diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2f75d1f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+name: Release
+
+env:
+  GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      release_type:
+        type: choice
+        description: "Release type:"
+        required: true
+        options:
+          - bug fix (PATCH)
+          - new feature (MINOR)
+      release_title:
+        description: "The title of the release"
+        required: true
+
+jobs:
+  update-version:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04 # latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write # allow push
+      pull-requests: write # allow making PR
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout Sources
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
+
+    - name: Make new release
+      env:
+        Title: ${{ github.event.inputs.release_title }}
+      run: |
+        # Escape special characters
+        Title=$(echo ${Title//[\"]\\\"})
+        Title=$(echo ${Title//[\']\\\'})
+        Title=$(echo ${Title//[\$]})
+
+        ./utils/publish-release.sh "${{ github.event.inputs.release_type }}" "$Title"
+
+    - name: configure AWS credentials (Release)
+      uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+      with:
+        role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_CI_RELEASE_ROLE }}
+        aws-region: us-east-1
+
+    - name: "Create VERSION file and trigger release"
+      run: |
+        version=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
+        version_without_v=$(echo ${version} | cut -f2 -dv)
+        echo "${version_without_v}" > VERSION
+
+        zip VERSION.zip VERSION
+        export S3_URL=$(aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id ci/python_v2_version --query "SecretString" | cut -f2 -d\")
+        aws s3 cp VERSION.zip $S3_URL
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4fe9517a..07aec71c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -99,3 +99,5 @@ We need your help in making this SDK great. Please participate in the community
 ## License
 
 This library is licensed under the [Apache 2.0 License](./documents/LICENSE).
+
+Latest released version: v1.12.0
diff --git a/continuous-delivery/pip-install-with-retry.py b/codebuild/cd/pip-install-with-retry.py
similarity index 100%
rename from continuous-delivery/pip-install-with-retry.py
rename to codebuild/cd/pip-install-with-retry.py
diff --git a/continuous-delivery/publish_to_prod_pypi.yml b/codebuild/cd/publish-to-prod-pypi.yml
similarity index 58%
rename from continuous-delivery/publish_to_prod_pypi.yml
rename to codebuild/cd/publish-to-prod-pypi.yml
index 0e72e510..859c0cbc 100644
--- a/continuous-delivery/publish_to_prod_pypi.yml
+++ b/codebuild/cd/publish-to-prod-pypi.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
+# Assumes are running using the Ubuntu Codebuild standard image
+# Makes a release deployment to production PyPi repo.
+#
+# NOTE: This script assumes that the AWS CLI-V2 is pre-installed!
+# - AWS CLI-V2 is a requirement to run this script.
 version: 0.2
-# this image assumes Ubuntu base image
 phases:
   install:
     commands:
@@ -8,11 +12,13 @@ phases:
       - export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin
       - python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade pip
       - python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade twine setuptools wheel awscli PyOpenSSL six
+      - echo "\nBuild version data:"
+      - echo "\nPython Version:"; python3 --version
   pre_build:
     commands:
-      - cd aws-iot-device-sdk-python-v2
-      - pypirc=$(aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id "prod/aws-sdk-python-v2/.pypirc" --query "SecretString" | cut -f2 -d\") && echo "$pypirc" > ~/.pypirc
-      - export PKG_VERSION=$(git describe --tags | cut -f2 -dv)
+      - cd $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR/aws-iot-device-sdk-python-v2
+      - pypirc=$(aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id "cd/aws-sdk-python-v2-prod/.pypirc" --query "SecretString" | cut -f2 -d\") && echo "$pypirc" > ~/.pypirc
+      - export PKG_VERSION=$(cat $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR/VERSION)
       - echo "Updating package version to ${PKG_VERSION}"
       - sed --in-place -E "s/__version__ = '.+'/__version__ = '${PKG_VERSION}'/" awsiot/__init__.py
   build:
diff --git a/continuous-delivery/publish_to_test_pypi.yml b/codebuild/cd/publish-to-test-pypi.yml
similarity index 58%
rename from continuous-delivery/publish_to_test_pypi.yml
rename to codebuild/cd/publish-to-test-pypi.yml
index 809f828a..9450aa80 100644
--- a/continuous-delivery/publish_to_test_pypi.yml
+++ b/codebuild/cd/publish-to-test-pypi.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
+# Assumes are running using the Ubuntu Codebuild standard image
+# Makes a release deployment to test PyPi repo.
