diff --git a/.github/workflows/actions.yml b/.github/workflows/actions.yml
index 05c9d01f..bd8004e5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/actions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/actions.yml
@@ -18,13 +18,10 @@ jobs:
       - uses: coursier/cache-action@v6
       - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
-          java-version: "8"
+          java-version: "11"
           distribution: "temurin"
       - name: Run tests
-        run: |
-          echo '-XX:MaxRAMPercentage=95.0' >> .mill-jvm-opts
-          ./mill -i --disable-ticker __.js.__.resolvedIvyDeps
-          ./mill -i --disable-ticker __.js.__.publishArtifacts + __.js.__.compile + __.js.__.fastOpt + __.js.__.test
+        run: ./mill -i __.js.__.test
   test-native:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
@@ -32,13 +29,10 @@ jobs:
       - uses: coursier/cache-action@v6
       - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
-          java-version: "8"
+          java-version: "11"
           distribution: "temurin"
       - name: Run tests
-        run: |
-          echo '-XX:MaxRAMPercentage=95.0' >> .mill-jvm-opts
-          ./mill -i --disable-ticker __.native.__.resolvedIvyDeps
-          ./mill -i --disable-ticker __.native.__.publishArtifacts + __.native.__.compile + __.native.__.test
+        run: ./mill -i __.native.__.test
   test-jvm:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
@@ -46,13 +40,10 @@ jobs:
       - uses: coursier/cache-action@v6
       - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
-          java-version: "8"
+          java-version: "11"
           distribution: "temurin"
       - name: Run tests
-        run: |
-          echo '-XX:MaxRAMPercentage=95.0' >> .mill-jvm-opts
-          ./mill -i --disable-ticker __.jvm.__.resolvedIvyDeps
-          ./mill -i --disable-ticker  __.jvm.__.publishArtifacts + __.jvm.__.compile + __.jvm.__.test
+        run: ./mill -i __.jvm.__.test
   check-binary-compatibility:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
@@ -62,10 +53,10 @@ jobs:
       - uses: coursier/cache-action@v6
       - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
-          java-version: "8"
+          java-version: "11"
           distribution: "temurin"
       - name: Check Binary Compatibility
-        run: ./mill -i --disable-ticker __.mimaReportBinaryIssues
+        run: ./mill -i __.mimaReportBinaryIssues
 
   publish-sonatype:
     if: github.repository == 'com-lihaoyi/fastparse' && contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
@@ -73,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
       - test-jvm
       - test-js
       - test-native
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       MILL_SONATYPE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USERNAME }}
       MILL_SONATYPE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PASSWORD }}
@@ -90,4 +81,14 @@ jobs:
           distribution: 'temurin'
           java-version: 11
       - name: Publish to Maven Central
-        run: ./mill -i mill.scalalib.PublishModule/
+        run: ./mill -i mill.scalalib.SonatypeCentralPublishModule/
+
+      - name: Create GitHub Release
+        id: create_gh_release
+        uses: actions/create-release@v1.1.4
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # This token is provided by Actions, you do not need to create your own token
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
+          release_name: ${{ github.ref }}
+          draft: false
diff --git a/.mill-version b/.mill-version
deleted file mode 100644
index ac454c6a..00000000
--- a/.mill-version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0.12.0
diff --git a/build.mill b/build.mill
index 219dce07..73a8a176 100644
--- a/build.mill
+++ b/build.mill
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+//| mill-version: 1.0.0
+//| mill-jvm-opts: ["-XX:NonProfiledCodeHeapSize=500m", "-XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=1000m"]
+//| mvnDeps:
+//| - com.github.lolgab::mill-mima_mill1:0.2.0
 package build
 import mill._
 import scalalib._
@@ -5,13 +9,11 @@ import scalajslib._
 import scalanativelib._
 import publish._
 import mill.api.Result
-import mill.modules.Jvm.createJar
+import mill.util.Jvm.createJar
 
-import mill.scalalib.api.ZincWorkerUtil.isScala3
-import $ivy.`de.tototec::de.tobiasroeser.mill.vcs.version::0.4.0`
-import $ivy.`com.github.lolgab::mill-mima::0.0.23`
+import mill.javalib.api.JvmWorkerUtil.isScala3
 
