diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 9f22f8637..58dec7256 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "ChainRulesCore"
 uuid = "d360d2e6-b24c-11e9-a2a3-2a2ae2dbcce4"
-version = "1.12.1"
+version = "1.12.2"
 
 [deps]
 Compat = "34da2185-b29b-5c13-b0c7-acf172513d20"
diff --git a/src/projection.jl b/src/projection.jl
index 8eba26353..c99ce0c4d 100644
--- a/src/projection.jl
+++ b/src/projection.jl
@@ -380,11 +380,14 @@ end
 
 using LinearAlgebra: AdjointAbsVec, TransposeAbsVec, AdjOrTransAbsVec
 
-# UniformScaling can represent its own cotangent
-ProjectTo(x::UniformScaling) = ProjectTo{UniformScaling}(; λ=ProjectTo(x.λ))
-ProjectTo(x::UniformScaling{Bool}) = ProjectTo(false)
-(pr::ProjectTo{UniformScaling})(dx::UniformScaling) = UniformScaling(pr.λ(dx.λ))
-(pr::ProjectTo{UniformScaling})(dx::Tangent{<:UniformScaling}) = UniformScaling(pr.λ(dx.λ))
+if VERSION >= v"1.6"
+    # UniformScaling can represent its own cotangent
+    # but shouldn't on Julia 1.0, as rules in CR.jl were added only after mioving to 1.6
+    ProjectTo(x::UniformScaling) = ProjectTo{UniformScaling}(; λ=ProjectTo(x.λ))
+    ProjectTo(x::UniformScaling{Bool}) = ProjectTo(false)
+    (pr::ProjectTo{UniformScaling})(dx::UniformScaling) = UniformScaling(pr.λ(dx.λ))
+    (pr::ProjectTo{UniformScaling})(dx::Tangent{<:UniformScaling}) = UniformScaling(pr.λ(dx.λ))
+end
 
 # Row vectors
 ProjectTo(x::AdjointAbsVec) = ProjectTo{Adjoint}(; parent=ProjectTo(parent(x)))
diff --git a/test/projection.jl b/test/projection.jl
index 3e70772ac..badbbc3cb 100644
--- a/test/projection.jl
+++ b/test/projection.jl
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ struct NoSuperType end
     ##### `LinearAlgebra`
     #####
 
-    @testset "UniformScaling" begin
+    VERSION >= v"1.6" && @testset "UniformScaling" begin
         @test ProjectTo(I)(123) === NoTangent()
         @test ProjectTo(2 * I)(I * 3im) === 0.0 * I
         @test ProjectTo((4 + 5im) * I)(Tangent{typeof(im * I)}(; λ = 6)) === (6.0 + 0.0im) * I