+#
+# NOTE: This script assumes that the AWS CLI-V2 is pre-installed!
+# - AWS CLI-V2 is a requirement to run this script.
 version: 0.2
-# this image assumes Ubuntu base image
 phases:
   install:
     commands:
@@ -8,11 +12,13 @@ phases:
       - export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin
       - python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade pip
       - python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade twine setuptools wheel awscli PyOpenSSL six
+      - echo "\nBuild version data:"
+      - echo "\nPython Version:"; python3 --version
   pre_build:
     commands:
-      - pypirc=$(aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id "alpha/aws-crt-python/.pypirc" --query "SecretString" | cut -f2 -d\") && echo "$pypirc" > ~/.pypirc
-      - cd aws-iot-device-sdk-python-v2
-      - export PKG_VERSION=$(git describe --tags | cut -f2 -dv)
+      - cd $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR/aws-iot-device-sdk-python-v2
+      - pypirc=$(aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id "cd/aws-sdk-python-v2-test/.pypirc" --query "SecretString" | cut -f2 -d\") && echo "$pypirc" > ~/.pypirc
+      - export PKG_VERSION=$(cat $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR/VERSION)
       - echo "Updating package version to ${PKG_VERSION}"
       - sed --in-place -E "s/__version__ = '.+'/__version__ = '${PKG_VERSION}'/" awsiot/__init__.py
   build:
diff --git a/codebuild/cd/test-prod-pypi.yml b/codebuild/cd/test-prod-pypi.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9777dc96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codebuild/cd/test-prod-pypi.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Assumes are running using the Ubuntu Codebuild standard image
+# Makes sure the release to test PyPi repository worked
+#
+# NOTE: This script assumes that the AWS CLI-V2 is pre-installed!
+# - AWS CLI-V2 is a requirement to run this script.
+version: 0.2
+phases:
+  install:
+    commands:
+      - sudo apt-get update -y
+      - sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip -y
+      - python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
+      - python3 -m pip install --upgrade setuptools
+      - echo "\nBuild version data:"
+      - echo "\nPython Version:"; python3 --version
+
+  pre_build:
+    commands:
+      # Material for PubSub sample
+      - curl https://www.amazontrust.com/repository/AmazonRootCA1.pem --output /tmp/AmazonRootCA1.pem
+      - cert=$(aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id "ci/PubSub/cert" --query "SecretString" | cut -f2 -d":" | cut -f2 -d\") && echo "$cert" > /tmp/certificate.pem
+      - key=$(aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id "ci/PubSub/key" --query "SecretString" | cut -f2 -d":" | cut -f2 -d\") && echo "$key" > /tmp/privatekey.pem
+      - ENDPOINT=$(aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id "ci/endpoint" --query "SecretString" | cut -f2 -d":" | sed -e 's/[\\\"\}]//g')
+  build:
+    commands:
+      - echo Build started on `date`
+      - cd $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR/aws-iot-device-sdk-python-v2
+      - CURRENT_TAG_VERSION=$(cat $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR/VERSION)
+      - python3 codebuild/cd/pip-install-with-retry.py --no-cache-dir --user awsiotsdk==$CURRENT_TAG_VERSION
+      # Run PubSub sample
+      - python3 samples/pubsub.py --endpoint ${ENDPOINT} --cert /tmp/certificate.pem --key /tmp/privatekey.pem --ca_file /tmp/AmazonRootCA1.pem --verbosity Trace
+
+  post_build:
+    commands:
+      - echo Build completed on `date`
+
diff --git a/codebuild/cd/test-test-pypi.yml b/codebuild/cd/test-test-pypi.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d202dcce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codebuild/cd/test-test-pypi.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Assumes are running using the Ubuntu Codebuild standard image
+# Makes sure the release to test PyPi repository worked
+#
+# NOTE: This script assumes that the AWS CLI-V2 is pre-installed!
