diff --git a/mmpose/__init__.py b/mmpose/__init__.py
index c499da88d0..dc812f996d 100644
--- a/mmpose/__init__.py
+++ b/mmpose/__init__.py
@@ -1,29 +1,27 @@
 # Copyright (c) OpenMMLab. All rights reserved.
 import mmcv
+import mmengine
+from mmengine.utils import digit_version
 
 from .version import __version__, short_version
 
-
-def digit_version(version_str):
-    digit_version = []
-    for x in version_str.split('.'):
-        if x.isdigit():
-            digit_version.append(int(x))
-        elif x.find('rc') != -1:
-            patch_version = x.split('rc')
-            digit_version.append(int(patch_version[0]) - 1)
-            digit_version.append(int(patch_version[1]))
-    return digit_version
-
-
 mmcv_minimum_version = '2.0.0rc0'
 mmcv_maximum_version = '2.1.0'
 mmcv_version = digit_version(mmcv.__version__)
 
+mmengine_minimum_version = '0.1.0'
+mmengine_maximum_version = '1.0.0'
+mmengine_version = digit_version(mmengine.__version__)
 
 assert (mmcv_version >= digit_version(mmcv_minimum_version)
         and mmcv_version <= digit_version(mmcv_maximum_version)), \
     f'MMCV=={mmcv.__version__} is used but incompatible. ' \
     f'Please install mmcv>={mmcv_minimum_version}, <={mmcv_maximum_version}.'
 
+assert (mmengine_version >= digit_version(mmengine_minimum_version)
+        and mmengine_version <= digit_version(mmengine_maximum_version)), \
+    f'MMEngine=={mmengine.__version__} is used but incompatible. ' \
+    f'Please install mmengine>={mmengine_minimum_version}, ' \
+    f'<={mmengine_maximum_version}.'
+
 __all__ = ['__version__', 'short_version']
diff --git a/mmpose/version.py b/mmpose/version.py
index 3f8c305f78..b4c1cb728e 100644
--- a/mmpose/version.py
+++ b/mmpose/version.py
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@
 
 
 def parse_version_info(version_str):
+    """Parse a version string into a tuple.
+
+    Args:
+        version_str (str): The version string.
+    Returns:
+        tuple[int | str]: The version info, e.g., "1.3.0" is parsed into
+            (1, 3, 0), and "2.0.0rc1" is parsed into (2, 0, 0, 'rc1').
+    """
     version_info = []
     for x in version_str.split('.'):
         if x.isdigit():
diff --git a/requirements/poseval.txt b/requirements/poseval.txt
index 3e2a59ec01..f4d95e1afa 100644
--- a/requirements/poseval.txt
+++ b/requirements/poseval.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 poseval@git+https://github.com/svenkreiss/poseval.git
+shapely==1.8.4