diff --git a/rust/src/lib.rs b/rust/src/lib.rs
index a9a83ac99d543..d48e6ff7a428a 100644
--- a/rust/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/src/lib.rs
@@ -514,6 +514,7 @@ pub trait SeleniumManager {
         }
         if !download_browser && !self.is_electron() {
             let major_browser_version = self.get_major_browser_version();
+            let original_browser_path = self.get_browser_path().to_string();
             match self.discover_browser_version()? {
                 Some(discovered_version) => {
                     if !self.is_safari() {
@@ -526,6 +527,16 @@ pub trait SeleniumManager {
                     if self.is_browser_version_specific()
                         && !self.get_browser_version().eq(&discovered_version)
                     {
+                        if !original_browser_path.is_empty() {
+                            return Err(anyhow!(format!(
+                                "The browser at {} has version {} but {} {} was requested; \
+                                 remove --browser-path to allow a browser download",
+                                original_browser_path,
+                                discovered_version,
+                                self.get_browser_name(),
+                                self.get_browser_version(),
+                            )));
+                        }
                         download_browser = true;
                     } else {
                         let discovered_major_browser_version = self
diff --git a/rust/tests/browser_tests.rs b/rust/tests/browser_tests.rs
index a0913e092c661..2162d4a865f2c 100644
--- a/rust/tests/browser_tests.rs
+++ b/rust/tests/browser_tests.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ use crate::common::{assert_output, get_selenium_manager, get_stdout};
 use exitcode::DATAERR;
 use rstest::rstest;
 use std::env::consts::OS;
+#[cfg(unix)]
+use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
 use std::path::Path;
 
 mod common;
@@ -160,3 +162,44 @@ fn invalid_browser_path_test() {
     .code(DATAERR)
     .failure();
 }
+
+#[cfg(unix)]
+fn create_fake_browser(version: &str) -> std::path::PathBuf {
+    let tmp = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("fake-chrome-{}", version.replace('.', "-")));
+    let script = format!("#!/bin/sh\necho 'Google Chrome {}'\n", version);
+    std::fs::write(&tmp, script).expect("Unable to write fake browser script");
+    std::fs::set_permissions(&tmp, std::fs::Permissions::from_mode(0o755))
+        .expect("Unable to set executable bit");
+    tmp
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg(unix)]
+fn browser_path_version_mismatch_test() {
+    let fake_browser = create_fake_browser("131.0.6778.264");
+    let mut cmd = get_selenium_manager();
+    let stdout = cmd
+        .args([
+            "--browser",
+            "chrome",
+            "--browser-path",
+            fake_browser.to_str().unwrap(),
+            "--browser-version",
+            "999.0.0.0",
+            "--debug",
+        ])
+        .assert()
+        .get_output()
+        .stdout
+        .clone();
+    let stdout_str = std::str::from_utf8(&stdout).unwrap();
+    // The mismatch is always reported, either as ERROR (no cached driver) or WARN (fallback used)
+    assert!(
+        stdout_str.contains("131.0.6778.264"),
+        "Should mention detected version"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        stdout_str.contains("999.0.0.0"),
+        "Should mention requested version"
+    );
+}