diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 38e1bceb..c6d74245 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ To depend on scala-parallel-collections in sbt, add this to your `build.sbt`:
 
 ```scala
 libraryDependencies +=
-  "org.scala-lang.modules" %% "scala-parallel-collections" % "1.0.0"
+  "org.scala-lang.modules" %% "scala-parallel-collections" % "1.0.1"
 ```
 
 In your code, adding this import:
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ libraryDependencies ++= {
     case Some((2, major)) if major <= 12 =>
       Seq()
     case _ =>
-      Seq("org.scala-lang.modules" %% "scala-parallel-collections" % "1.0.0")
+      Seq("org.scala-lang.modules" %% "scala-parallel-collections" % "1.0.1")
   }
 }
 ```
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 2109bdee..ace60ee8 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 Global / cancelable := true
 publish / skip := true // in root
 
+ThisBuild / versionScheme := Some("early-semver")
+ThisBuild / versionPolicyIntention := Compatibility.BinaryAndSourceCompatible
+
 lazy val commonSettings: Seq[Setting[_]] =
   ScalaModulePlugin.scalaModuleSettings ++ Seq(
     Compile / compile / scalacOptions --= (if (isDotty.value) Seq("-Xlint")
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 23b4142e..3e1e4ad5 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -47,4 +47,4 @@ 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 core/headerCheck ${projectPrefix}publishLocal $releaseTask
+sbt clean ${projectPrefix}test core/versionPolicyCheck core/headerCheck ${projectPrefix}publishLocal $releaseTask
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index f8f5ccd7..e47c7d18 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 addSbtPlugin("org.scala-lang.modules" % "sbt-scala-module" % "2.2.4")
+addSbtPlugin("ch.epfl.scala" % "sbt-version-policy" % "1.0.0-RC5")
 addSbtPlugin("ch.epfl.lamp" % "sbt-dotty" % "0.5.3")
-