-import de.tobiasroeser.mill.vcs.version.VcsVersion
+import mill.util.VcsVersion
 import com.github.lolgab.mill.mima._
 
 val scala3 = "3.3.3"
@@ -30,13 +32,13 @@ object fastparse extends Module{
   object js extends Cross[fastparseJsModule](crossVersions)
   trait fastparseJsModule extends FastparseModule with ScalaJSModule {
     def scalaJSVersion = scalaJS1
-    private def sourceMapOptions = T.task {
+    private def sourceMapOptions = Task.Anon {
       val vcsState = VcsVersion.vcsState()
       vcsState.lastTag.collect {
         case tag if vcsState.commitsSinceLastTag == 0 =>
           val baseUrl = pomSettings().url.replace("github.com", "raw.githubusercontent.com")
           val sourcesOptionName = if(isScala3(crossScalaVersion)) "-scalajs-mapSourceURI" else "-P:scalajs:mapSourceURI"
-          s"$sourcesOptionName:${T.workspace.toIO.toURI}->$baseUrl/$tag/"
+          s"$sourcesOptionName:${mill.api.BuildCtx.workspaceRoot.toIO.toURI}->$baseUrl/$tag/"
       }
     }
 
@@ -55,17 +57,17 @@ object fastparse extends Module{
 }
 
 trait FastparseModule extends CommonCrossModule with Mima{
-  def ivyDeps = Agg(
-    ivy"com.lihaoyi::sourcecode::0.4.0",
-    ivy"com.lihaoyi::geny::1.1.0"
+  def mvnDeps = Seq(
+    mvn"com.lihaoyi::sourcecode::0.4.0",
+    mvn"com.lihaoyi::geny::1.1.0"
   )
 
-  def compileIvyDeps =
-    if(isScala3(crossScalaVersion)) Agg.empty[Dep]
-    else Agg(ivy"org.scala-lang:scala-reflect:$crossScalaVersion")
+  def compileMvnDeps =
+    if(isScala3(crossScalaVersion)) Seq.empty[Dep]
+    else Seq(mvn"org.scala-lang:scala-reflect:$crossScalaVersion")
 
-  def generatedSources = T{
-    val dir = T.ctx().dest
+  def generatedSources = Task {
+    val dir = Task.ctx().dest
     val file = dir/"fastparse"/"SequencerGen.scala"
     // Only go up to 21, because adding the last element makes it 22
     val tuples = (2 to 21).map{ i =>
@@ -99,14 +101,14 @@ trait FastparseModule extends CommonCrossModule with Mima{
 
   override def scalacOptions =
     super.scalacOptions() ++
-      Agg.when(scalaVersion() != scala3)(
+      Seq(
         "-Xfatal-warnings",
         "-Xlint:unused",
         "-Wconf:cat=feature:s,cat=deprecation:s"
-      )
+      ).filter(_ => scalaVersion() != scala3)
 
   def mimaReportBinaryIssues() =
-    if (this.isInstanceOf[ScalaNativeModule] || this.isInstanceOf[ScalaJSModule]) T.command()
+    if (this.isInstanceOf[ScalaNativeModule] || this.isInstanceOf[ScalaJSModule]) Task.Command {}
     else super.mimaReportBinaryIssues()
 
   def mimaPreviousVersions = Seq(
@@ -117,7 +119,7 @@ trait FastparseModule extends CommonCrossModule with Mima{
   )
 
   def mimaPreviousArtifacts =
-    if (isScala3(crossScalaVersion)) Agg.empty[Dep]
+    if (isScala3(crossScalaVersion)) Seq.empty[Dep]
     else super.mimaPreviousArtifacts()
 
   def mimaBinaryIssueFilters = super.mimaBinaryIssueFilters() ++ Seq(
@@ -170,10 +172,10 @@ trait ExampleParseJvmModule extends CommonCrossModule{
   def moduleDeps = Seq(fastparse.jvm())
 
