diff --git a/api/__mocks__/exam-environment-exam.ts b/api/__mocks__/exam-environment-exam.ts
index c871a92be0f..28eda433a2f 100644
--- a/api/__mocks__/exam-environment-exam.ts
+++ b/api/__mocks__/exam-environment-exam.ts
@@ -248,7 +248,8 @@ export const generatedExam: ExamEnvironmentGeneratedExam = {
         }
       ]
     }
-  ]
+  ],
+  version: 1
 };
 
 export const examAttempt: ExamEnvironmentExamAttempt = {
@@ -293,7 +294,8 @@ export const examAttempt: ExamEnvironmentExamAttempt = {
     }
   ],
   startTimeInMS: Date.now(),
-  userId: defaultUserId
+  userId: defaultUserId,
+  version: 1
 };
 
 export const examAttemptSansSubmissionTimeInMS: Static<
@@ -340,7 +342,8 @@ export const exam: ExamEnvironmentExam = {
   config,
   questionSets,
   prerequisites: ['67112fe1c994faa2c26d0b1d'],
-  deprecated: false
+  deprecated: false,
+  version: 1
 };
 
 export async function seedEnvExam() {
diff --git a/api/prisma/schema.prisma b/api/prisma/schema.prisma
index 86206e7365b..a4f17fe3f34 100644
--- a/api/prisma/schema.prisma
+++ b/api/prisma/schema.prisma
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ model ExamEnvironmentExam {
   prerequisites String[]                     @db.ObjectId
   /// If `deprecated`, the exam should no longer be considered for users
   deprecated    Boolean
+  /// Version of the record
+  /// The default must be incremented by 1, if anything in the schema changes
+  version       Int                          @default(1)
 
   // Relations
   generatedExams ExamEnvironmentGeneratedExam[]
@@ -313,6 +316,9 @@ model ExamEnvironmentExamAttempt {
   questionSets  ExamEnvironmentQuestionSetAttempt[]
   /// Time exam was started as milliseconds since epoch
   startTimeInMS Int
+  /// Version of the record
+  /// The default must be incremented by 1, if anything in the schema changes
+  version       Int                                 @default(1)
 
   // Relations
   user                          user                            @relation(fields: [userId], references: [id], onDelete: Cascade)
@@ -347,6 +353,9 @@ model ExamEnvironmentGeneratedExam {
   questionSets ExamEnvironmentGeneratedQuestionSet[]
   /// If `deprecated`, the generation should not longer be considered for users
   deprecated   Boolean
+  /// Version of the record
+  /// The default must be incremented by 1, if anything in the schema changes
+  version      Int                                   @default(1)
 
   // Relations
   exam           ExamEnvironmentExam          @relation(fields: [examId], references: [id], onDelete: Cascade)
@@ -549,6 +558,9 @@ model ExamEnvironmentExamModeration {
 
   /// Date the exam attempt was added to the moderation queue
   submissionDate DateTime @default(now()) @db.Date
+  /// Version of the record
+  /// The default must be incremented by 1, if anything in the schema changes
+  version        Int      @default(1)
 
   // Relations
   examAttempt ExamEnvironmentExamAttempt @relation(fields: [examAttemptId], references: [id], onDelete: Cascade)
diff --git a/api/src/exam-environment/routes/exam-environment.test.ts b/api/src/exam-environment/routes/exam-environment.test.ts
index e4e04c73e88..3e6698cd6e6 100644
--- a/api/src/exam-environment/routes/exam-environment.test.ts
+++ b/api/src/exam-environment/routes/exam-environment.test.ts
@@ -512,7 +512,9 @@ describe('/exam-environment/', () => {
           generatedExamId: generatedExam!.id,
           questionSets: [],
           // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment
-          startTimeInMS: expect.any(Number)
+          startTimeInMS: expect.any(Number),
+          // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment
+          version: expect.any(Number)
         });
       });
 
