diff --git a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
index 1de20aaf3..360564cfb 100644
--- a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
+++ b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ object Defaults extends BuildCommon {
       crossVersion :== Disabled(),
       buildDependencies := Classpaths.constructBuildDependencies.value,
       version :== "0.1.0-SNAPSHOT",
+      versionScheme :== None,
       classpathTypes :== Set("jar", "bundle", "maven-plugin", "test-jar") ++ CustomPomParser.JarPackagings,
       artifactClassifier :== None,
       checksums := Classpaths.bootChecksums(appConfiguration.value),
@@ -2804,7 +2805,7 @@ object Classpaths {
       val report = (updateTask tag (Tags.Update, Tags.Network)).value
       val log = streams.value.log
       val ew =
-        EvictionWarning(ivyModule.value, (evictionWarningOptions in evicted).value, report)
+        EvictionWarning(ivyModule.value, (evicted / evictionWarningOptions).value, report)
       ew.lines foreach { log.warn(_) }
       ew.infoAllTheThings foreach { log.info(_) }
       ew
@@ -2922,13 +2923,20 @@ object Classpaths {
   }
 
   private[sbt] def defaultProjectID: Initialize[ModuleID] = Def.setting {
-    val base = ModuleID(organization.value, moduleName.value, version.value)
+    val p0 = ModuleID(organization.value, moduleName.value, version.value)
       .cross(crossVersion in projectID value)
       .artifacts(artifacts.value: _*)
-    apiURL.value match {
-      case Some(u) => base.extra(SbtPomExtraProperties.POM_API_KEY -> u.toExternalForm)
-      case _       => base
+    val p1 = apiURL.value match {
+      case Some(u) => p0.extra(SbtPomExtraProperties.POM_API_KEY -> u.toExternalForm)
+      case _       => p0
     }
+    val p2 = versionScheme.value match {
+      case Some(x) =>
+        VersionSchemes.validateScheme(x)
+        p1.extra(SbtPomExtraProperties.VERSION_SCHEME_KEY -> x)
+      case _ => p1
+    }
+    p2
   }
   def pluginProjectID: Initialize[ModuleID] =
     Def.setting {
diff --git a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Keys.scala b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Keys.scala
index c6b713386..504b69a74 100644
--- a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Keys.scala
+++ b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Keys.scala
@@ -508,6 +508,7 @@ object Keys {
   val packagedArtifact = taskKey[(Artifact, File)]("Generates a packaged artifact, returning the Artifact and the produced File.").withRank(CTask)
   val checksums = settingKey[Seq[String]]("The list of checksums to generate and to verify for dependencies.").withRank(BSetting)
   val forceUpdatePeriod = settingKey[Option[FiniteDuration]]("Duration after which to force a full update to occur").withRank(CSetting)
+  val versionScheme = settingKey[Option[String]]("""Version scheme used for the subproject: Supported values are Some("early-semver"), Some("pvp"), and Some("semver-spec")""").withRank(BSetting)
 
   val classifiersModule = taskKey[GetClassifiersModule]("classifiers-module").withRank(CTask)
   val compatibilityWarningOptions = settingKey[CompatibilityWarningOptions]("Configures warnings around Maven incompatibility.").withRank(CSetting)
diff --git a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/coursierint/CoursierInputsTasks.scala b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/coursierint/CoursierInputsTasks.scala
index 42eb7d173..9059f36ef 100644
--- a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/coursierint/CoursierInputsTasks.scala
+++ b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/coursierint/CoursierInputsTasks.scala
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import lmcoursier.definitions.{
 }
 import lmcoursier.credentials.DirectCredentials
 import lmcoursier.{ FallbackDependency, FromSbt, Inputs }
+import sbt.internal.librarymanagement.mavenint.SbtPomExtraProperties
 import sbt.librarymanagement.ivy.{
   FileCredentials,
   Credentials,
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ object CoursierInputsTasks {
       auOpt: Option[URL],
       description: String,
       homepage: Option[URL],
+      vsOpt: Option[String],
       log: Logger
   ): CProject = {
 
@@ -60,12 +62,16 @@ object CoursierInputsTasks {
     )
     val proj1 = auOpt match {
       case Some(au) =>
-        val props = proj0.properties :+ ("info.apiURL" -> au.toString)
-        proj0.withProperties(props)
+        proj0.withProperties(proj0.properties :+ (SbtPomExtraProperties.POM_API_KEY -> au.toString))
       case _ => proj0
     }
-    proj1.withInfo(
-      proj1.info.withDescription(description).withHomePage(homepage.fold("")(_.toString))
+    val proj2 = vsOpt match {
+      case Some(vs) =>
+        proj1.withProperties(proj1.properties :+ (SbtPomExtraProperties.VERSION_SCHEME_KEY -> vs))
+      case _ => proj1
+    }
+    proj2.withInfo(
+      proj2.info.withDescription(description).withHomePage(homepage.fold("")(_.toString))
     )
   }
 