   object test extends ScalaTests with CommonTestModule{
-    def ivyDeps = super.ivyDeps() ++ Agg(
-      ivy"net.sourceforge.cssparser:cssparser:0.9.18",
-    ) ++ Agg.when(!isScala3(crossScalaVersion))(
-      ivy"org.scala-lang:scala-compiler:$crossScalaVersion"
+    def mvnDeps = super.mvnDeps() ++ Seq(
+      mvn"net.sourceforge.cssparser:cssparser:0.9.18",
+    ) ++ Option.when(!isScala3(crossScalaVersion))(
+      mvn"org.scala-lang:scala-compiler:$crossScalaVersion"
     )
   }
 }
@@ -202,24 +204,22 @@ trait CommonCrossModule extends CrossScalaModule with PublishModule with Platfor
     )
   )
 
-  def scalaDocPluginClasspath = T{ Agg[PathRef]() }
+  def scalaDocPluginClasspath = Task { Seq[PathRef]() }
 
-  def sources = T.sources {
-    super.sources() ++
-    Agg(PathRef(millSourcePath / "src-2.12+"))
-  }
+  def newSources = Task.Sources("src-2.12+")
+  def sources = Task { super.sources() ++ newSources() }
 }
 
-trait CommonTestModule extends ScalaModule with TestModule.Utest{
-  def ivyDeps = Agg(ivy"com.lihaoyi::utest::0.8.3")
+trait CommonTestModule extends ScalaModule with TestModule.Utest {
+  def mvnDeps = Seq(mvn"com.lihaoyi::utest::0.8.3")
 
   override def scalacOptions =
     super.scalacOptions() ++
-    Agg.when(scalaVersion() != scala3)(
+    Seq(
       "-Xfatal-warnings",
       "-Xlint:unused",
       "-Wconf:cat=feature:s,cat=deprecation:s"
-    )
+    ).filter(_ => scalaVersion() != scala3)
 }
 
 object perftests extends Module{
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ object perftests extends Module{
 
   object benchScala33 extends PerfTestModule {
     def scalaVersion0 = scala3
-    def sources = T.sources { bench2.sources() }
+    def sources = Task { bench2.sources() }
     def moduleDeps = Seq(
       scalaparse.jvm(scala3).test,
       pythonparse.jvm(scala3).test,
@@ -253,30 +253,30 @@ object perftests extends Module{
       pythonparse.jvm(scala212).test
     )
 
-    def ivyDeps = super.ivyDeps() ++ Agg(
-      ivy"org.json4s::json4s-ast:3.6.0",
-      ivy"org.json4s::json4s-native:3.6.0",
-      ivy"org.json4s::json4s-jackson:3.6.0",
-      ivy"io.circe::circe-parser:0.9.1",
-      ivy"io.argonaut::argonaut:6.2",
-      ivy"com.typesafe.play::play-json:2.6.9",
-      ivy"com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.9.4",
-      ivy"com.lihaoyi::ujson:1.1.0",
-      ivy"org.scala-lang.modules::scala-parser-combinators:1.1.1",
-      ivy"org.python:jython:2.7.1b3"
+    def mvnDeps = super.mvnDeps() ++ Seq(
+      mvn"org.json4s::json4s-ast:3.6.0",
+      mvn"org.json4s::json4s-native:3.6.0",
+      mvn"org.json4s::json4s-jackson:3.6.0",
+      mvn"io.circe::circe-parser:0.9.1",
+      mvn"io.argonaut::argonaut:6.2",
+      mvn"com.typesafe.play::play-json:2.6.9",
+      mvn"com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.9.4",
+      mvn"com.lihaoyi::ujson:1.1.0",
+      mvn"org.scala-lang.modules::scala-parser-combinators:1.1.1",
+      mvn"org.python:jython:2.7.1b3"
     )
   }
 
-  trait PerfTestModule extends ScalaModule with TestModule.Utest{
+  trait PerfTestModule extends ScalaModule with TestModule.Utest {
     def scalaVersion0: String
     def scalaVersion = scalaVersion0
     def scalacOptions = Seq("-opt:l:method")
-    def resources = T.sources{
-      Seq(PathRef(perftests.millSourcePath / "resources")) ++
-        fastparse.jvm(scalaVersion0).test.resources()
+    def newResources = Task.Sources(perftests.moduleDir / "resources")
+    def resources = Task {
+      newResources() ++ fastparse.jvm(scalaVersion0).test.resources()
     }
 
