    io = BufferedIO()
+    Factory().create_poetry(fixture_dir("self_version_ok"), io=io)
+
+    assert io.fetch_output() == ""
+    assert io.fetch_error() == ""
+
+
+def test_create_poetry_version_not_ok(fixture_dir: FixtureDirGetter) -> None:
+    with pytest.raises(PoetryException) as e:
+        Factory().create_poetry(fixture_dir("self_version_not_ok"))
+    assert (
+        str(e.value)
+        == f"This project requires Poetry <1.2, but you are using Poetry {__version__}"
+    )
+
+
 def test_poetry_with_default_source_legacy(
     fixture_dir: FixtureDirGetter, with_simple_keyring: None
 ) -> None: