diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a423bd4a..bf6b5234 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     "build:mac-x64": "npm run build:mac-x64 --workspace @neuralnomads/codenomad-electron-app",
     "build:binaries": "npm run build:binaries --workspace @neuralnomads/codenomad-electron-app",
     "typecheck": "npm run typecheck --workspace @codenomad/ui && npm run typecheck --workspace @neuralnomads/codenomad-electron-app",
-    "bumpVersion": "npm version --workspaces --include-workspace-root --no-git-tag-version && npm run sync:version --workspace @codenomad/tauri-app"
+    "bumpVersion": "node ./scripts/bump-version.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "7zip-bin": "^5.2.0",
diff --git a/scripts/bump-version.js b/scripts/bump-version.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..27ddc2c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/bump-version.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+const { spawnSync } = require("child_process")
+
+const versionArgs = process.argv.slice(2)
+
+if (versionArgs.length === 0) {
+  console.error("[bumpVersion] missing version argument (example: npm run bumpVersion -- patch)")
+  process.exit(1)
+}
+
+const npmCommand = process.platform === "win32" ? "npm.cmd" : "npm"
+
+function runStep(args, label) {
+  const result = spawnSync(npmCommand, args, {
+    stdio: "inherit",
+  })
+
+  if (result.error) {
+    console.error(`[bumpVersion] failed during ${label}: ${result.error.message}`)
+    process.exit(1)
+  }
+
+  if (result.status !== 0) {
+    process.exit(result.status ?? 1)
+  }
+}
+
+runStep(
+  [
+    "version",
+    ...versionArgs,
+    "--workspaces",
+    "--include-workspace-root",
+    "--no-git-tag-version",
+  ],
+  "npm version"
+)
+
+runStep(["run", "sync:version", "--workspace", "@codenomad/tauri-app"], "tauri version sync")