diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 4905a537..f7f3b98d 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -70,6 +70,6 @@ fuzz:
   cd fuzz && cargo +nightly fuzz run --sanitizer none resolver -- -only_ascii=1 -max_total_time=900
 
 release:
-  cargo binstall -y release-plz
+  cargo binstall -y release-plz cargo-semver-checks
   release-plz update
   just check
diff --git a/release-plz.toml b/release-plz.toml
index d90dab28..6e4ed0c6 100644
--- a/release-plz.toml
+++ b/release-plz.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 [workspace]
+semver_check = true
 allow_dirty = true # The "fixtures" is being marked as dirty.