diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
index 32af8984..832a98b9 100644
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ dependencies {
   implementation(libs.gradlePlugin.dokkatoo)
   implementation(libs.gradlePlugin.gradlePublishPlugin)
   implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-serialization:$embeddedKotlinVersion")
-
 }
 
 java {
diff --git a/devOps/release.main.kts b/devOps/release.main.kts
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..f61934b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devOps/release.main.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,299 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env kotlin
+@file:DependsOn("com.github.ajalt.clikt:clikt-jvm:3.5.2")
+@file:DependsOn("me.alllex.parsus:parsus-jvm:0.4.0")
+
+import Release_main.SemVer.Companion.SemVer
+import com.github.ajalt.clikt.core.CliktCommand
+import java.io.File
+import java.lang.ProcessBuilder.Redirect.INHERIT
+import me.alllex.parsus.parser.*
+import me.alllex.parsus.token.literalToken
+import me.alllex.parsus.token.regexToken
+
+/**
+ * Release a new version.
+ *
+ * Requires:
+ * * [gh cli](https://cli.github.com/manual/gh)
+ * * [kotlin](https://kotlinlang.org/docs/command-line.html)
+ * * [git](https://git-scm.com/)
+ */
+// based on https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-kotlin/blob/v4.0.0-dev.2/scripts/release.main.kts
+object Release : CliktCommand() {
+
+  override fun run() {
+
+    //region Validation
+    check(git.status().isEmpty()) {
+      "git repo is not clean. Stash or commit changes before making a release."
+    }
+    check(currentVersion.snapshot) {
+      "Current version must be a SNAPSHOT, but was $currentVersion"
+    }
+    val startBranch = git.currentBranch()
+    check(startBranch == "main") {
+      "Must be on the main branch to make a release, but current branch is $startBranch"
+    }
+    //endregion
+
+    echo("Current version is $currentVersion")
+
+    val versionToRelease = prompt(
+      text = "version to release?",
+      default = currentVersion.incrementMinor(snapshot = false).toString(),
+      requireConfirmation = true,
+    ) {
+      SemVer.of(it)
+    } ?: error("invalid SemVer")
+
+    check(!versionToRelease.snapshot) {
+      "versionToRelease must not be a snapshot version, but was $versionToRelease"
+    }
+
+    val nextVersion = versionToRelease.incrementMinor(snapshot = true)
+
+    echo("Current version is $currentVersion")
+    confirm("Release $versionToRelease and bump to $nextVersion?", abort = true)
+
+    updateAndRelease(versionToRelease)
+
+    // Tag the release
+    git.checkout(startBranch)
+    git.pull(startBranch)
+    require(currentVersion == versionToRelease) {
+      "incorrect version after update. Expected $versionToRelease but got $currentVersion"
+    }
+    val tagName = "v$versionToRelease"
+    git.tag(tagName)
+    confirm("Push tag $tagName?", abort = true)
+    git.push(tagName)
+    echo("Tag pushed")
+
+    // Bump the version to the next snapshot
+    updateAndRelease(nextVersion)
+
+    // Go back and pull the changes
+    git.checkout(startBranch)
+    git.pull(startBranch)
+
+    echo("Released version $versionToRelease")
+  }
+
+  private fun updateAndRelease(version: SemVer) {
+    // checkout a release branch
+    val releaseBranch = "release-$version"
+    git.checkout(releaseBranch)
+
+    // update the version & run tests
+    currentVersion = version
+    gradle.check()
+
+    // commit and push
+    git.commit("release $version")
+    git.push(releaseBranch)
+
+    // create a new PR
+    gh.createPr(releaseBranch)
+
+    confirm("Merge the PR for branch $releaseBranch?", abort = true)
+    mergeAndWait(releaseBranch)
+    echo("$releaseBranch PR merged")
+  }
+
+  /** git commands */
+  private val git = object {
+    val rootDir = File(runCommand("git rev-parse --show-toplevel", dir = null))
+    fun checkout(branch: String): String = runCommand("git checkout -b $branch")
+    fun commit(message: String): String = runCommand("git commit -a -m \"$message\"")
+    fun currentBranch(): String = runCommand("git symbolic-ref --short HEAD")
+    fun pull(ref: String): String = runCommand("git pull origin $ref")
+    fun push(ref: String): String = runCommand("git push origin $ref")
+    fun status(): String {
+      runCommand("git fetch --all")
+      return runCommand("git status --porcelain=v2")
+    }
+
+    fun tag(tag: String): String {
+      return runCommand("git tag $tag")
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** GitHub commands */
+  private val gh = object {
+    fun prState(branchName: String): String =
+      runCommand("gh pr view $branchName --json state --jq .state")
+
+    fun createPr(branch: String): String =
+      runCommand("gh pr create --base $branch --fill")
+