-    def ivyDeps = Agg(ivy"com.lihaoyi::utest::0.8.3")
+    def mvnDeps = Seq(mvn"com.lihaoyi::utest::0.8.3")
   }
 }
 
@@ -290,8 +290,8 @@ object demo extends ScalaJSModule{
     fastparse.js(scala213).test,
   )
 
-  def ivyDeps = Agg(
-    ivy"org.scala-js::scalajs-dom::0.9.8",
-    ivy"com.lihaoyi::scalatags::0.9.3"
+  def mvnDeps = Seq(
+    mvn"org.scala-js::scalajs-dom::0.9.8",
+    mvn"com.lihaoyi::scalatags::0.9.3"
   )
 }
diff --git a/mill b/mill
index d03a045c..22777fc7 100755
--- a/mill
+++ b/mill
@@ -1,51 +1,307 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
 
-# This is a wrapper script, that automatically download mill from GitHub release pages
-# You can give the required mill version with MILL_VERSION env variable
-# If no version is given, it falls back to the value of DEFAULT_MILL_VERSION
+# This is a wrapper script, that automatically selects or downloads Mill from Maven Central or GitHub release pages.
+#
+# This script determines the Mill version to use by trying these sources
+#   - env-variable `MILL_VERSION`
+#   - local file `.mill-version`
+#   - local file `.config/mill-version`
+#   - `mill-version` from YAML fronmatter of current buildfile
+#   - if accessible, find the latest stable version available on Maven Central (https://repo1.maven.org/maven2)
+#   - env-variable `DEFAULT_MILL_VERSION`
+#
+# If a version has the suffix '-native' a native binary will be used.
+# If a version has the suffix '-jvm' an executable jar file will be used, requiring an already installed Java runtime.
+# If no such suffix is found, the script will pick a default based on version and platform.
+#
+# Once a version was determined, it tries to use either
+#    - a system-installed mill, if found and it's version matches
+#    - an already downloaded version under ~/.cache/mill/download
+#
+# If no working mill version was found on the system,
+# this script downloads a binary file from Maven Central or Github Pages (this is version dependent)
+# into a cache location (~/.cache/mill/download).
+#
+# Mill Project URL: https://github.com/com-lihaoyi/mill
+# Script Version: 1.0.0-M1-21-7b6fae-DIRTY892b63e8
+#
+# If you want to improve this script, please also contribute your changes back!
+# This script was generated from: dist/scripts/src/mill.sh
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
 
