diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
index 14dbe2a790a..b03820eecaa 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
@@ -1197,7 +1197,7 @@ instance.web.form.FormRenderingEngine = instance.web.form.FormRenderingEngineInt
         this.fvg = fvg;
         this.version = parseFloat(this.fvg.arch.attrs.version);
         if (isNaN(this.version)) {
-            this.version = 6.1;
+            this.version = 7.0;
         }
     },
     set_tags_registry: function(tags_registry) {
@@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@ instance.web.form.FormRenderingEngine = instance.web.form.FormRenderingEngineInt
     set_widgets_registry: function(widgets_registry) {
         this.widgets_registry = widgets_registry;
     },
-    // Backward compatibility tools, current default version: v6.1
+    // Backward compatibility tools, current default version: v7
     process_version: function() {
         if (this.version < 7.0) {
             this.$form.find('form:first').wrapInner('<group col="4"/>');
diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py
index f3b6dab9063..77ec010941c 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ from openerp import tools
 from openerp.http import request
 from openerp.osv import fields, osv, orm
 from openerp.tools import graph, SKIPPED_ELEMENT_TYPES
+from openerp.tools.parse_version import parse_version
 from openerp.tools.safe_eval import safe_eval as eval
 from openerp.tools.view_validation import valid_view
 from openerp.tools import misc
@@ -210,7 +211,8 @@ class view(osv.osv):
                     view_docs = view_docs[0]
                 validator = self._relaxng()
                 for view_arch in view_docs:
-                    if (view_arch.get('version') < '7.0') and validator and not validator.validate(view_arch):
+                    version = view_arch.get('version', '7.0')
+                    if parse_version(version) < parse_version('7.0') and validator and not validator.validate(view_arch):
                         for error in validator.error_log:
                             _logger.error(tools.ustr(error))
                         return False