diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.sh
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+#/bin/bash
+
+VERSION=`git describe --tags --abbrev=0`
+LAST_DIGIT=`echo $VERSION | cut -f 3 -d '.'`
+MAIN_REV=`echo $VERSION | cut -f 1,2 -d '.'`
+NEXT_NUMBER=$(($LAST_DIGIT + 1))
+NEXT_VERSION=$MAIN_REV'.'$NEXT_NUMBER
+
+sed -e s/$VERSION/$NEXT_VERSION/g docker-compose.yml > tmp1
+mv tmp1 docker-compose.yml
+
+sed -e s/$VERSION/$NEXT_VERSION/g setup.py > tmp2
+mv tmp2 setup.py
+
+git add docker-compose.yml setup.py
+git commit -m "Release: $NEXT_VERSION"
+git tag $NEXT_VERSION
+git push origin $NEXT_VERSION
+git push origin