 set -e
 
 if [ -z "${DEFAULT_MILL_VERSION}" ] ; then
-  DEFAULT_MILL_VERSION=0.11.12
+  DEFAULT_MILL_VERSION=1.0.0-RC1
 fi
 
-if [ -z "$MILL_VERSION" ] ; then
+
+if [ -z "${GITHUB_RELEASE_CDN}" ] ; then
+  GITHUB_RELEASE_CDN=""
+fi
+
+
+MILL_REPO_URL="https://github.com/com-lihaoyi/mill"
+
+if [ -z "${CURL_CMD}" ] ; then
+  CURL_CMD=curl
+fi
+
+# Explicit commandline argument takes precedence over all other methods
+if [ "$1" = "--mill-version" ] ; then
+    echo "The --mill-version option is no longer supported." 1>&2
+fi
+
+MILL_BUILD_SCRIPT=""
+
+if [ -f "build.mill" ] ; then
+  MILL_BUILD_SCRIPT="build.mill"
+elif [ -f "build.mill.scala" ] ; then
+  MILL_BUILD_SCRIPT="build.mill.scala"
+elif [ -f "build.sc" ] ; then
+  MILL_BUILD_SCRIPT="build.sc"
+fi
+
+# Please note, that if a MILL_VERSION is already set in the environment,
+# We reuse it's value and skip searching for a value.
+
+# If not already set, read .mill-version file
+if [ -z "${MILL_VERSION}" ] ; then
   if [ -f ".mill-version" ] ; then
-    MILL_VERSION="$(head -n 1 .mill-version 2> /dev/null)"
+    MILL_VERSION="$(tr '\r' '\n' < .mill-version | head -n 1 2> /dev/null)"
   elif [ -f ".config/mill-version" ] ; then
-    MILL_VERSION="$(head -n 1 .config/mill-version 2> /dev/null)"
-  elif [ -f "mill" ] && [ "$0" != "mill" ] ; then
-    MILL_VERSION=$(grep -F "DEFAULT_MILL_VERSION=" "mill" | head -n 1 | cut -d= -f2)
-  else
-    MILL_VERSION=$DEFAULT_MILL_VERSION
+    MILL_VERSION="$(tr '\r' '\n' < .config/mill-version | head -n 1 2> /dev/null)"
+  elif [ -n "${MILL_BUILD_SCRIPT}" ] ; then
+    MILL_VERSION="$(cat ${MILL_BUILD_SCRIPT} | grep '//[|]  *mill-version:  *' | sed 's;//|  *mill-version:  *;;')"
   fi
 fi
 
-if [ "x${XDG_CACHE_HOME}" != "x" ] ; then
-  MILL_DOWNLOAD_PATH="${XDG_CACHE_HOME}/mill/download"
-else
-  MILL_DOWNLOAD_PATH="${HOME}/.cache/mill/download"
+MILL_USER_CACHE_DIR="${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-${HOME}/.cache}/mill"
+
+if [ -z "${MILL_DOWNLOAD_PATH}" ] ; then
+  MILL_DOWNLOAD_PATH="${MILL_USER_CACHE_DIR}/download"
 fi
-MILL_EXEC_PATH="${MILL_DOWNLOAD_PATH}/${MILL_VERSION}"
 
-version_remainder="$MILL_VERSION"
-MILL_MAJOR_VERSION="${version_remainder%%.*}"; version_remainder="${version_remainder#*.}"
-MILL_MINOR_VERSION="${version_remainder%%.*}"; version_remainder="${version_remainder#*.}"
+# If not already set, try to fetch newest from Github
+if [ -z "${MILL_VERSION}" ] ; then
+  # TODO: try to load latest version from release page
+  echo "No mill version specified." 1>&2
+  echo "You should provide a version via a '//| mill-version: ' comment or a '.mill-version' file." 1>&2
+
+  mkdir -p "${MILL_DOWNLOAD_PATH}"
+  LANG=C touch -d '1 hour ago' "${MILL_DOWNLOAD_PATH}/.expire_latest" 2>/dev/null || (
+    # we might be on OSX or BSD which don't have -d option for touch
+    # but probably a -A [-][[hh]mm]SS
+    touch "${MILL_DOWNLOAD_PATH}/.expire_latest"; touch -A -010000 "${MILL_DOWNLOAD_PATH}/.expire_latest"
+  ) || (
+    # in case we still failed, we retry the first touch command with the intention
+    # to show the (previously suppressed) error message
+    LANG=C touch -d '1 hour ago' "${MILL_DOWNLOAD_PATH}/.expire_latest"
+  )
+
+  # POSIX shell variant of bash's -nt operator, see https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/449744/6993
+  # if [ "${MILL_DOWNLOAD_PATH}/.latest" -nt "${MILL_DOWNLOAD_PATH}/.expire_latest" ] ; then
+  if [ -n "$(find -L "${MILL_DOWNLOAD_PATH}/.latest" -prune -newer "${MILL_DOWNLOAD_PATH}/.expire_latest")" ]; then
+    # we know a current latest version
+    MILL_VERSION=$(head -n 1 "${MILL_DOWNLOAD_PATH}"/.latest 2> /dev/null)
+  fi
+
+  if [ -z "${MILL_VERSION}" ] ; then
+    # we don't know a current latest version
+    echo "Retrieving latest mill version ..." 1>&2
+    LANG=C ${CURL_CMD} -s -i -f -I ${MILL_REPO_URL}/releases/latest 2> /dev/null  | grep --ignore-case Location: | sed s'/^.*tag\///' | tr -d '\r\n' > "${MILL_DOWNLOAD_PATH}/.latest"
+    MILL_VERSION=$(head -n 1 "${MILL_DOWNLOAD_PATH}"/.latest 2> /dev/null)
+  fi
+
+  if [ -z "${MILL_VERSION}" ] ; then
+    # Last resort
+    MILL_VERSION="${DEFAULT_MILL_VERSION}"
+    echo "Falling back to hardcoded mill version ${MILL_VERSION}" 1>&2
+  else
+    echo "Using mill version ${MILL_VERSION}" 1>&2
+  fi
+fi
 