+# - AWS CLI-V2 is a requirement to run this script.
+version: 0.2
+phases:
+  install:
+    commands:
+      - sudo apt-get update -y
+      - sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip -y
+      - python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
+      - python3 -m pip install --upgrade setuptools
+      - echo "\nBuild version data:"
+      - echo "\nPython Version:"; python3 --version
+
+  pre_build:
+    commands:
+      - curl https://www.amazontrust.com/repository/AmazonRootCA1.pem --output /tmp/AmazonRootCA1.pem
+      - cert=$(aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id "ci/PubSub/cert" --query "SecretString" | cut -f2 -d":" | cut -f2 -d\") && echo "$cert" > /tmp/certificate.pem
+      - key=$(aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id "ci/PubSub/key" --query "SecretString" | cut -f2 -d":" | cut -f2 -d\") && echo "$key" > /tmp/privatekey.pem
+      - ENDPOINT=$(aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id "ci/endpoint" --query "SecretString" | cut -f2 -d":" | sed -e 's/[\\\"\}]//g')
+  build:
+    commands:
+      - echo Build started on `date`
+      - cd $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR/aws-iot-device-sdk-python-v2
+      - CURRENT_TAG_VERSION=$(cat $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR/VERSION)
+      # this is here because typing isn't in test-pypi, so pull it from prod instead
+      - python3 -m pip install typing
+      - python3 codebuild/cd/pip-install-with-retry.py -i https://testpypi.python.org/simple --user awsiotsdk==$CURRENT_TAG_VERSION
+      # Run PubSub sample
+      - python3 samples/pubsub.py --endpoint ${ENDPOINT} --cert /tmp/certificate.pem --key /tmp/privatekey.pem --ca_file /tmp/AmazonRootCA1.pem --verbosity Trace
+
+  post_build:
+    commands:
+      - echo Build completed on `date`
diff --git a/codebuild/cd/test-version-exists.sh b/codebuild/cd/test-version-exists.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..82f91339
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codebuild/cd/test-version-exists.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+VERSION_FILE_PATH=$1
+if [ ! readlink -e "$VERSION_FILE_PATH" ]; then
+    echo "No VERSION file found! Cannot make release!"
+    exit 1
+else
+    echo "VERSION file found..."
+fi
+VERSION=$(cat $VERSION_FILE_PATH)
+
+# Make sure the version variable is populated
+if [ -z "${VERSION}" ]; then
+    echo "VERSION file is empty!"
+    exit 1
+else
+    echo "VERSION file contains: ${VERSION}"
+fi
+
+# Make sure the version follows the correct format: major.minor.patch
+LENGTH_CHECK="${VERSION//[^.]}"
+if [ ${#LENGTH_CHECK} != 2 ]; then
+    echo "VERSION file contains invalid version (not in format major.minor.patch)"
+    exit 1
+fi
+# Use RegX to ensure it only contains numbers and periods
+REGX_CHECK='^([0-9]+\.){0,2}(\*|[0-9]+)$'
+if [[ $VERSION =~ $REGX_CHECK ]]; then
+    echo "VERSION file contains valid version"
+else
+    echo "VERSION file contains invalid version (RegX validator failed)"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Does PyPi have the version? If so, do not allow it!
+if python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir -vvv awsiotsdk==$VERSION; then
+    echo "$VERSION is already in pypi, cut a new tag if you want to upload another version."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "$VERSION currently does not exist in pypi, allowing pipeline to continue."
