diff --git a/.github/workflows/api-compat.yml b/.github/workflows/api-compat.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..559e473e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/api-compat.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: API Compatibility Check
+on:
+  pull_request:
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+jobs:
+  api-compat:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@f2beeb24e141e01a676f977032f5a29d81c9e27e # v5.1.0
+        with:
+          distribution: zulu
+          java-version: 17
+          cache: maven
+      - name: Check API Compatibility
+        run: mvn verify -P api-compat -DskipTests -Dgpg.skip=true
diff --git a/dev-bin/release.sh b/dev-bin/release.sh
index eec49397..6cf9b64c 100755
--- a/dev-bin/release.sh
+++ b/dev-bin/release.sh
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ mvn versions:set -DnewVersion="$version"
 perl -pi -e "s/(?<=<version>)[^<]*/$version/" README.md
 perl -pi -e "s/(?<=com\.maxmind\.minfraud\:minfraud\:)\d+\.\d+\.\d+([\w\-]+)?/$version/" README.md
 
+# Update japicmp.baselineVersion for API compatibility checking
+perl -pi -e "s/(<japicmp\.baselineVersion>)[^<]*(<\/japicmp\.baselineVersion>)/\${1}$version\${2}/" pom.xml
+
 cat README.md >>$page
 
 git diff
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3a516045..b12ac333 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -277,6 +277,8 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <!-- Baseline version for API compatibility checking. Update after each release. -->
+        <japicmp.baselineVersion>4.0.0</japicmp.baselineVersion>
     </properties>
 
     <reporting>
@@ -305,4 +307,68 @@
             <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
         </repository>
     </distributionManagement>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>api-compat</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <!-- Download baseline JAR directly from Maven Central for API comparison -->
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>3.1.0</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>download-baseline</id>
+                                <phase>package</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>run</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <target>
+                                        <mkdir dir="${project.build.directory}/japicmp"/>
+                                        <get src="https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/maxmind/minfraud/minfraud/${japicmp.baselineVersion}/minfraud-${japicmp.baselineVersion}.jar"
+                                             dest="${project.build.directory}/japicmp/baseline.jar"
+                                             skipexisting="false"/>
+                                    </target>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>com.github.siom79.japicmp</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>japicmp-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>0.25.1</version>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <oldVersion>
+                                <file>
+                                    <path>${project.build.directory}/japicmp/baseline.jar</path>
+                                </file>
+                            </oldVersion>
+                            <newVersion>
+                                <file>
+                                    <path>${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}.jar</path>
+                                </file>
+                            </newVersion>
+                            <parameter>
+                                <accessModifier>public</accessModifier>
+                                <breakBuildOnBinaryIncompatibleModifications>true</breakBuildOnBinaryIncompatibleModifications>
+                                <onlyBinaryIncompatible>false</onlyBinaryIncompatible>
+                                <onlyModified>true</onlyModified>
+                            </parameter>
+                        </configuration>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <phase>verify</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>cmp</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>