@@ -80,6 +86,7 @@ object CoursierInputsTasks {
         apiURL.value,
         description.value,
         homepage.value,
+        versionScheme.value,
         streams.value.log
       )
     }
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index f6b238b17..2b5a340f9 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ object Dependencies {
   // sbt modules
   private val ioVersion = nightlyVersion.getOrElse("1.4.0-M6")
   private val lmVersion =
-    sys.props.get("sbt.build.lm.version").orElse(nightlyVersion).getOrElse("1.4.0-M1")
+    sys.props.get("sbt.build.lm.version").orElse(nightlyVersion).getOrElse("1.4.0-M2")
   val zincVersion = nightlyVersion.getOrElse("1.4.0-M8")
 
   private val sbtIO = "org.scala-sbt" %% "io" % ioVersion
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/evicted-semver-spec/build.sbt b/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/evicted-semver-spec/build.sbt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8824283f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/evicted-semver-spec/build.sbt
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+// ThisBuild / useCoursier := false
+ThisBuild / organization := "com.example"
+ThisBuild / scalaVersion := "2.12.11"
+ThisBuild / versionScheme := Some("semver-spec")
+
+def commonSettings: Seq[Def.Setting[_]] =
+  Seq(
+    ivyPaths := IvyPaths(
+      (ThisBuild / baseDirectory).value,
+      Some((LocalRootProject / target).value / "ivy-cache")
+    ),
+    csrCacheDirectory := (LocalRootProject / target).value / "cache",
+    fullResolvers := fullResolvers.value.filterNot(_.name == "inter-project"),
+    publishTo := Some(MavenCache("local-maven", (LocalRootProject / target).value / "local-maven")),
+    resolvers += MavenCache("local-maven", (LocalRootProject / target).value / "local-maven"),
+  )
+
+lazy val root = (project in file("."))
+  .settings(commonSettings)
+
+val `v1-0-0` = (project in file("v1.0.0"))
+  .settings(commonSettings)
+  .settings(
+    name := "semver-spec-test",
+    version := "1.0.0",
+  )
+
+val `v1-1-0` = (project in file("v1.1.0"))
+  .settings(commonSettings)
+  .settings(
+    name := "semver-spec-test",
+    version := "1.1.0",
+  )
+
+val middle = project
+  .settings(commonSettings)
+  .settings(
+    name := "middle",
+    version := "1.0.0",
+    libraryDependencies += "com.example" %% "semver-spec-test" % "1.0.0",
+  )
+
+val use = project
+  .settings(commonSettings)
+  .settings(
+    name := "use",
+    libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
+      "com.example" %% "semver-spec-test" % "1.1.0",
+      "com.example" %% "middle" % "1.0.0",
+    ),
+    TaskKey[Unit]("check") := {
+      val report = updateFull.value
+      val log = streams.value.log
+      val extraAttributes = (report.allModules flatMap { _.extraAttributes}) collect {
+          case ("info.versionScheme", v) => v
+        }
+      log.info(s"extraAttributes = $extraAttributes")
+      assert(extraAttributes.nonEmpty, s"$extraAttributes is empty")
+      val ew = EvictionWarning(ivyModule.value, (evicted / evictionWarningOptions).value, report)
+      assert(ew.directEvictions.isEmpty, s"${ew.directEvictions} is not empty")
+    },
+  )
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/evicted-semver-spec/test b/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/evicted-semver-spec/test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb5f0c784
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/evicted-semver-spec/test
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+> v1-0-0/publish
+> v1-1-0/publish
+> middle/publish
+
+> use/check
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/evicted-semver-spec/v1.0.0/LibraryTest.scala b/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/evicted-semver-spec/v1.0.0/LibraryTest.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fbfda9e74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/evicted-semver-spec/v1.0.0/LibraryTest.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package example
+
+trait Foo {}
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/evicted-semver-spec/v1.1.0/LibraryTest.scala b/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/evicted-semver-spec/v1.1.0/LibraryTest.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fbfda9e74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/evicted-semver-spec/v1.1.0/LibraryTest.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package example
+
+trait Foo {}