diff --git a/io_scene_fbx/__init__.py b/io_scene_fbx/__init__.py
index e9180ea27f0fc8c7e68ba27ccdb4f7e534f3351c..661955bc1567c672b5c7bafee7150879c8743619 100644
--- a/io_scene_fbx/__init__.py
+++ b/io_scene_fbx/__init__.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 bl_info = {
     "name": "FBX format",
     "author": "Campbell Barton, Bastien Montagne, Jens Restemeier",
-    "version": (3, 7, 6),
+    "version": (3, 7, 7),
     "blender": (2, 77, 0),
     "location": "File > Import-Export",
     "description": "FBX IO meshes, UV's, vertex colors, materials, textures, cameras, lamps and actions",
diff --git a/io_scene_fbx/fbx2json.py b/io_scene_fbx/fbx2json.py
index 68ceb5b2d07926400fd1d65c62c8995d612b3b65..21b0fcc70f4370f8b074723fa0cdabaf246719a2 100755
--- a/io_scene_fbx/fbx2json.py
+++ b/io_scene_fbx/fbx2json.py
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ def parse(fn, use_namedtuple=True):
             raise IOError("Invalid header")
 
         fbx_version = read_uint(read)
+        if fbx_version >= 7500:
+            raise IOError("Unsupported FBX version (%d), binary format is incompatible!" % fbx_version)
 
         while True:
             elem = read_elem(read, tell, use_namedtuple)
diff --git a/io_scene_fbx/import_fbx.py b/io_scene_fbx/import_fbx.py
index 75a8db65d3296c0489d5c4d2331c1deef7d8e573..46cef68a1c568e323af1ed126f798d29f2700542 100644
--- a/io_scene_fbx/import_fbx.py
+++ b/io_scene_fbx/import_fbx.py
@@ -2250,11 +2250,11 @@ def load(operator, context, filepath="",
 
     try:
         elem_root, version = parse_fbx.parse(filepath)
-    except:
+    except Exception as e:
         import traceback
         traceback.print_exc()
 
-        operator.report({'ERROR'}, "Couldn't open file %r" % filepath)
+        operator.report({'ERROR'}, "Couldn't open file %r (%s)" % (filepath, e))
         return {'CANCELLED'}
 
     if version < 7100:
diff --git a/io_scene_fbx/parse_fbx.py b/io_scene_fbx/parse_fbx.py
index 87f8624ff6fcb42983a33c9eea784a981770f362..220d88e0a53376b440ad2b59f4b5326d4fee7901 100644
--- a/io_scene_fbx/parse_fbx.py
+++ b/io_scene_fbx/parse_fbx.py
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ def parse(fn, use_namedtuple=True):
             raise IOError("Invalid header")
 
         fbx_version = read_uint(read)
+        if fbx_version >= 7500:
+            raise IOError("Unsupported FBX version (%d), binary format is incompatible!" % fbx_version)
 
         while True:
             elem = read_elem(read, tell, use_namedtuple)