diff --git a/plugins/devkit/intellij.devkit.workspaceModel/resources/intellij.devkit.workspaceModel.xml b/plugins/devkit/intellij.devkit.workspaceModel/resources/intellij.devkit.workspaceModel.xml
index 6e973336734a..fc8808180184 100644
--- a/plugins/devkit/intellij.devkit.workspaceModel/resources/intellij.devkit.workspaceModel.xml
+++ b/plugins/devkit/intellij.devkit.workspaceModel/resources/intellij.devkit.workspaceModel.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
     <notificationGroup id="Incompatible codegen api versions"
                        displayType="BALLOON"
                        key="notification.workspace.incompatible.codegen.api.versions"/>
+    <notificationGroup id="Different codegen api versions"
+                       displayType="BALLOON"
+                       key="notification.workspace.compatible.but.different.codegen.api.versions"/>
     <notificationGroup id="Workspace code generation not available"
                        displayType="BALLOON"
                        key="notification.workspace.code.generation.not.available"/>
diff --git a/plugins/devkit/intellij.devkit.workspaceModel/src/codegen/writer/CodeWriter.kt b/plugins/devkit/intellij.devkit.workspaceModel/src/codegen/writer/CodeWriter.kt
index f5338aad4224..2be9419e6a9e 100644
--- a/plugins/devkit/intellij.devkit.workspaceModel/src/codegen/writer/CodeWriter.kt
+++ b/plugins/devkit/intellij.devkit.workspaceModel/src/codegen/writer/CodeWriter.kt
@@ -238,7 +238,12 @@ object CodeWriter {
     val apiVersionFromDownloadedJar = getApiVersionFromManifest(codeGeneratorFromDownloadedJar::class.java)
     if (apiVersionInDevkit == null || apiVersionFromDownloadedJar == null) {
       val where = if (apiVersionInDevkit == null) "devkit plugin" else "codegen-impl"
-      DevKitWorkspaceModelBundle.message("notification.workspace.incompatible.codegen.api.versions.content.none", where)
+      val groupId = DevKitWorkspaceModelBundle.message("notification.workspace.code.generation.not.available")
+      val message = DevKitWorkspaceModelBundle.message("notification.workspace.incompatible.codegen.api.versions.content.none", where)
+      NotificationGroupManager.getInstance()
+        .getNotificationGroup(groupId)
+        .createNotification(title = groupId, message, NotificationType.ERROR)
+        .notify(project)
       return false
     }