-if [ ! -s "$MILL_EXEC_PATH" ] ; then
-  mkdir -p "$MILL_DOWNLOAD_PATH"
-  if [ "$MILL_MAJOR_VERSION" -gt 0 ] || [ "$MILL_MINOR_VERSION" -ge 5 ] ; then
-    ASSEMBLY="-assembly"
+MILL_NATIVE_SUFFIX="-native"
+MILL_JVM_SUFFIX="-jvm"
+FULL_MILL_VERSION=$MILL_VERSION
+ARTIFACT_SUFFIX=""
+set_artifact_suffix(){
+  if [ "$(expr substr $(uname -s) 1 5 2>/dev/null)" = "Linux" ]; then
+    if [ "$(uname -m)" = "aarch64" ]; then
+      ARTIFACT_SUFFIX="-native-linux-aarch64"
+    else
+      ARTIFACT_SUFFIX="-native-linux-amd64"
+    fi
+  elif [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ]; then
+    if [ "$(uname -m)" = "arm64" ]; then
+      ARTIFACT_SUFFIX="-native-mac-aarch64"
+    else
+      ARTIFACT_SUFFIX="-native-mac-amd64"
+    fi
+  else
+     echo "This native mill launcher supports only Linux and macOS." 1>&2
+     exit 1
   fi
-  DOWNLOAD_FILE=$MILL_EXEC_PATH-tmp-download
-  MILL_VERSION_TAG=$(echo $MILL_VERSION | sed -E 's/([^-]+)(-M[0-9]+)?(-.*)?/\1\2/')
-  MILL_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/lihaoyi/mill-dist/$MILL_VERSION/mill-dist-$MILL_VERSION.jar"
-  curl --fail -L -o "$DOWNLOAD_FILE" "$MILL_DOWNLOAD_URL"
-  chmod +x "$DOWNLOAD_FILE"
-  mv "$DOWNLOAD_FILE" "$MILL_EXEC_PATH"
+}
+
+case "$MILL_VERSION" in
+    *"$MILL_NATIVE_SUFFIX")
+  MILL_VERSION=${MILL_VERSION%"$MILL_NATIVE_SUFFIX"}
+  set_artifact_suffix
+  ;;
+
+    *"$MILL_JVM_SUFFIX")
+    MILL_VERSION=${MILL_VERSION%"$MILL_JVM_SUFFIX"}
+  ;;
+
+    *)
+  case "$MILL_VERSION" in
+    0.1.*) ;;
+    0.2.*) ;;
+    0.3.*) ;;
+    0.4.*) ;;
+    0.5.*) ;;
+    0.6.*) ;;
+    0.7.*) ;;
+    0.8.*) ;;
+    0.9.*) ;;
+    0.10.*) ;;
+    0.11.*) ;;
+    0.12.*) ;;
+    *)
+      set_artifact_suffix
+  esac
+  ;;
+esac
+
+MILL="${MILL_DOWNLOAD_PATH}/$MILL_VERSION$ARTIFACT_SUFFIX"
+
+try_to_use_system_mill() {
+  if [ "$(uname)" != "Linux" ]; then
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  MILL_IN_PATH="$(command -v mill || true)"
+
+  if [ -z "${MILL_IN_PATH}" ]; then
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  SYSTEM_MILL_FIRST_TWO_BYTES=$(head --bytes=2 "${MILL_IN_PATH}")
+  if [ "${SYSTEM_MILL_FIRST_TWO_BYTES}" = "#!" ]; then
+	  # MILL_IN_PATH is (very likely) a shell script and not the mill
+	  # executable, ignore it.
+	  return 0
+  fi
+
+  SYSTEM_MILL_PATH=$(readlink -e "${MILL_IN_PATH}")
+  SYSTEM_MILL_SIZE=$(stat --format=%s "${SYSTEM_MILL_PATH}")
+  SYSTEM_MILL_MTIME=$(stat --format=%y "${SYSTEM_MILL_PATH}")
+
+  if [ ! -d "${MILL_USER_CACHE_DIR}" ]; then
+    mkdir -p "${MILL_USER_CACHE_DIR}"
+  fi
+
+  SYSTEM_MILL_INFO_FILE="${MILL_USER_CACHE_DIR}/system-mill-info"
+  if [ -f "${SYSTEM_MILL_INFO_FILE}" ]; then
+    parseSystemMillInfo() {
+        LINE_NUMBER="${1}"
+        # Select the line number of the SYSTEM_MILL_INFO_FILE, cut the
+        # variable definition in that line in two halves and return
+        # the value, and finally remove the quotes.
+        sed -n "${LINE_NUMBER}p" "${SYSTEM_MILL_INFO_FILE}" |\
+            cut -d= -f2 |\
