diff --git a/everyvoice/tests/test_wizard.py b/everyvoice/tests/test_wizard.py
index 2fe032ac..568ada7c 100644
--- a/everyvoice/tests/test_wizard.py
+++ b/everyvoice/tests/test_wizard.py
@@ -1881,11 +1881,28 @@ def test_control_c_save_progress(self):
             changed_version = tmpdir / "changed-version"
             with open(changed_version, "w", encoding="utf8") as f:
                 f.write(progress_lines[0])
-                f.write(progress_lines[1].replace("\n", "changed\n"))
+                incremented_version = progress_lines[1][:-2] + str(
+                    int(progress_lines[1][-2:-1]) + 1
+                )
+                f.write(incremented_version + "\n")
+                f.write("".join(progress_lines[2:]))
+            tour = make_trivial_tour()
+            with patch_input("email@mail.com"), capture_stdout() as out:
+                tour.run(resume_from=changed_version)
+            self.assertRegex(out.getvalue(), r"(?s)expected.*to.*be.*compatible")
+            self.assertRegex(out.getvalue(), r"(?s)Proceeding.*anyway")
+            self.assertIn("Applying saved response", out.getvalue())
+            self.assertEqual(tour.state, self.trivial_tour_results)
+
+            # resume from a potentially incompatible older version
+            with open(changed_version, "w", encoding="utf8") as f:
+                f.write(progress_lines[0])
+                f.write("  - 0.1.2\n")
                 f.write("".join(progress_lines[2:]))
             tour = make_trivial_tour()
             with patch_input("email@mail.com"), capture_stdout() as out:
                 tour.run(resume_from=changed_version)
+            self.assertRegex(out.getvalue(), r"(?s)not.*fully.*compatible")
             self.assertRegex(out.getvalue(), r"(?s)Proceeding.*anyway")
             self.assertIn("Applying saved response", out.getvalue())
             self.assertEqual(tour.state, self.trivial_tour_results)
diff --git a/everyvoice/wizard/tour.py b/everyvoice/wizard/tour.py
index 8f40d4f0..3042e2ce 100644
--- a/everyvoice/wizard/tour.py
+++ b/everyvoice/wizard/tour.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import questionary
 import yaml
 from anytree import PreOrderIter, RenderTree
+from packaging.version import Version
 from rich import print as rich_print
 from rich.panel import Panel
 
@@ -305,12 +306,27 @@ def resume(self, resume_from: Path) -> Optional[Step]:
 
         q_and_a_iter = iter(q_and_a_list)
         software, version = next(q_and_a_iter)
+        # When we introduce breaking changes to the wizard question sequence, code
+        # is to be added here to automatically fix resume-from files, adding defaults
+        # for new questions if possible, or else giving a warning explaining what needs
+        # to be changed if auto upgrade is not possible.
+        # Regression testing should warn us when such auto-upgrade code is required here.
+        compatible_since = Version("0.2.0a0")
         if software != "EveryVoice Wizard" or version != VERSION:
-            rich_print(
-                f"[yellow]Warning: saved progress file is for {software} version '{version}', "
-                f"but this is version '{VERSION}'. Proceeding anyway, but be aware that "
-                "the saved responses may not be compatible.[/yellow]"
-            )
+            if Version(version) >= compatible_since:
+                rich_print(
+                    f"[yellow]Warning: saved progress file is for {software} version '{version}', "
+                    f"but this is version '{VERSION}', which is expected to be compatible. "
+                    "Proceeding anyway, but be aware that some things may have changed "
+                    "between versions.[/yellow]"
+                )
+            else:
+                rich_print(
+                    f"[yellow]Warning: saved progress file is for {software} version '{version}', "
+                    f"but this is version '{VERSION}', which is not fully compatible. "
+                    "Proceeding anyway, but be aware that some saved responses may no "
+                    "longer be compatible.[/yellow]"
+                )
         q_and_a = next(q_and_a_iter, None)
         node = self.root
         while node is not None and q_and_a is not None:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1bd2cb95..77dbd364 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "merge-args",
   "nltk==3.9.1",
   "numpy<2",                       # torch < 2.4.1 requires numpy < 2 but fails to declare it
+  "packaging>=20.9",
   "pandas~=2.0",
   "panphon==0.20.0",
   "protobuf~=4.25",                # https://github.com/EveryVoiceTTS/EveryVoice/issues/387