diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5c91d66..b9a2dcc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "tauri": "cp config.json cinny/ && tauri",
-    "release": "node scripts/release.mjs"
+    "release": "node scripts/release.mjs",
+    "bump": "node scripts/update-version.mjs"
   },
   "keywords": [],
   "author": "Ajay Bura",
diff --git a/scripts/update-version.mjs b/scripts/update-version.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e35ab3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/update-version.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import fs from "fs";
+import path from "path";
+import { execSync } from "child_process";
+
+const version = process.argv[2];
+
+if (!version) {
+  console.error("Missing version");
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+console.log(`Preparing release ${version}`);
+
+// 1. Update npm versions
+execSync(`npm version ${version} --no-git-tag-version`, {
+  stdio: "inherit"
+});
+console.log(`Updated package.json and package-lock.json → ${version}`);
+
+// 2. Update Cargo.toml
+const cargoToml = "src-tauri/Cargo.toml";
+let cargoContent = fs.readFileSync(cargoToml, "utf8");
+
+cargoContent = cargoContent.replace(
+  /^version\s*=\s*".*"/m,
+  `version = "${version}"`
+);
+
+fs.writeFileSync(cargoToml, cargoContent);
+console.log(`Updated ${cargoToml} → ${version}`);
+
+// 3. Update tauri.conf.json
+const tauriConfigPath = "src-tauri/tauri.conf.json";
+const tauriConfig = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(tauriConfigPath));
+
+tauriConfig.version = version;
+
+fs.writeFileSync(
+  tauriConfigPath,
+  JSON.stringify(tauriConfig, null, 2) + "\n"
+);
+console.log(`Updated ${tauriConfigPath} → ${version}`);
+
+// 4. Update Cinny web submodule to latest tag
+console.log("Updating cinny web submodule");
+
+execSync("git submodule update --init --recursive", { stdio: "inherit" });
+
+execSync("cd cinny && git fetch --tags", { stdio: "inherit" });
+
+const latestTag = execSync(
+  "cd cinny && git describe --tags $(git rev-list --tags --max-count=1)"
+)
+  .toString()
+  .trim();
+
+console.log(`Latest cinny tag: ${latestTag}`);
+
+execSync(`cd cinny && git checkout ${latestTag}`, { stdio: "inherit" });
+
+execSync("git add cinny", { stdio: "inherit" });
+
+console.log("Release preparation complete");
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