+            sed 's/"\(.*\)"/\1/'
+    }
+
+    CACHED_SYSTEM_MILL_PATH=$(parseSystemMillInfo 1)
+    CACHED_SYSTEM_MILL_VERSION=$(parseSystemMillInfo 2)
+    CACHED_SYSTEM_MILL_SIZE=$(parseSystemMillInfo 3)
+    CACHED_SYSTEM_MILL_MTIME=$(parseSystemMillInfo 4)
+
+    if [ "${SYSTEM_MILL_PATH}" = "${CACHED_SYSTEM_MILL_PATH}" ] \
+           && [ "${SYSTEM_MILL_SIZE}" = "${CACHED_SYSTEM_MILL_SIZE}" ] \
+           && [ "${SYSTEM_MILL_MTIME}" = "${CACHED_SYSTEM_MILL_MTIME}" ]; then
+      if [ "${CACHED_SYSTEM_MILL_VERSION}" = "${MILL_VERSION}" ]; then
+          MILL="${SYSTEM_MILL_PATH}"
+          return 0
+      else
+          return 0
+      fi
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  SYSTEM_MILL_VERSION=$(${SYSTEM_MILL_PATH} --version | head -n1 | sed -n 's/^Mill.*version \(.*\)/\1/p')
+
+  cat <<EOF > "${SYSTEM_MILL_INFO_FILE}"
+CACHED_SYSTEM_MILL_PATH="${SYSTEM_MILL_PATH}"
+CACHED_SYSTEM_MILL_VERSION="${SYSTEM_MILL_VERSION}"
+CACHED_SYSTEM_MILL_SIZE="${SYSTEM_MILL_SIZE}"
+CACHED_SYSTEM_MILL_MTIME="${SYSTEM_MILL_MTIME}"
+EOF
+
+  if [ "${SYSTEM_MILL_VERSION}" = "${MILL_VERSION}" ]; then
+    MILL="${SYSTEM_MILL_PATH}"
+  fi
+}
+try_to_use_system_mill
+
+# If not already downloaded, download it
+if [ ! -s "${MILL}" ] || [ "$MILL_TEST_DRY_RUN_LAUNCHER_SCRIPT" = "1" ] ; then
+  case $MILL_VERSION in
+    0.0.* | 0.1.* | 0.2.* | 0.3.* | 0.4.* )
+      DOWNLOAD_SUFFIX=""
+      DOWNLOAD_FROM_MAVEN=0
+      ;;
+    0.5.* | 0.6.* | 0.7.* | 0.8.* | 0.9.* | 0.10.* | 0.11.0-M* )
+      DOWNLOAD_SUFFIX="-assembly"
+      DOWNLOAD_FROM_MAVEN=0
+      ;;
+    *)
+      DOWNLOAD_SUFFIX="-assembly"
+      DOWNLOAD_FROM_MAVEN=1
+      ;;
+  esac
+  case $MILL_VERSION in
+    0.12.0 | 0.12.1 | 0.12.2 | 0.12.3 | 0.12.4 | 0.12.5 | 0.12.6 | 0.12.7 | 0.12.8 | 0.12.9 | 0.12.10 | 0.12.11 )
+      DOWNLOAD_EXT="jar"
+      ;;
+    0.12.* )
+      DOWNLOAD_EXT="exe"
+      ;;
+    0.* )
+      DOWNLOAD_EXT="jar"
+      ;;
+    *)
+      DOWNLOAD_EXT="exe"
+      ;;
+  esac
+
+  DOWNLOAD_FILE=$(mktemp mill.XXXXXX)
+  if [ "$DOWNLOAD_FROM_MAVEN" = "1" ] ; then
+    DOWNLOAD_URL="https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/lihaoyi/mill-dist${ARTIFACT_SUFFIX}/${MILL_VERSION}/mill-dist${ARTIFACT_SUFFIX}-${MILL_VERSION}.${DOWNLOAD_EXT}"
+  else
+    MILL_VERSION_TAG=$(echo "$MILL_VERSION" | sed -E 's/([^-]+)(-M[0-9]+)?(-.*)?/\1\2/')
+    DOWNLOAD_URL="${GITHUB_RELEASE_CDN}${MILL_REPO_URL}/releases/download/${MILL_VERSION_TAG}/${MILL_VERSION}${DOWNLOAD_SUFFIX}"
+    unset MILL_VERSION_TAG
+  fi
+
+  if [ "$MILL_TEST_DRY_RUN_LAUNCHER_SCRIPT" = "1" ] ; then
+    echo $DOWNLOAD_URL
+    echo $MILL
+    exit 0
+  fi
+  # TODO: handle command not found
+  echo "Downloading mill ${MILL_VERSION} from ${DOWNLOAD_URL} ..." 1>&2
+  ${CURL_CMD} -f -L -o "${DOWNLOAD_FILE}" "${DOWNLOAD_URL}"
+  chmod +x "${DOWNLOAD_FILE}"
+  mkdir -p "${MILL_DOWNLOAD_PATH}"
+  mv "${DOWNLOAD_FILE}" "${MILL}"
+
   unset DOWNLOAD_FILE
-  unset MILL_DOWNLOAD_URL
+  unset DOWNLOAD_SUFFIX
 fi
 
