diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 253833bb..18e75a87 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Change Log - PowerBI Visual Tools (pbiviz)
 
 This page contains information about changes to the PowerBI Visual Tools (pbiviz).
+## 7.2.0
+* Added a pre-build validation that fails with an error when the visual version contains parts with leading zeros (rejected by the Power BI marketplace package acceptance check).
 
 ## 7.1.2
 * Npm audit fixes.
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index f7e79546..d98a6569 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "powerbi-visuals-tools",
-  "version": "7.1.2",
+  "version": "7.2.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "powerbi-visuals-tools",
-      "version": "7.1.2",
+      "version": "7.2.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.25.3",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9f45ef5a..90ccd920 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "powerbi-visuals-tools",
-  "version": "7.1.2",
+  "version": "7.2.0",
   "description": "Command line tool for creating and publishing visuals for Power BI",
   "main": "./bin/pbiviz.js",
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/spec/unit/FeatureManagerSpec.js b/spec/unit/FeatureManagerSpec.js
index 13dbfd90..9958cf3d 100644
--- a/spec/unit/FeatureManagerSpec.js
+++ b/spec/unit/FeatureManagerSpec.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const config = await readJsonFromRoot('config.json');
 
 describe("Features", () => {
     describe("Visual", () => {
-        const { APIVersion, VisualVersion, AuthorInfo } = features;
+        const { APIVersion, VisualVersion, VisualVersionLeadingZeros, AuthorInfo } = features;
         it("Should support API Version", () => {
             const Visual = {
                 doesAPIVersionMatch: (minVersion) =>  {
@@ -58,6 +58,48 @@ describe("Features", () => {
             expect(VisualVersion.isSupported(Visual)).toBeTrue;
         });
 
+        describe("VisualVersionLeadingZeros", () => {
+            it("Should support when version has no leading zeros", () => {
+                const capabilities = {};
+                const visualConfig = {
+                    visual: { version: "1.16.345.1" },
+                    apiVersion: "5.3.0"
+                };
+                const visual = new Visual(capabilities, visualConfig);
+                expect(VisualVersionLeadingZeros.isSupported(visual)).toBeTrue();
+            });
+
+            it("Should support when version parts are single zeros", () => {
+                const capabilities = {};
+                const visualConfig = {
+                    visual: { version: "1.0.0.0" },
+                    apiVersion: "5.3.0"
+                };
+                const visual = new Visual(capabilities, visualConfig);
+                expect(VisualVersionLeadingZeros.isSupported(visual)).toBeTrue();
+            });
+
+            it("Should not support when a version part has a leading zero", () => {
+                const capabilities = {};
+                const visualConfig = {
+                    visual: { version: "1.16.0345.1" },
+                    apiVersion: "5.3.0"
+                };
+                const visual = new Visual(capabilities, visualConfig);
+                expect(VisualVersionLeadingZeros.isSupported(visual)).toBeFalse();
+            });
+
+            it("Should not support when multiple version parts have leading zeros", () => {
+                const capabilities = {};
+                const visualConfig = {
+                    visual: { version: "01.02.03.04" },
+                    apiVersion: "5.3.0"
+                };
+                const visual = new Visual(capabilities, visualConfig);
+                expect(VisualVersionLeadingZeros.isSupported(visual)).toBeFalse();
+            });
+        });
+
         describe("AuthorInfo", () => {
             it("Should support when author object is defined", () => {
                 const capabilities = {};
diff --git a/src/Visual.ts b/src/Visual.ts
index 343ba7d4..f94a1a97 100644
--- a/src/Visual.ts
+++ b/src/Visual.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ export class Visual {
         return this.visualVersion.split(".").length === length
     }
 
+    public hasVisualVersionLeadingZeros() {
+        return this.visualVersion.split(".").some(part => /^0\d+/.test(part));
+    }
+
     public isAuthorDefined() {
         const author = this.config?.author;
         const emailRegex = /^[a-zA-Z0-9._%+\-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.\-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}$/;
diff --git a/src/features/VisualVersionLeadingZeros.ts b/src/features/VisualVersionLeadingZeros.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6f700822
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/VisualVersionLeadingZeros.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { Visual } from "../Visual.js";
+import BaseFeature from "./BaseFeature.js";
+import { Severity, Stage, VisualFeatureType } from "./FeatureTypes.js";
+
+export default class VisualVersionLeadingZeros implements BaseFeature {
+    public static featureName = "Visual version leading zeros"
+    public static errorMessage = `${this.featureName} - version parts must not contain leading zeros (e.g. use 1.2.3.4 instead of 1.2.03.4). Update the pbiviz.json file. Versions with leading zeros are rejected by the Power BI marketplace package acceptance check.`
+    public static severity = Severity.Error
+    public static stage = Stage.PreBuild
+    public static visualFeatureType = VisualFeatureType.All
+    public static certificationRequired = true
+
+    static isSupported(visual: Visual) {
+        return !visual.hasVisualVersionLeadingZeros()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/features/index.ts b/src/features/index.ts
index b3546611..e60ea9d7 100644
--- a/src/features/index.ts
+++ b/src/features/index.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import TotalSubTotal from './TotalSubTotal.js'
 import WarningIcon from './WarningIcon.js'
 import APIVersion from './APIVersion.js'
 import VisualVersion from './VisualVersion.js'
+import VisualVersionLeadingZeros from './VisualVersionLeadingZeros.js'
 
 export { 
     AdvancedEditMode, AllowInteractions, AnalyticsPane, Bookmarks, 
@@ -34,5 +35,5 @@ export {
     HighlightData, KeyboardNavigation, LandingPage, LaunchURL,
     Localizations, LocalStorage, ModalDialog, RenderingEvents,
     SelectionAcrossVisuals, SyncSlicer, Tooltips, TotalSubTotal,
-    WarningIcon, APIVersion, VisualVersion, AuthorInfo
+    WarningIcon, APIVersion, VisualVersion, VisualVersionLeadingZeros, AuthorInfo
 }
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