diff --git a/server/routers/newt/handleNewtPingMessage.ts b/server/routers/newt/handleNewtPingMessage.ts
index 86489bd67..13052dcc1 100644
--- a/server/routers/newt/handleNewtPingMessage.ts
+++ b/server/routers/newt/handleNewtPingMessage.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,21 @@ import { Newt } from "@server/db";
 import { eq } from "drizzle-orm";
 import logger from "@server/logger";
 import { sendNewtSyncMessage } from "./sync";
+import semver from "semver";
 import { recordSitePing } from "./pingAccumulator";
 
+const NEWT_SUPPORTS_SYNC_VERSION = ">=1.14.0";
+const PONG = {
+    message: {
+        type: "pong",
+        data: {
+            timestamp: new Date().toISOString()
+        }
+    },
+    broadcast: false,
+    excludeSender: false
+};
+
 /**
  * Handles ping messages from newt clients.
  *
@@ -37,6 +50,14 @@ export const handleNewtPingMessage: MessageHandler = async (context) => {
     // cross-region latency to the database.
     recordSitePing(newt.siteId);
 
+    if (
+        newt.version &&
+        !semver.satisfies(newt.version, NEWT_SUPPORTS_SYNC_VERSION)
+    ) {
+        // Newt does not support the sync message so not checking - stop here -
+        return PONG;
+    }
+
     // Check config version and sync if stale.
     const configVersion = await getClientConfigVersion(newt.newtId);
 
@@ -65,14 +86,5 @@ export const handleNewtPingMessage: MessageHandler = async (context) => {
         await sendNewtSyncMessage(newt, site);
     }
 
-    return {
-        message: {
-            type: "pong",
-            data: {
-                timestamp: new Date().toISOString()
-            }
-        },
-        broadcast: false,
-        excludeSender: false
-    };
+    return PONG;
 };
diff --git a/server/routers/newt/sync.ts b/server/routers/newt/sync.ts
index 6c3ab0a0f..30e2d59f8 100644
--- a/server/routers/newt/sync.ts
+++ b/server/routers/newt/sync.ts
@@ -9,45 +9,45 @@ import {
 import { canCompress } from "@server/lib/clientVersionChecks";
 
 export async function sendNewtSyncMessage(newt: Newt, site: Site) {
-    // const {
-    //     tcpTargets,
-    //     udpTargets,
-    //     validHealthCheckTargets,
-    //     browserGatewayTargets,
-    //     remoteExitNodeSubnets
-    // } = await buildTargetConfigurationForNewtClient(site.siteId);
-    // let exitNode: ExitNode | undefined;
-    // if (site.exitNodeId) {
-    //     [exitNode] = await db
-    //         .select()
-    //         .from(exitNodes)
-    //         .where(eq(exitNodes.exitNodeId, site.exitNodeId))
-    //         .limit(1);
-    // }
-    // const { peers, targets } = await buildClientConfigurationForNewtClient(
-    //     site,
-    //     exitNode
-    // );
-    // await sendToClient(
-    //     newt.newtId,
-    //     {
-    //         type: "newt/sync",
-    //         data: {
-    //             proxyTargets: {
-    //                 udp: udpTargets,
-    //                 tcp: tcpTargets
-    //             },
-    //             healthCheckTargets: validHealthCheckTargets,
-    //             peers: peers,
-    //             clientTargets: targets,
-    //             browserGatewayTargets: browserGatewayTargets,
-    //             remoteExitNodeSubnets: remoteExitNodeSubnets
-    //         }
-    //     },
-    //     {
-    //         compress: canCompress(newt.version, "newt")
-    //     }
-    // ).catch((error) => {
-    //     logger.warn(`Error sending newt sync message:`, error);
-    // });
+    const {
+        tcpTargets,
+        udpTargets,
+        validHealthCheckTargets,
+        browserGatewayTargets,
+        remoteExitNodeSubnets
+    } = await buildTargetConfigurationForNewtClient(site.siteId);
+    let exitNode: ExitNode | undefined;
+    if (site.exitNodeId) {
+        [exitNode] = await db
+            .select()
+            .from(exitNodes)
+            .where(eq(exitNodes.exitNodeId, site.exitNodeId))
+            .limit(1);
+    }
+    const { peers, targets } = await buildClientConfigurationForNewtClient(
+        site,
+        exitNode
+    );
+    await sendToClient(
+        newt.newtId,
+        {
+            type: "newt/sync",
+            data: {
+                proxyTargets: {
+                    udp: udpTargets,
+                    tcp: tcpTargets
+                },
+                healthCheckTargets: validHealthCheckTargets,
+                peers: peers,
+                clientTargets: targets,
+                browserGatewayTargets: browserGatewayTargets,
+                remoteExitNodeSubnets: remoteExitNodeSubnets
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            compress: canCompress(newt.version, "newt")
+        }
+    ).catch((error) => {
+        logger.warn(`Error sending newt sync message:`, error);
+    });
 }