+exit 0
diff --git a/codebuild/cd/test-version-exists.yml b/codebuild/cd/test-version-exists.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..877ca0b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codebuild/cd/test-version-exists.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Assumes are running using the Ubuntu Codebuild standard image
+# Makes sure the version in CD has not already been released.
+# Will fail the build and stop the pipeline if the version has already been released.
+#
+# NOTE: This script assumes that the AWS CLI-V2 is pre-installed!
+# - AWS CLI-V2 is a requirement to run this script.
+version: 0.2
+phases:
+  install:
+    commands:
+      - sudo apt-get update -y
+      - sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip -y
+      - pip3 install --upgrade setuptools
+      - echo "\nBuild version data:"
+      - echo "\nPython Version:"; python3 --version
+  build:
+    commands:
+      - cd $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR/aws-iot-device-sdk-python-v2
+      - bash ./codebuild/cd/test-version-exists.sh $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR/VERSION
diff --git a/continuous-delivery/test_prod_pypi.yml b/continuous-delivery/test_prod_pypi.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9261ff5e..00000000
--- a/continuous-delivery/test_prod_pypi.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-version: 0.2
-# this image assumes Ubuntu 14.04 base image
-phases:
-  install:
-    commands:
-      - sudo apt-get update -y
-      - sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip -y
-      - python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
-      - python3 -m pip install --upgrade setuptools
-
-  pre_build:
-    commands:
-      - curl https://www.amazontrust.com/repository/AmazonRootCA1.pem --output /tmp/AmazonRootCA1.pem
-      - cert=$(aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id "unit-test/certificate" --query "SecretString" | cut -f2 -d":" | cut -f2 -d\") && echo "$cert" > /tmp/certificate.pem
-      - key=$(aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id "unit-test/privatekey" --query "SecretString" | cut -f2 -d":" | cut -f2 -d\") && echo "$key" > /tmp/privatekey.pem
-      - ENDPOINT=$(aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id "unit-test/endpoint" --query "SecretString" | cut -f2 -d":" | sed -e 's/[\\\"\}]//g')
-  build:
-    commands:
-      - echo Build started on `date`
-      - cd aws-iot-device-sdk-python-v2
-      - CURRENT_TAG_VERSION=$(git describe --tags | cut -f2 -dv)
-      - python3 continuous-delivery/pip-install-with-retry.py --no-cache-dir --user awsiotsdk==$CURRENT_TAG_VERSION
-      - python3 samples/basic_discovery.py --region us-east-1 --cert /tmp/certificate.pem --key /tmp/privatekey.pem --ca_file /tmp/AmazonRootCA1.pem --thing_name aws-sdk-crt-unit-test --print_discover_resp_only --verbosity Trace
-
-  post_build:
-    commands:
-      - echo Build completed on `date`
-
diff --git a/continuous-delivery/test_test_pypi.yml b/continuous-delivery/test_test_pypi.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 79113c0a..00000000
--- a/continuous-delivery/test_test_pypi.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-version: 0.2
-# this image assumes Ubuntu 14.04 base image
-phases:
-  install:
-    commands:
-      - sudo apt-get update -y
-      - sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip -y
-      - python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
-      - python3 -m pip install --upgrade setuptools
-
-  pre_build:
-    commands:
-      - curl https://www.amazontrust.com/repository/AmazonRootCA1.pem --output /tmp/AmazonRootCA1.pem
-      - cert=$(aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id "unit-test/certificate" --query "SecretString" | cut -f2 -d":" | cut -f2 -d\") && echo "$cert" > /tmp/certificate.pem
-      - key=$(aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id "unit-test/privatekey" --query "SecretString" | cut -f2 -d":" | cut -f2 -d\") && echo "$key" > /tmp/privatekey.pem
-      - ENDPOINT=$(aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id "unit-test/endpoint" --query "SecretString" | cut -f2 -d":" | sed -e 's/[\\\"\}]//g')
