diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d3df7ab..643a112 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [project.scripts]
 gitea-release-action = "main:main_cli"
+increment-version = "increment_version:main_cli"
diff --git a/src/increment_version.py b/src/increment_version.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..11cd59a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/increment_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+from argparse import ArgumentParser
+
+import yaml
+
+from release import versioning
+from release.project import parse_project_description
+
+
+def main_cli():
+    parser = ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--release-yaml-filename', default='.gitea/release.yaml')
+
+    bump_group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
+    bump_group.add_argument('--major', action='store_true')
+    bump_group.add_argument('--minor', action='store_true')  # the default
+    bump_group.add_argument('--patch', action='store_true')
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    with open(args.release_yaml_filename, 'r') as f:
+        project_description = parse_project_description(
+            yaml.safe_load(f))
+
+    version = versioning.use_any(project_description.version_descriptor)
+
+    if args.major:
+        version.version = version.version.bump_major()
+    elif args.minor:
+        version.version = version.version.bump_minor()
+    elif args.patch:
+        version.version = version.version.bump_patch()
+    else:
+        version.version = version.version.bump_minor()
+
+    print(f'incremented version: {version.version}')
+    version.store()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main_cli()