diff --git a/.tool-versions b/.tool-versions
index c9198ce..d0dbca6 100644
--- a/.tool-versions
+++ b/.tool-versions
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 python 3.13.5
 uv 0.8.12
+protoc 33.0
diff --git a/release-automation/bump-version.sh b/release-automation/bump-version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9f03313
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-automation/bump-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+# Usage: ./bump-version.sh <version>
+VERSION="$1"
+
+if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <version>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+BRANCH_NAME="release-$VERSION"
+git checkout -b "$BRANCH_NAME"
+
+echo "Installing asdf dependencies..."
+# add plugins from .tool-versions
+while read -r line; do
+    PLUGIN_NAME=$(echo "$line" | awk '{print $1}')
+    if ! asdf plugin list | grep -q "^$PLUGIN_NAME$"; then
+        echo "Adding asdf plugin: $PLUGIN_NAME"
+        asdf plugin add "$PLUGIN_NAME"
+    else
+        echo "asdf plugin $PLUGIN_NAME already added"
+    fi
+done < .tool-versions
+
+asdf install
+
+uv version "$VERSION"
+uv run ./compile_proto.sh
+
+# Update OpenAPI client
+curl -H "Authorization: token $GH_TOKEN" \
+    -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3.raw" \
+    -L "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fishjam-cloud/fishjam/main/openapi.yaml" \
+     -o openapi.yaml
+
+uv run update_client ./openapi.yaml
+rm openapi.yaml
+
+echo "✅ Version bump complete for $VERSION"
+echo "BRANCH_NAME:$BRANCH_NAME"
diff --git a/scripts.py b/scripts.py
index 61220a0..ac4ed57 100644
--- a/scripts.py
+++ b/scripts.py
@@ -85,9 +85,13 @@ def update_client():
     if len(sys.argv) < 2:
         raise RuntimeError("Missing fishjam openapi.yaml raw url positional argument")
 
+    url_or_path = sys.argv[1]
+    is_url = url_or_path.startswith("http://") or url_or_path.startswith("https://")
+    file_arg = f"--url {url_or_path}" if is_url else f"--path {url_or_path}"
+
     check_exit_code(
         f"openapi-python-client generate \
-            --url {sys.argv[1]} \
+            {file_arg} \
             --config openapi-python-client-config.yaml \
             --meta=none \
             --overwrite \