diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 92aef4f97..ae388a3e8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ math(EXPR DYLIB_CURRENT_VERSION_MAJOR "${LT_MAJOR} + ${LT_AGE} + 1")
 math(EXPR DYLIB_CURRENT_VERSION_MINOR "${LT_REVISION}")
 math(EXPR DYLIB_COMPAT_VERSION_MAJOR "${LT_MAJOR} + 1")
 set(DYLIB_CURRENT_VERSION "${DYLIB_CURRENT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${DYLIB_CURRENT_VERSION_MINOR}.0")
-set(DYLIB_COMPATIBILITY_VERSION "${DYLIB_COMPAT_VERSION_MAJOR}.0.0")
+set(DYLIB_COMPATIBILITY_VERSION "${DYLIB_CURRENT_VERSION}")
 
 # This list holds all generated headers.
 # To avoid generating them twice, these are added to a dummy target on which all sdl targets depend.
diff --git a/Xcode/SDL/SDL.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/Xcode/SDL/SDL.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 5a30009f2..f71afab9b 100644
--- a/Xcode/SDL/SDL.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/Xcode/SDL/SDL.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -9436,7 +9436,7 @@
 				CLANG_WARN__DUPLICATE_METHOD_MATCH = YES;
 				DEBUG_INFORMATION_FORMAT = "dwarf-with-dsym";
 				DEPLOYMENT_POSTPROCESSING = YES;
-				DYLIB_COMPATIBILITY_VERSION = 1.0.0;
+				DYLIB_COMPATIBILITY_VERSION = 2501.0.0;
 				DYLIB_CURRENT_VERSION = 2501.0.0;
 				DYLIB_INSTALL_NAME_BASE = "@rpath";
 				ENABLE_STRICT_OBJC_MSGSEND = YES;
@@ -9521,7 +9521,7 @@
 				CLANG_WARN_UNREACHABLE_CODE = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN__DUPLICATE_METHOD_MATCH = YES;
 				DEBUG_INFORMATION_FORMAT = dwarf;
-				DYLIB_COMPATIBILITY_VERSION = 1.0.0;
+				DYLIB_COMPATIBILITY_VERSION = 2501.0.0;
 				DYLIB_CURRENT_VERSION = 2501.0.0;
 				DYLIB_INSTALL_NAME_BASE = "@rpath";
 				ENABLE_STRICT_OBJC_MSGSEND = YES;
diff --git a/docs/release_checklist.md b/docs/release_checklist.md
index 33769949e..809a5012e 100644
--- a/docs/release_checklist.md
+++ b/docs/release_checklist.md
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
         * set first number in `DYLIB_CURRENT_VERSION` to
             (100 * *minor*) + 1
         * set second number in `DYLIB_CURRENT_VERSION` to 0
-        * if backwards compatibility has been broken,
-            increase `DYLIB_COMPATIBILITY_VERSION` (?)
+        * set `DYLIB_COMPATIBILITY_VERSION` to the same value
 
 * Run test/versioning.sh to verify that everything is consistent
 
diff --git a/test/versioning.sh b/test/versioning.sh
index 893727cf8..f0e8182ab 100755
--- a/test/versioning.sh
+++ b/test/versioning.sh
@@ -130,15 +130,6 @@ fi
 
 # For simplicity this assumes we'll never break ABI before SDL 3.
 dylib_compat=$(sed -Ene 's/.*DYLIB_COMPATIBILITY_VERSION = (.*);$/\1/p' Xcode/SDL/SDL.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj)
-ref='1.0.0
-1.0.0'
-
-if [ "$ref" = "$dylib_compat" ]; then
-    ok "project.pbxproj DYLIB_COMPATIBILITY_VERSION is consistent"
-else
-    not_ok "project.pbxproj DYLIB_COMPATIBILITY_VERSION is inconsistent"
-fi
-
 dylib_cur=$(sed -Ene 's/.*DYLIB_CURRENT_VERSION = (.*);$/\1/p' Xcode/SDL/SDL.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj)
 
 case "$ref_minor" in
@@ -155,10 +146,16 @@ esac
 ref="${major}.${minor}.0
 ${major}.${minor}.0"
 
+if [ "$ref" = "$dylib_compat" ]; then
+    ok "project.pbxproj DYLIB_COMPATIBILITY_VERSION is consistent"
+else
+    not_ok "project.pbxproj DYLIB_COMPATIBILITY_VERSION is inconsistent, expected $ref, got $dylib_compat"
+fi
+
 if [ "$ref" = "$dylib_cur" ]; then
     ok "project.pbxproj DYLIB_CURRENT_VERSION is consistent"
 else
-    not_ok "project.pbxproj DYLIB_CURRENT_VERSION is inconsistent"
+    not_ok "project.pbxproj DYLIB_CURRENT_VERSION is inconsistent, expected $ref, got $dylib_cur"
 fi
 
 echo "1..$tests"