diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 9289ea27..79b3402d 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 Global / cancelable := true
 publish / skip := true // in root
 
-ThisBuild / versionScheme := Some("early-semver")
-ThisBuild / versionPolicyIntention := Compatibility.BinaryAndSourceCompatible
-
 lazy val commonSettings: Seq[Setting[_]] =
   Seq(scalaModuleAutomaticModuleName := Some("scala.collection.parallel")) ++
   ScalaModulePlugin.scalaModuleSettings ++ Seq(
+    versionPolicyIntention := Compatibility.BinaryAndSourceCompatible,
     Compile / compile / scalacOptions --= (CrossVersion.partialVersion(scalaVersion.value) match {
       case Some((3, _)) => Seq("-Xlint")
       case _            => Seq()
@@ -22,7 +20,6 @@ lazy val core = project.in(file("core"))
   .settings(
     name := "scala-parallel-collections",
     Compile / doc / autoAPIMappings := true,
-    scalaModuleMimaPreviousVersion := Some("1.0.3"),
   )
 
 lazy val junit = project.in(file("junit"))
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 36404356..45d3925e 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ verPat="[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-[A-Za-z0-9-]+)?"
 tagPat="^v$verPat(#.*)?$"
 
 if [[ "$TRAVIS_TAG" =~ $tagPat ]]; then
+  versionCheckTask="versionCheck"
   releaseTask="ci-release"
   if ! isReleaseJob; then
     echo "Not releasing on Java $ADOPTOPENJDK with Scala $TRAVIS_SCALA_VERSION"
@@ -47,4 +48,4 @@ export CI_SNAPSHOT_RELEASE="${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 versionPolicyCheck core/headerCheck ${projectPrefix}publishLocal $releaseTask
+sbt clean ${projectPrefix}test core/headerCheck ${projectPrefix}publishLocal $versionCheckTask $releaseTask
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 486c4b9d..0401cc36 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-addSbtPlugin("org.scala-lang.modules" % "sbt-scala-module" % "2.3.1")
-addSbtPlugin("ch.epfl.scala" % "sbt-version-policy" % "1.2.1")
+addSbtPlugin("org.scala-lang.modules" % "sbt-scala-module" % "2.4.0")