diff --git a/bump-version.sh b/bump-version.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..84e791c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bump-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+cd backend
+cargo set-version --bump patch
+cd ../plugin
+npm version patch
+git add .
+git commit -m "Bump versions"
+TAG=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
+git tag -a $TAG -m "Release $TAG"
+git push origin $TAG
diff --git a/plugin/package.json b/plugin/package.json
index 602f5a22..9b845901 100644
--- a/plugin/package.json
+++ b/plugin/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 		"dev": "node esbuild.config.mjs",
 		"build": "tsc -noEmit -skipLibCheck && node esbuild.config.mjs production",
 		"lint": "eslint --fix src",
-		"version": "node version-bump.mjs && git add manifest.json versions.json"
+		"version": "node version-bump.mjs"
 	},
 	"keywords": [],
 	"author": "",
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@
 		"typescript-eslint": "8.18.0",
 		"esbuild-sass-plugin": "^3.3.1"
 	}
-}
+}
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diff --git a/plugin/version-bump.mjs b/plugin/version-bump.mjs
index 38ce8b19..f8b25824 100644
--- a/plugin/version-bump.mjs
+++ b/plugin/version-bump.mjs
@@ -2,14 +2,6 @@ import { readFileSync, writeFileSync } from "fs";
 
 const targetVersion = process.env.npm_package_version;
 
-// read minAppVersion from manifest.json and bump version to target version
 let manifest = JSON.parse(readFileSync("manifest.json", "utf8"));
-const { minAppVersion } = manifest;
 manifest.version = targetVersion;
 writeFileSync("manifest.json", JSON.stringify(manifest, null, "\t"));
-
-// update versions.json with target version and minAppVersion from manifest.json
-let versions = JSON.parse(readFileSync("versions.json", "utf8"));
-versions[targetVersion] = minAppVersion;
-writeFileSync("versions.json", JSON.stringify(versions, null, "\t"));
-
diff --git a/plugin/versions.json b/plugin/versions.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 9af17e8c..00000000
--- a/plugin/versions.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"0.0.0": "0.0.0",
-	"0.0.1": "0.0.0",
-	"0.0.2": "0.0.0",
-	"0.0.3": "0.0.0",
-	"0.0.4": "0.0.0",
-	"0.0.5": "0.0.0",
-	"0.0.6": "0.0.0",
-	"0.0.7": "0.0.0"
-}
\ No newline at end of file