diff --git a/lib/TAP/Parser.pm b/lib/TAP/Parser.pm
index 0cd93c22..32112bab 100644
--- a/lib/TAP/Parser.pm
+++ b/lib/TAP/Parser.pm
@@ -1257,10 +1257,9 @@ sub _make_state_table {
                         $ver_num = $DEFAULT_TAP_VERSION;
                     }
                     if ( $ver_num > $MAX_TAP_VERSION ) {
-                        $self->_add_error(
-                                "TAP specified version $ver_num but "
-                              . "we don't know about versions later "
-                              . "than $MAX_TAP_VERSION" );
+                        warn "TAP specified version $ver_num but ",
+                          "we don't know about versions later ",
+                          "than $MAX_TAP_VERSION\n";
                         $ver_num = $MAX_TAP_VERSION;
                     }
                     $self->version($ver_num);
diff --git a/t/parse.t b/t/parse.t
index 97db067d..51a722aa 100755
--- a/t/parse.t
+++ b/t/parse.t
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ BEGIN {
     }
 }
 
-use Test::More tests => 294;
+use Test::More tests => 292;
 use IO::c55Capture;
 
 use File::Spec;
@@ -757,26 +757,6 @@ END_TAP
     like pop @errors,
       qr/Explicit TAP version must be at least 13. Got version 12/,
       '... and trapped expected version error';
-
-    # now too high a version
-    $tap = <<'END_TAP';
-TAP version 14
-1..2
-ok 1 - input file opened
-ok 2 - Gandalf wins
-END_TAP
-
-    $parser = TAP::Parser->new( { tap => $tap } );
-
-    _get_results($parser);
-
-    @errors = $parser->parse_errors;
-
-    is @errors, 1, 'test too high version number';
-
-    like pop @errors,
-      qr/TAP specified version 14 but we don't know about versions later than 13/,
-      '... and trapped expected version error';
 }
 
 {