diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 935e0348..b15a0515 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    standard (1.35.1)
+    standard (1.34.0.1)
       language_server-protocol (~> 3.17.0.2)
       lint_roller (~> 1.0)
-      rubocop (~> 1.62.0)
+      rubocop (~> 1.60)
       standard-custom (~> 1.0.0)
       standard-performance (~> 1.3)
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ GEM
     rake (13.0.6)
     regexp_parser (2.8.2)
     rexml (3.2.6)
-    rubocop (1.62.1)
+    rubocop (1.60.2)
       json (~> 2.3)
       language_server-protocol (>= 3.17.0)
       parallel (~> 1.10)
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ GEM
       rainbow (>= 2.2.2, < 4.0)
       regexp_parser (>= 1.8, < 3.0)
       rexml (>= 3.2.5, < 4.0)
-      rubocop-ast (>= 1.31.1, < 2.0)
+      rubocop-ast (>= 1.30.0, < 2.0)
       ruby-progressbar (~> 1.7)
       unicode-display_width (>= 2.4.0, < 3.0)
-    rubocop-ast (1.31.2)
-      parser (>= 3.3.0.4)
+    rubocop-ast (1.30.0)
+      parser (>= 3.2.1.0)
     rubocop-performance (1.20.1)
       rubocop (>= 1.48.1, < 2.0)
       rubocop-ast (>= 1.30.0, < 2.0)
diff --git a/lib/standard/cli.rb b/lib/standard/cli.rb
index 1c00e3cc..b6132189 100644
--- a/lib/standard/cli.rb
+++ b/lib/standard/cli.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require_relative "builds_config"
 require_relative "loads_runner"
+require_relative "prints_big_hairy_version_warning"
 
 module Standard
   class Cli
@@ -10,8 +11,8 @@ def initialize(argv)
     end
 
     def run
-      config = @builds_config.call(@argv)
-      @loads_runner.call(config.runner).call(config).to_i
+      PrintsBigHairyVersionWarning.new.call
+      exit 1
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/standard/prints_big_hairy_version_warning.rb b/lib/standard/prints_big_hairy_version_warning.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..982106bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/standard/prints_big_hairy_version_warning.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+module Standard
+  class PrintsBigHairyVersionWarning
+    WARNING = <<~MSG.gsub(/^ {6}/, "")
+      ============================================================================
+      = WARNING: You do not want to run this version of Standard!                =
+      ============================================================================
+
+      What's going on here?
+      ---------------------
+      Version 1.34.0 of Standard was set to depend on `~> 1.60' of RuboCop. This
+      constraint is too loose, and covers all minor versions of RuboCop 1.x.
+
+      "How do I fix this?", you might be asking.
+
+      How to fix this
+      ---------------
+      If you add a version specifier pinning `standard' to a version newer
+      than 1.35.1, Bundler will resolve appropriate versions of `standard',
+      `rubocop', and any other rubocop-dependent gems you may have installed.
+
+      1. Update your Gemfile to pin standard to be at least one such version:
+
+        gem "standard", ">= 1.35.1"
+
+      2. Run `bundle`, which will install and lock more appropriate versions
+
+        Example output:
+          Using rubocop 1.48.1 (was 1.49.0)
+          Using standard 1.26.0 (was 0.0.36)
+
+      This version (1.34.0.1) is an inoperative placeholder gem that exists
+      solely to print this message.
+
+      We're very sorry for this inconvenience!
+
+      ============================================================================
+      =                         END OF BIG SCARY WARNING                         =
+      ============================================================================
+    MSG
+
+    def call
+      warn WARNING
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/standard/version.rb b/lib/standard/version.rb
index 949922da..20cb353d 100644
--- a/lib/standard/version.rb
+++ b/lib/standard/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Standard
-  VERSION = Gem::Version.new("1.35.1")
+  VERSION = Gem::Version.new("1.34.0.1")
 end
diff --git a/standard.gemspec b/standard.gemspec
index 8930a766..3bcae8a4 100644
--- a/standard.gemspec
+++ b/standard.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 lib = File.expand_path("../lib", __FILE__)
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
 require "standard/version"
+require "standard/prints_big_hairy_version_warning"
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.name = "standard"
@@ -23,12 +24,14 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
   spec.metadata["rubygems_mfa_required"] = "true"
 
-  spec.add_dependency "rubocop", "~> 1.62.0"
+  spec.add_dependency "rubocop", "~> 1.60"
 
   spec.add_dependency "lint_roller", "~> 1.0"
   spec.add_dependency "standard-custom", "~> 1.0.0"
   spec.add_dependency "standard-performance", "~> 1.3"
 
+  spec.post_install_message = Standard::PrintsBigHairyVersionWarning::WARNING
+
   # not semver: first three are lsp protocol version, last is patch
   spec.add_dependency "language_server-protocol", "~> 3.17.0.2"
 end