--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+use 5.010;
+use strict;
+use warnings FATAL => 'all';
+use autodie;
+
+chomp(my $LATEST = qx(grep '^[0-9]' Changes | head -1 | awk '{print \$1}'));
+
+my @parts = split /\./, $LATEST;
+
+my $OLD_DECIMAL = sprintf('%i.%03i' . (@parts > 2 ? '%03i' : ''), @parts);
+
+my %bump_part = (major => 0, minor => 1, bugfix => $#parts);
+
+my $bump_this =
+ $bump_part{$ARGV[0]||'bugfix'}
+ // die "no idea which part to bump - $ARGV[0] means nothing to me";
+
+my @new_parts = @parts;
+
+$new_parts[$bump_this]++;
+
+my $NEW_DECIMAL = sprintf('%i.%03i' . (@parts > 2 ? '%03i' : ''), @new_parts);
+
+my @PM_FILES = ( 'lib/Web/Simple.pm', 'lib/Web/Simple/Role.pm' );
+
+foreach my $filename (@PM_FILES) {
+ warn "Bumping $OLD_DECIMAL -> $NEW_DECIMAL in $filename\n";
+
+ my $file = do { local (@ARGV, $/) = ($filename); <> };
+
+ $file =~ s/(?<=\$VERSION = ')${\quotemeta $OLD_DECIMAL}/${NEW_DECIMAL}/;
+
+ open my $out, '>', $filename;
+
+ print $out $file;
+}