diff --git a/pype/plugins/global/publish/validate_version.py b/pype/plugins/global/publish/validate_version.py
index c484c517bb..acc4923e7a 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/global/publish/validate_version.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/global/publish/validate_version.py
@@ -10,9 +10,14 @@ class ValidateVersion(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
     order = pyblish.api.ValidatorOrder
 
     label = "Validate Version"
+    hosts = ["nuke", "maya", "blender"]
 
     def process(self, instance):
-        version = int(instance.data.get("version"))
-        last_version = int(instance.data.get("lastVersion"))
+        version = int(instance.data.get("version")
+        latest_version = int(instance.data.get("latestVersion", 0))
 
-        assert (version != last_version), "This workfile version is already in published: database: `{0}`, workfile: `{1}`".format(last_version, version)
+        assert (version != latest_version), ("Version `{0}` that you are"
+                                           " trying to publish, already"
+                                           " exists in the"
+                                           " database `{1}`.").format(
+                                            version, latest_version)