diff --git a/.versionrc.json b/.versionrc.json
index 8f9e8eb..24c910b 100644
--- a/.versionrc.json
+++ b/.versionrc.json
@@ -3,5 +3,11 @@
   "skip": {
     "commit": true,
     "tag": true
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+  },
+  "bumpFiles": [
+    {
+      "filename": "Cargo.toml",
+      "updater": "./scripts/cargo-version-updater.js"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/scripts/bump-version b/scripts/bump-version
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..50b8dff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/bump-version
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+pushd `git rev-parse --show-toplevel` > /dev/null
+# See https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version#cli-usage for usage
+npx standard-version "$@"
+popd > /dev/null
diff --git a/scripts/cargo-version-updater.js b/scripts/cargo-version-updater.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6490411
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/cargo-version-updater.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+const VERSION_REGEXP = /^version\s*=\s*"([^"]+)"/m;
+
+const readVersion = function (contents) {
+    const matches = contents.match(VERSION_REGEXP);
+    if (!matches) {
+        throw new Error("Version key not found!");
+    }
+    return matches[1];
+}
+
+const writeVersion = function (contents, version) {
+    return contents.replace(VERSION_REGEXP, `version = "${version}"`);
+}
+
+module.exports = {readVersion, writeVersion};