diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index d0e210e8..ae08a188 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ lazy val root = project.in(file("."))
   .aggregate(parserCombinatorsJVM, parserCombinatorsJS, parserCombinatorsNative)
   .settings(
     publish / skip := true,
+    ThisBuild / versionScheme := Some("early-semver"),
+    ThisBuild / versionPolicyIntention := Compatibility.BinaryAndSourceCompatible
   )
 
 lazy val parserCombinators = crossProject(JVMPlatform, JSPlatform, NativePlatform)
@@ -9,7 +11,11 @@ lazy val parserCombinators = crossProject(JVMPlatform, JSPlatform, NativePlatfor
   .settings(
     ScalaModulePlugin.scalaModuleSettings,
     name := "scala-parser-combinators",
-    scalaModuleMimaPreviousVersion := None,  // until we publish 1.2.0
+    scalaModuleMimaPreviousVersion := (CrossVersion.partialVersion(scalaVersion.value) match {
+      // pending resolution of https://github.com/scalacenter/sbt-version-policy/issues/62
+      case Some((3, _)) => None
+      case _            => Some("1.2.0-M2")
+    }),
 
     libraryDependencies += "junit" % "junit" % "4.13.2" % Test,
     libraryDependencies += "com.novocode" % "junit-interface" % "0.11" % Test,
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 8a1dde8c..4aa5cd2e 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -53,4 +53,4 @@ export CI_SNAPSHOT_RELEASE="${projectPrefix}publish"
 # for now, until we're confident in the new release scripts, just close the staging repo.
 export CI_SONATYPE_RELEASE="; sonatypePrepare; sonatypeBundleUpload; sonatypeClose"
 
-sbt clean ${projectPrefix}test ${projectPrefix}publishLocal $releaseTask
+sbt clean ${projectPrefix}test ${projectPrefix}versionPolicyCheck ${projectPrefix}publishLocal $releaseTask
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 808b305e..2d8f1468 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ addSbtPlugin("org.scala-js" % "sbt-scalajs" % scalaJSVersion)
 addSbtPlugin("org.portable-scala" % "sbt-scala-native-crossproject" % "1.0.0")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scala-native" % "sbt-scala-native" % scalaNativeVersion)
 
+addSbtPlugin("ch.epfl.scala" % "sbt-version-policy" % "1.0.0-RC5")
 addSbtPlugin("ch.epfl.lamp" % "sbt-dotty" % "0.5.3")