diff --git a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
index 638ccbe21..33fac9d1b 100755
--- a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
+++ b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ object Defaults extends BuildCommon {
       },
       crossVersion :== Disabled(),
       buildDependencies := Classpaths.constructBuildDependencies.value,
-      version :== "0.1-SNAPSHOT",
+      version :== "0.1.0-SNAPSHOT",
       classpathTypes :== Set("jar", "bundle") ++ CustomPomParser.JarPackagings,
       artifactClassifier :== None,
       checksums := Classpaths.bootChecksums(appConfiguration.value),
diff --git a/notes/1.1.0/new-version-default.md b/notes/1.1.0/new-version-default.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9aabd112
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notes/1.1.0/new-version-default.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+### Improvements
+
+- Changes `version` setting default to `0.1.0-SNAPSHOT` for compatibility with Semantic Versioning
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/actions/package-delete-target/test b/sbt/src/sbt-test/actions/package-delete-target/test
index a04dd25bd..7fa1b3ae7 100644
--- a/sbt/src/sbt-test/actions/package-delete-target/test
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/actions/package-delete-target/test
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$ mkdir target/scala-2.12/delete-target_2.12-0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
-$ touch target/scala-2.12/delete-target_2.12-0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar/hello
+$ mkdir target/scala-2.12/delete-target_2.12-0.1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
+$ touch target/scala-2.12/delete-target_2.12-0.1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar/hello
 -> package
-$ exists target/scala-2.12/delete-target_2.12-0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar/hello
+$ exists target/scala-2.12/delete-target_2.12-0.1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar/hello