diff --git a/airbyte-ci/connectors/live-tests/README.md b/airbyte-ci/connectors/live-tests/README.md
index 4eed5ee0a8b50..87a9951a145b3 100644
--- a/airbyte-ci/connectors/live-tests/README.md
+++ b/airbyte-ci/connectors/live-tests/README.md
@@ -279,6 +279,11 @@ The traffic recorded on the control connector is passed to the target connector
 
 ## Changelog
 
+### 0.18.8
+
+Improve error message when failing to retrieve connection. 
+Ask to double-check that a sync ran with the control version on the selected connection.
+
 ### 0.18.7
 
 Improve error message when failing to retrieve connection.
diff --git a/airbyte-ci/connectors/live-tests/pyproject.toml b/airbyte-ci/connectors/live-tests/pyproject.toml
index 3e164b3bdb40a..411025b8042f2 100644
--- a/airbyte-ci/connectors/live-tests/pyproject.toml
+++ b/airbyte-ci/connectors/live-tests/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "live-tests"
-version = "0.18.7"
+version = "0.18.8"
 description = "Contains utilities for testing connectors against live data."
 authors = ["Airbyte <contact@airbyte.io>"]
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/airbyte-ci/connectors/live-tests/src/live_tests/commons/connection_objects_retrieval.py b/airbyte-ci/connectors/live-tests/src/live_tests/commons/connection_objects_retrieval.py
index 592a3825cd6b7..adcb1c6868cb1 100644
--- a/airbyte-ci/connectors/live-tests/src/live_tests/commons/connection_objects_retrieval.py
+++ b/airbyte-ci/connectors/live-tests/src/live_tests/commons/connection_objects_retrieval.py
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ def _get_connection_objects_from_retrieved_objects(
         )
     elif retrieved_source_docker_image.split(":")[1] != source_docker_image_tag:
         raise InvalidConnectionError(
-            f"The provided docker image tag ({source_docker_image_tag}) does not match the image tag for connection ID {connection_id}. Please double check that this connection is using the correct image tag. Connection URL: {connection_url}"
+            f"The provided docker image tag ({source_docker_image_tag}) does not match the image tag for connection ID {connection_id}. Please double check that this connection is using the correct image tag and the latest job ran using this version. Connection URL: {connection_url}"
         )
 
     return ConnectionObjects(