diff --git a/src/messages/css.js b/src/messages/css.js
index 78468c645f..6c33f1b8e4 100644
--- a/src/messages/css.js
+++ b/src/messages/css.js
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ export const CSS_SYNTAX_ERROR = {
 export const INVALID_SELECTOR_NESTING = {
   code: 'INVALID_SELECTOR_NESTING',
   message: i18n._('Invalid nesting of selectors found'),
-  description: i18n._(`Selectors should not be nested`),
+  description: i18n._(`Selector nesting is supported from firefox version 117.0
+  and above`),
 };
diff --git a/src/parsers/manifestjson.js b/src/parsers/manifestjson.js
index 32bd18f25b..7b4dae8f65 100644
--- a/src/parsers/manifestjson.js
+++ b/src/parsers/manifestjson.js
@@ -1285,6 +1285,19 @@ export default class ManifestJSONParser extends JSONParser {
     return apiPaths;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @typedef {Object} Metadata
+   * @property {string} id
+   * @property {number} manifestVersion
+   * @property {string} name
+   * @property {number} type
+   * @property {string} version
+   * @property {string} firefoxMinVersion
+   * @property {string} firefoxStrictMinVersion
+   * @property {Set<string>} experimentApiPaths
+   *
+   * @returns {Metadata}
+   */
   getMetadata() {
     return {
       id: this.getAddonId(),
@@ -1292,10 +1305,14 @@ export default class ManifestJSONParser extends JSONParser {
       name: this.parsedJSON.name,
       type: PACKAGE_EXTENSION,
       version: this.parsedJSON.version,
+      // This is the `strict_min_version` value set in the `manifest.json` file
+      // for Firefox for desktop.
       firefoxMinVersion:
         this.parsedJSON.applications &&
         this.parsedJSON.applications.gecko &&
         this.parsedJSON.applications.gecko.strict_min_version,
+      // This is the strict min *major* version for Firefox for desktop.
+      firefoxStrictMinVersion: firefoxStrictMinVersion(this.parsedJSON),
       experimentApiPaths: this.getExperimentApiPaths(),
     };
   }
diff --git a/src/rules/css/invalidNesting.js b/src/rules/css/invalidNesting.js
index 9667249e8c..dcb111f136 100644
--- a/src/rules/css/invalidNesting.js
+++ b/src/rules/css/invalidNesting.js
@@ -1,10 +1,24 @@
 import * as messages from 'messages';
 
+import { basicCompatVersionComparison } from '../../utils';
+
+const CSS_NESTING_MIN_VERSION = 117;
+
 export function invalidNesting(
   cssNode,
   filename,
-  { startLine, startColumn } = {}
+  { startLine, startColumn, addonMetadata } = {}
 ) {
+  if (
+    addonMetadata?.firefoxStrictMinVersion &&
+    !basicCompatVersionComparison(
+      CSS_NESTING_MIN_VERSION,
+      addonMetadata?.firefoxStrictMinVersion
+    )
+  ) {
+    return [];
+  }
+
   const messageList = [];
   if (cssNode.type === 'rule') {
     for (let i = 0; i < cssNode.nodes.length; i++) {
diff --git a/src/scanners/base.js b/src/scanners/base.js
index 4004c9b1bf..ef7121ac3f 100644
--- a/src/scanners/base.js
+++ b/src/scanners/base.js
@@ -27,6 +27,18 @@ export default class BaseScanner {
     throw new Error('scannerName is not implemented');
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @typedef {Object} ScannerOptions
+   * @property {import('../parsers/manifestjson').Metadata} addonMetadata
+   * @property {import('../collector').default} collector
+   * @property {string[]} disabledRules
+   * @property {string[]} existingFiles
+   * @property {boolean} privileged
+   *
+   * @param {string|Buffer|import('stream').Readable} contents
+   * @param {string} filename
+   * @param {ScannerOptions} options
+   */
   constructor(contents, filename, options = {}) {
     this.contents = contents;
     this.filename = filename;
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index 45c1d671b2..9795f7deb3 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -415,6 +415,11 @@ export function androidStrictMinVersion(manifestJson) {
   return version;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @param {*} versionAdded
+ * @param {number} minVersion
+ * @returns {boolean} true if versionAdded has a strictly greater major version than minVersion
+ */
 export function basicCompatVersionComparison(versionAdded, minVersion) {
   const asNumber = parseInt(versionAdded, 10);
   return !Number.isNaN(asNumber) && asNumber > minVersion;
diff --git a/tests/unit/rules/css/test.invalidNesting.js b/tests/unit/rules/css/test.invalidNesting.js
index cfbcf96781..a6c7dcf442 100644
--- a/tests/unit/rules/css/test.invalidNesting.js
+++ b/tests/unit/rules/css/test.invalidNesting.js
@@ -5,22 +5,48 @@ import { VALIDATION_WARNING } from 'const';
 import CSSScanner from 'scanners/css';
 
 describe('CSS Rule InvalidNesting', () => {
-  it('should detect invalid nesting', async () => {
-    const code = oneLine`/* I'm a comment */
+  it.each([60, 116])(
+    'should detect invalid nesting when firefoxStrictMinVersion=%s',
+    async (firefoxStrictMinVersion) => {
+      const code = oneLine`/* I'm a comment */
       #something {
         .bar {
           height: 100px;
         }
       }`;
-    const cssScanner = new CSSScanner(code, 'fakeFile.css');
+      const cssScanner = new CSSScanner(code, 'fakeFile.css', {
+        addonMetadata: {
+          firefoxStrictMinVersion,
+        },
+      });
 
-    const { linterMessages } = await cssScanner.scan();
-    expect(linterMessages.length).toEqual(1);
-    expect(linterMessages[0].code).toEqual(
-      messages.INVALID_SELECTOR_NESTING.code
-    );
-    expect(linterMessages[0].type).toEqual(VALIDATION_WARNING);
-  });
+      const { linterMessages } = await cssScanner.scan();
+      expect(linterMessages.length).toEqual(1);
+      expect(linterMessages[0].code).toEqual(
+        messages.INVALID_SELECTOR_NESTING.code
+      );
+      expect(linterMessages[0].type).toEqual(VALIDATION_WARNING);
+    }
+  );
+
+  it.each([117, 118])(
+    'should not report invalid nesting when firefoxStrictMinVersion=%s',
+    async (firefoxStrictMinVersion) => {
+      const code = oneLine`/* I'm a comment */
+      #something {
+        .bar {
+          height: 100px;
+        }
+      }`;
+      const cssScanner = new CSSScanner(code, 'fakeFile.css', {
+        addonMetadata: {
+          firefoxStrictMinVersion,
+        },
+      });
+      const { linterMessages } = await cssScanner.scan();
+      expect(linterMessages.length).toEqual(0);
+    }
+  );
 
   it('should not detect invalid nesting', async () => {
     const code = oneLine`/* I'm a comment */
diff --git a/tests/unit/test.utils.js b/tests/unit/test.utils.js
index 43b91aec51..17afae85db 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test.utils.js
+++ b/tests/unit/test.utils.js
@@ -602,6 +602,10 @@ describe('basicCompatVersionComparison', () => {
     expect(basicCompatVersionComparison('61', 60)).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it('should return false when version added is equal to min version', () => {
+    expect(basicCompatVersionComparison('61.5.2', 61)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   it('should return false when version added is smaller than min version', () => {
     expect(basicCompatVersionComparison('59', 60)).toBe(false);
   });