 if [ -z "$MILL_MAIN_CLI" ] ; then
@@ -53,15 +309,19 @@ if [ -z "$MILL_MAIN_CLI" ] ; then
 fi
 
 MILL_FIRST_ARG=""
-
- # first arg is a long flag for "--interactive" or starts with "-i"
-if [ "$1" = "--bsp" ] || [ "${1#"-i"}" != "$1" ] || [ "$1" = "--interactive" ] || [ "$1" = "--no-server" ] || [ "$1" = "--repl" ] || [ "$1" = "--help" ] ; then
+if [ "$1" = "--bsp" ] || [ "$1" = "-i" ] || [ "$1" = "--interactive" ] || [ "$1" = "--no-server" ] || [ "$1" = "--no-daemon" ] || [ "$1" = "--repl" ] || [ "$1" = "--help" ] ; then
   # Need to preserve the first position of those listed options
   MILL_FIRST_ARG=$1
   shift
 fi
 
 unset MILL_DOWNLOAD_PATH
+unset MILL_OLD_DOWNLOAD_PATH
+unset OLD_MILL
 unset MILL_VERSION
+unset MILL_REPO_URL
 
-exec $MILL_EXEC_PATH $MILL_FIRST_ARG -D "mill.main.cli=${MILL_MAIN_CLI}" "$@"
+# -D mill.main.cli is for compatibility with Mill 0.10.9 - 0.13.0-M2
+# We don't quote MILL_FIRST_ARG on purpose, so we can expand the empty value without quotes
+# shellcheck disable=SC2086
+exec "${MILL}" $MILL_FIRST_ARG -D "mill.main.cli=${MILL_MAIN_CLI}" "$@"