diff --git a/api/src/exam-environment/utils/exam-environment.test.ts b/api/src/exam-environment/utils/exam-environment.test.ts
index c86793735b7..7fe9682a9d5 100644
--- a/api/src/exam-environment/utils/exam-environment.test.ts
+++ b/api/src/exam-environment/utils/exam-environment.test.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
-import { ExamEnvironmentAnswer } from '@prisma/client';
+import {
+  ExamEnvironmentAnswer,
+  ExamEnvironmentQuestionType
+} from '@prisma/client';
 import { type Static } from '@fastify/type-provider-typebox';
 import {
   exam,
   examAttempt,
-  generatedExam
+  generatedExam,
+  oid
 } from '../../../__mocks__/exam-environment-exam';
 import * as schemas from '../schemas';
+import { setupServer } from '../../../jest.utils';
 import {
   checkAttemptAgainstGeneratedExam,
   checkPrerequisites,
@@ -408,3 +413,117 @@ describe('Exam Environment', () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe('Exam Environment Schema', () => {
+  setupServer();
+  describe('ExamEnvironmentExam', () => {
+    afterAll(async () => {
+      await fastifyTestInstance.prisma.examEnvironmentExam.deleteMany({});
+    });
+
+    it("If this test fails and you've deliberately altered the schema, then increment the `version` field by 1", async () => {
+      const configQuestionSets = [
+        {
+          numberOfCorrectAnswers: 0,
+          numberOfIncorrectAnswers: 0,
+          numberOfQuestions: 0,
+          numberOfSet: 0,
+          type: ExamEnvironmentQuestionType.MultipleChoice
+        }
+      ];
+      const tags = [
+        {
+          group: [''],
+          numberOfQuestions: 0
+        }
+      ];
+      const config = {
+        name: '',
+        note: '',
+        passingPercent: 0.0,
+        questionSets: configQuestionSets,
+        retakeTimeInMS: 0,
+        tags,
+        totalTimeInMS: 0
+      };
+
+      const questions = [
+        {
+          answers: [
+            {
+              id: oid(),
+              isCorrect: false,
+              text: ''
+            }
+          ],
+          audio: { captions: '', url: '' },
+          deprecated: false,
+          id: oid(),
+          tags: [''],
+          text: ''
+        }
+      ];
+      const questionSets = [
+        {
+          context: '',
+          id: oid(),
+          questions,
+          type: ExamEnvironmentQuestionType.MultipleChoice
+        }
+      ];
+      const data = {
+        config,
+        deprecated: false,
+        prerequisites: [oid()],
+        questionSets
+      };
+
+      await fastifyTestInstance.prisma.examEnvironmentExam.create({
+        data
+      });
+    });
+  });
+  describe('ExamEnvironmentGeneratedExam', () => {
+    afterAll(async () => {
+      await fastifyTestInstance.prisma.examEnvironmentGeneratedExam.deleteMany(
+        {}
+      );
+    });
+    it("If this test fails and you've deliberately altered the schema, then increment the `version` field by 1", async () => {
+      await fastifyTestInstance.prisma.examEnvironmentGeneratedExam.create({
+        data: {
+          deprecated: false,
+          examId: oid(),
+          questionSets: [
+            { id: oid(), questions: [{ answers: [oid()], id: oid() }] }
+          ]
+        }
+      });
+    });
+  });
+  describe('ExamEnvironmentExamAttempt', () => {
+    afterAll(async () => {
+      await fastifyTestInstance.prisma.examEnvironmentExamAttempt.deleteMany(
+        {}
+      );
+    });
+    it("If this test fails and you've deliberately altered the schema, then increment the `version` field by 1", async () => {
+      await fastifyTestInstance.prisma.examEnvironmentExamAttempt.create({
+        data: {
+          examId: oid(),
+          generatedExamId: oid(),
+          questionSets: [
+            {
+              id: oid(),
+              questions: [
+                { answers: [oid()], id: oid(), submissionTimeInMS: 0 }
+              ]
+            }
+          ],
+          startTimeInMS: 0,
+          userId: oid()
+        }
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/api/src/exam-environment/utils/exam-environment.ts b/api/src/exam-environment/utils/exam-environment.ts
index 8ea0a4bdd73..df02b3b9768 100644
--- a/api/src/exam-environment/utils/exam-environment.ts
+++ b/api/src/exam-environment/utils/exam-environment.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export function checkPrerequisites(
 
 export type UserExam = Omit<
   ExamEnvironmentExam,
-  'questionSets' | 'config' | 'id' | 'prerequisites' | 'deprecated'
+  'questionSets' | 'config' | 'id' | 'prerequisites' | 'deprecated' | 'version'
 > & {
   config: Omit<ExamEnvironmentExam['config'], 'tags' | 'questionSets'>;
   questionSets: (Omit<ExamEnvironmentQuestionSet, 'questions'> & {
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ export function userAttemptToDatabaseAttemptQuestionSets(
  */
 export function generateExam(
   exam: ExamEnvironmentExam
-): Omit<ExamEnvironmentGeneratedExam, 'id'> {
+): Omit<ExamEnvironmentGeneratedExam, 'id' | 'version'> {
   const examCopy = structuredClone(exam);
 
   const TIMEOUT_IN_MS = 5_000;