diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index fb64d7b..e67248d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -32,3 +32,5 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         dotnet build
         dotnet test
+        # Pack production packages to validate compatibility
+        dotnet pack -p:ContinuousIntegrationBuild=true
diff --git a/RELEASING.md b/RELEASING.md
index 5993b43..4ef2774 100644
--- a/RELEASING.md
+++ b/RELEASING.md
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ The normal steps are expected to be:
 - The maintainer who creates and merges this change is also (by default) responsible for manually creating
   the GitHub release and (automatically) a corresponding tag. See below for the format of these.
 - NuGet packages are automatically created and pushed when the release is created.
+- After a minor or major release, the `PackageValidationBaselineVersion` is updated
+  to the new version number as the baseline for a future release to be compatible with.
 
 ## Stable package versioning
 
diff --git a/src/Directory.Build.props b/src/Directory.Build.props
index 0f81436..64c7440 100644
--- a/src/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/Directory.Build.props
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- 
       - We use the same version number for all stable
-      - packages. See PROCESSES.md for details.
+      - packages. See RELEASING.md for details.
       -->
     <Version>2.7.1</Version>
+    <PackageValidationBaselineVersion>2.7.0</PackageValidationBaselineVersion>
     
     <!-- Make the repository root available for other properties -->
     <RepoRoot>$([System.IO.Path]::GetDirectoryName($([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove('.gitignore', '$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)'))))</RepoRoot>
@@ -14,7 +15,9 @@
     <SignAssembly>True</SignAssembly>
     <Deterministic>True</Deterministic>
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors>True</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
-    <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
+    <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>    
+    <EnablePackageValidation>true</EnablePackageValidation>
+    <ApiCompatEnableRuleCannotChangeParameterName>true</ApiCompatEnableRuleCannotChangeParameterName>
     
     <!-- Package properties -->
     <AllowedOutputExtensionsInPackageBuildOutputFolder>$(AllowedOutputExtensionsInPackageBuildOutputFolder);.pdb</AllowedOutputExtensionsInPackageBuildOutputFolder>