+    fun autoMergePr(branch: String): String =
+      runCommand("gh pr merge $branch --squash --auto --delete-branch")
+
+    fun waitForPrChecks(branch: String): String =
+      runCommand("gh pr checks $branch --watch --interval 30")
+  }
+
+  /** GitHub commands */
+  private val gradle = object {
+    fun check(): String = runCommand("gradlew check")
+  }
+
+  //  private val currentDir: String get() = System.getProperty("user.dir")
+
+  private val buildGradleKts: File
+    get() {
+      val rootDir = git.rootDir
+      echo("rootDir: $rootDir")
+      return File("$rootDir/build.gradle.kts").apply {
+        require(exists()) { "could not find build.gradle.kts in ${git.rootDir}" }
+      }
+    }
+
+  private fun runCommand(
+    cmd: String,
+    dir: File? = git.rootDir,
+  ): String {
+    val args = parseSpaceSeparatedArgs(cmd)
+
+    val process = ProcessBuilder(*args.toTypedArray()).apply {
+      redirectError(INHERIT)
+      if (dir != null) directory(dir)
+    }.start()
+
+    val ret = process.waitFor()
+
+    val output = process.inputStream.bufferedReader().use { it.readText() }
+    if (ret != 0) {
+      error("command '$cmd' failed:\n$output")
+    }
+
+    return output.trim()
+  }
+
+  /** Read/write the version set in the root `build.gradle.kts` file */
+  private var currentVersion: SemVer
+    get() {
+      val versionLine = buildGradleKts.useLines { lines ->
+        lines.firstOrNull { it.startsWith("version = ") }
+      }
+
+      requireNotNull(versionLine) { "cannot find version in $buildGradleKts" }
+
+      val rawVersion = versionLine.substringAfter("\"").substringBefore("\"")
+
+      return SemVer(rawVersion)
+    }
+    set(value) {
+      val updatedFile = buildGradleKts.useLines { lines ->
+        lines.joinToString("\n") { line ->
+          if (line.startsWith("version = ")) {
+            "version = \"${value}\""
+          } else {
+            line
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      buildGradleKts.writeText(updatedFile)
+    }
+
+  private fun mergeAndWait(branchName: String) {
+    gh.autoMergePr(branchName)
+    echo("Waiting for the PR to be merged...")
+    while (gh.prState(branchName) != "MERGED") {
+      Thread.sleep(1_000)
+      echo(".", trailingNewline = false)
+    }
+  }
+
+  private fun parseSpaceSeparatedArgs(argsString: String): List<String> {
+    val parsedArgs = mutableListOf<String>()
+    var inQuotes = false
+    var currentCharSequence = StringBuilder()
+    fun saveArg(wasInQuotes: Boolean) {
+      if (wasInQuotes || currentCharSequence.isNotBlank()) {
+        parsedArgs.add(currentCharSequence.toString())
+        currentCharSequence = StringBuilder()
+      }
+    }
+    argsString.forEach { char ->
+      if (char == '"') {
+        inQuotes = !inQuotes
+        // Save value which was in quotes.
+        if (!inQuotes) {
+          saveArg(true)
+        }
+      } else if (char.isWhitespace() && !inQuotes) {
+        // Space is separator
+        saveArg(false)
+      } else {
+        currentCharSequence.append(char)
+      }
+    }
+    if (inQuotes) {
+      error("No close-quote was found in $currentCharSequence.")
+    }
+    saveArg(false)
+    return parsedArgs
+  }
+}
+
+
+Release.main(args)
+
+
+private data class SemVer(
+  val major: Int,
+  val minor: Int,
+  val patch: Int,
+  val snapshot: Boolean,
+) {
+
+  fun incrementMinor(snapshot: Boolean): SemVer =
+    copy(minor = minor + 1, snapshot = snapshot)
+
+  override fun toString(): String =
+    "$major.$minor.$patch" + if (snapshot) "-SNAPSHOT" else ""
+
+  companion object {
+    fun SemVer(input: String): SemVer =
+      SemVerParser.parseEntire(input).getOrElse { error ->
+        error("provided version to release must be SemVer X.Y.Z, but got error while parsing: $error")
+      }
+
+    fun of(input: String): SemVer? =
+      SemVerParser.parseEntire(input).getOrElse { return null }
+
+    fun isValid(input: String): Boolean =
+      try {
+        SemVerParser.parseEntireOrThrow(input)
+        true
+      } catch (ex: ParseException) {
+        false
+      }
+  }
+
+  private object SemVerParser : Grammar<SemVer>() {
+    private val dotSeparator by literalToken(".")
+    private val dashSeparator by literalToken("-")
+
+    /** Non-negative number that is either 0, or does not start with 0 */
+    private val number: Parser<Int> by regexToken("""0|[1-9]\d*""").map { it.text.toInt() }
+
+    private val snapshot by -dashSeparator * literalToken("SNAPSHOT")
+
+    override val root: Parser<SemVer> by parser {
+      val major = number()
+      dotSeparator()
+      val minor = number()
+      dotSeparator()
+      val patch = number()
+      val snapshot = checkPresent(snapshot)
+      SemVer(
+        major = major,
+        minor = minor,
+        patch = patch,
+        snapshot = snapshot,
+      )
+    }
+  }
+}