-  build:
-    commands:
-      - echo Build started on `date`
-      - cd aws-iot-device-sdk-python-v2
-      - CURRENT_TAG_VERSION=$(git describe --tags | cut -f2 -dv)
-      # this is here because typing isn't in testpypi, so pull it from prod instead
-      - python3 -m pip install typing
-      - python3 continuous-delivery/pip-install-with-retry.py -i https://testpypi.python.org/simple --user awsiotsdk==$CURRENT_TAG_VERSION
-      - python3 samples/basic_discovery.py --region us-east-1 --cert /tmp/certificate.pem --key /tmp/privatekey.pem --ca_file /tmp/AmazonRootCA1.pem --thing_name aws-sdk-crt-unit-test --print_discover_resp_only --verbosity Trace
-
-  post_build:
-    commands:
-      - echo Build completed on `date`
-
diff --git a/continuous-delivery/test_version_exists b/continuous-delivery/test_version_exists
deleted file mode 100755
index c869ec44..00000000
--- a/continuous-delivery/test_version_exists
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -e
-set -x
-# force a failure if there's no tag
-git describe --tags
-# now get the tag
-CURRENT_TAG=$(git describe --tags | cut -f2 -dv)
-# convert v0.2.12-2-g50254a9 to 0.2.12
-CURRENT_TAG_VERSION=$(git describe --tags | cut -f1 -d'-' | cut -f2 -dv)
-# if there's a hash on the tag, then this is not a release tagged commit
-if [ "$CURRENT_TAG" != "$CURRENT_TAG_VERSION" ]; then
-    echo "Current tag version is not a release tag, cut a new release if you want to publish."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-if python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir -vvv awsiotsdk==$CURRENT_TAG_VERSION; then
-    echo "$CURRENT_TAG_VERSION is already in pypi, cut a new tag if you want to upload another version."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "$CURRENT_TAG_VERSION currently does not exist in pypi, allowing pipeline to continue."
-exit 0
diff --git a/continuous-delivery/test_version_exists.yml b/continuous-delivery/test_version_exists.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ca67e644..00000000
--- a/continuous-delivery/test_version_exists.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-version: 0.2
-#this build spec assumes the ubuntu 14.04 trusty image
-#this build run simply verifies we haven't published something at this tag yet.
-#if we have we fail the build and stop the pipeline, if we haven't we allow the pipeline to run.
-phases:
-  install:
-    commands:
-      - sudo apt-get update -y
-      - sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip -y
-      - pip3 install --upgrade setuptools
-  pre_build:
-    commands:
-  build:
-    commands:
-      - echo Build started on `date`
-      - cd aws-iot-device-sdk-python-v2
-      - bash ./continuous-delivery/test_version_exists
-  post_build:
-    commands:
-      - echo Build completed on `date`
-
diff --git a/utils/publish-release.sh b/utils/publish-release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..242f288b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/publish-release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+# Redirect output to stderr.
+exec 1>&2
+
+RELEASE_TYPE="$1"
+RELEASE_TITLE="$2"
+
+# Make sure there are ONLY two arguments
+if [ "$#" != "2" ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Arguments passed is NOT equal to two!"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+pushd $(dirname $0) > /dev/null
+
+# Get the current version
+git checkout main
+current_version=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
+current_version_without_v=$(echo ${current_version} | cut -f2 -dv)
+
+echo "Current release version is ${current_version_without_v}"
+
+# Validate that RELEASE_TYPE is what we expect and bump the version
+new_version=$(python3 ./update_semantic_version.py --version "${current_version_without_v}" --type "${RELEASE_TYPE}")
+if [ "$new_version" == "0.0.0" ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Unknown release type! Exitting..."
+    exit -1
+fi
+echo "New version is ${new_version}"
+
+# Validate that the title is set
+if [ "$RELEASE_TITLE" == "" ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: No title set! Cannot make release. Exitting..."
