diff --git a/shell-integration/fish/vendor_conf.d/kitty-shell-integration.fish b/shell-integration/fish/vendor_conf.d/kitty-shell-integration.fish
index 964385af9..47204ada9 100644
--- a/shell-integration/fish/vendor_conf.d/kitty-shell-integration.fish
+++ b/shell-integration/fish/vendor_conf.d/kitty-shell-integration.fish
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ end
 
 status is-interactive || exit 0
 not functions -q __ksi_schedule || exit 0
+# Check fish version 3.3.0+ efficiently and exit on outdated versions
+# "Warning: Update fish to version 3.3.0+ to enable kitty shell integration.\n"
+set -q fish_killring
+or echo -en "\eP@kitty-print|V2FybmluZzogVXBkYXRlIGZpc2ggdG8gdmVyc2lvbiAzLjMuMCsgdG8gZW5hYmxlIGtpdHR5IHNoZWxsIGludGVncmF0aW9uLgo=\e\\" && exit 0
 
 function __ksi_schedule --on-event fish_prompt -d "Setup kitty integration after other scripts have run, we hope"
     functions --erase __ksi_schedule