diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-kustomize.yml b/.github/workflows/release-kustomize.yml
index 520b3850ae9..c434304ea47 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-kustomize.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-kustomize.yml
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build test
         run: |
           make build-kustomize-api
+      - name: End-to-end test
+        run: |
+          export latestVersion=$(./releasing/determine-next-version.sh kustomize ${{ inputs.release_type }})
+          sed -i "" "s/LATEST_RELEASE=.*/LATEST_RELEASE=$latestVersion/" Makefile
       - name: Commit pinned dependencies
         run: |
 
diff --git a/releasing/determine-next-version.sh b/releasing/determine-next-version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..e06ac22b9f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasing/determine-next-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eo pipefail
+set -o nounset
+
+declare -a RELEASE_TYPES=("major" "minor" "patch")
+
+if [[ -z "${2-}" ]]; then
+  echo "Release type not specified, using default value: patch"
+  release_type="patch"
+elif [[ ! "${RELEASE_TYPES[*]}" =~ "${2}" ]]; then
+  echo "Unsupported release type, only input these values: major, minor, patch."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+function determineNextVersion {
+    module=$1
+    currentTag=$(git tag --list "${module}*"  --sort=-creatordate | head -n1)
+    currentVersion=$(echo ${currentTag##*/} | cut -d'v' -f2)
+    majorVer=$(echo $currentVersion | cut -d'.' -f1)
+    minorVer=$(echo $currentVersion | cut -d'.' -f2)
+    patchVer=$(echo $currentVersion | cut -d'.' -f3)
+
+    if [[ ${release_type} == "major" ]]; then
+      majorVer="$(($majorVer + 1))"
+    elif [[ ${release_type} == "minor" ]]; then
+      minorVer="$(($minorVer + 1))"
+    elif [[ ${release_type} == "patch" ]]; then
+      patchVer="$(($patchVer + 1))"
+    else
+      echo "Error: release_type not supported. Available values 'major', 'minor', 'patch'"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+
+    echo "$majorVer.$minorVer.$patchVer"
+}
+
+main() {
+  module=$1
+  release_type=$2
+  nextVersion=$(determineNextVersion $module)
+  echo "v$nextVersion"
+  exit 0
+}
+
+main "$@"