diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 48b13da..40cafe8 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ lazy val mima = project
 
 lazy val `skip-duplicate-java-publish` = project
 
+lazy val `version-scheme` = project
+
 dependsOn(
   `scalac-options`,
   `detect-license`,
@@ -31,7 +33,8 @@ dependsOn(
   `publish-unidoc`,
   `detect-scala-organization`,
   `subdirectory-organization`,
-  `skip-duplicate-java-publish`
+  `skip-duplicate-java-publish`,
+  `version-scheme`
 )
 
 libraryDependencies += "com.lihaoyi" %% "sourcecode" % "0.2.7"
diff --git a/version-scheme/src/main/scala/com/thoughtworks/sbtBestPractice/versionScheme/DefaultVersionScheme.scala b/version-scheme/src/main/scala/com/thoughtworks/sbtBestPractice/versionScheme/DefaultVersionScheme.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6e6a19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version-scheme/src/main/scala/com/thoughtworks/sbtBestPractice/versionScheme/DefaultVersionScheme.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package com.thoughtworks.sbtBestPractice.versionScheme
+
+import sbt.AutoPlugin
+import sbt._, Keys._
+
+object DefaultVersionScheme extends AutoPlugin {
+  override def trigger = allRequirements
+  override def buildSettings = Seq(ThisBuild / versionScheme := Some(VersionScheme.SemVerSpec))
+}