diff --git a/lib/facter/vault_version.rb b/lib/facter/vault_version.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f65de5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/facter/vault_version.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# Fact: vault_version
+#
+# Purpose: Retrieve vault version if installed
+#
+Facter.add(:vault_version) do
+    setcode do
+      if Facter::Util::Resolution.which('vault')
+        vault_server_version_output = Facter::Util::Resolution.exec('vault version')
+        match = vault_server_version_output.match(%r{Vault v(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)})
+        match ? match.captures.first : nil
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/manifests/install.pp b/manifests/install.pp
index c1a99e1..1b76965 100644
--- a/manifests/install.pp
+++ b/manifests/install.pp
@@ -19,7 +19,13 @@
         extract_path => $vault::bin_dir,
         source       => $vault::real_download_url,
         cleanup      => true,
-        creates      => $vault_bin,
+        creates      => $facts['vault_version'] ? {  # lint:ignore:selector_inside_resource
+          undef   => $vault_bin,
+          default => versioncmp($vault::version, $facts['vault_version']) > 0 ? {
+            true    => undef,
+            default => $vault_bin
+          }
+        },
         before       => File['vault_binary'],
       }