+    exit -1
+fi
+
+# Setup Github credentials
+git config --local user.email "aws-sdk-common-runtime@amazon.com"
+git config --local user.name "GitHub Actions"
+
+# --==--
+new_version_branch=AutoTag-v${new_version}
+git checkout -b ${new_version_branch}
+
+# Update the version in the README to show the latest
+sed -i -r "s/.*Latest released version:.*/Latest released version: v${new_version}/" ../README.md
+git add ../README.md
+# Make the commit
+git commit -m "[v$new_version] $RELEASE_TITLE"
+
+# # push the commit and create a PR
+git push -u "https://${GITHUB_ACTOR}:${GH_TOKEN}@github.com/aws/aws-iot-device-sdk-python-v2.git" ${new_version_branch}
+gh pr create --title "AutoTag PR for v${new_version}" --body "AutoTag PR for v${new_version}" --head ${new_version_branch}
+
+# # Merge the PR
+gh pr merge --admin --squash
+# --==--
+
+# Update local state with the merged pr (if one was made) and just generally make sure we're up to date
+git fetch
+git checkout main
+git pull "https://${GITHUB_ACTOR}:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/aws/aws-iot-device-sdk-python-v2.git" main
+
+# Create new tag on latest commit with the release title
+git tag -f v${new_version} -m "${RELEASE_TITLE}"
+# Push new tag to github
+git push "https://${GITHUB_ACTOR}:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/aws/aws-iot-device-sdk-python-v2.git" --tags
+
+# Determine if this is a pre-release or not based on the major version
+IS_PRE_RELEASE="false"
+VERSION_STRING_DELIMITER=.
+VERSION_STRING_ARRAY=($(echo "$new_version" | tr $VERSION_STRING_DELIMITER '\n'))
+if [ "${VERSION_STRING_ARRAY[0]}" == "0" ]; then
+    IS_PRE_RELEASE="true"
+else
+    IS_PRE_RELEASE="false"
+fi
+
+# Create the release with auto-generated notes as the description
+# - NOTE: This will only add notes if there is at least one PR. If there is no PRs,
+# - then this will be blank and need manual input/changing after running.
+if [ $IS_PRE_RELEASE == "true" ]; then
+    gh release create "v${new_version}" -p --generate-notes --notes-start-tag "$current_version" --target main -t "${RELEASE_TITLE}"
+else
+    gh release create "v${new_version}" --generate-notes --notes-start-tag "$current_version" --target main -t "${RELEASE_TITLE}"
+fi
+
+popd > /dev/null
diff --git a/utils/update_semantic_version.py b/utils/update_semantic_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae9729ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/update_semantic_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import argparse
+import sys
+
+# A simple little helper script for increasing the semantic version passed in.
+# Used in the CD workflow.
+
+
+def main():
+    argument_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Get a new semantic version bumped by the passed-in string")
+    argument_parser.add_argument("--version", metavar="<1.2.3 for example>",
+                                 required=True, help="The version string to update")
+    argument_parser.add_argument("--type", metavar="<string containing PATCH, MINOR, or MAJOR>",
+                                 required=True, help="Which version number to bump")
+    parsed_commands = argument_parser.parse_args()
+
+    version_tuple = parsed_commands.version.split(".")
+    if len(version_tuple) != 3:
+        print("0.0.0")  # Error
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    if "PATCH" in parsed_commands.type:
+        version_tuple[2] = str(int(version_tuple[2]) + 1)
+    elif "MINOR" in parsed_commands.type:
+        version_tuple[1] = str(int(version_tuple[1]) + 1)
+        version_tuple[2] = "0"
+    elif "MAJOR" in parsed_commands.type:
+        version_tuple[0] = str(int(version_tuple[0]) + 1)
+        version_tuple[1] = "0"
+        version_tuple[2] = "0"
+    else:
+        print("0.0.0")  # error
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    print(f"{version_tuple[0]}.{version_tuple[1]}.{version_tuple[2]}")
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()