diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index d4a9625cd..4d2d4b58e 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ lazy val `lm-coursier-shaded` = project
   .enablePlugins(ShadingPlugin)
   .settings(
     shared,
+    Mima.settings,
     unmanagedSourceDirectories.in(Compile) := unmanagedSourceDirectories.in(Compile).in(`lm-coursier`).value,
     shading,
     shadingNamespace := "lmcoursier.internal.shaded",
diff --git a/project/build.properties b/project/build.properties
index 0cd8b0798..c0bab0494 100644
--- a/project/build.properties
+++ b/project/build.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-sbt.version=1.2.3
+sbt.version=1.2.8
diff --git a/scripts/travis.sh b/scripts/travis.sh
index f8f58288c..0dfa067de 100755
--- a/scripts/travis.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ sbtShading() {
 runLmCoursierTests() {
   # publishing locally to ensure shading runs fine
   ./metadata/scripts/with-test-repo.sh sbt \
-    ++$TRAVIS_SCALA_VERSION \
+    ++$TRAVIS_SCALA_VERSION! \
+    mimaReportBinaryIssues \
     lm-coursier-shaded/publishLocal \
     lm-coursier/test \
     "sbt-lm-coursier/scripted shared-$TEST_GROUP/*"