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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+new_version="${1}"
+
+if [ -z "$new_version" ]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 <new_version>"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# check that new version is X.Y.Z
+if [[ ! $new_version =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+  echo "Version should be in format X.Y.Z where X, Y, Z are numbers"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+packages/update_versions.sh $new_version
+git add ./packages
+git commit -m "chore: update npm packages versions to $new_version"
+
+git tag -a "v$new_version" -m "release v$new_version"
+goreleaser release --clean
+
+git push origin "v$new_version"
+
+