diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3abe593..1a2f08b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ description = "whispercpp: Pybind11 bindings for whisper.cpp"
 readme = { file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown" }
 license = { text = "Apache-2.0" }
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
-version = "0.0.5"
+version = "0.0.6"
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
     "Intended Audience :: Developers",
diff --git a/tools/release b/tools/release
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..cb0fae2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/release
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+if [ "$#" -eq 1 ]; then
+    VERSION_STR=$1
+else
+    echo "Must provide release version string, e.g. ./script/release.sh 1.0.5"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+SEMVER_REGEX="^[vV]?(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)(\\-[0-9A-Za-z-]+(\\.[0-9A-Za-z-]+)*)?(\\+[0-9A-Za-z-]+(\\.[0-9A-Za-z-]+)*)?$"
+
+if [[ "$VERSION_STR" =~ $SEMVER_REGEX ]]; then
+    echo "Releasing whispercpp version v$VERSION_STR:"
+else
+    echo "Warning: version $VERSION_STR must follow semantic versioning schema, ignore this for preview releases"
+fi
+
+GIT_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+cd "$GIT_ROOT" || exit 1
+
+if [ -d "$GIT_ROOT"/dist ]; then
+    echo "Removing existing 'dist' and 'build' directory to get a clean build"
+    rm -rf "$GIT_ROOT"/dist
+    rm -rf "$GIT_ROOT"/build
+fi
+
+tag_name="v$VERSION_STR"
+
+if git rev-parse "$tag_name" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "git tag '$tag_name' exist, using existing tag."
+    echo "To redo releasing and overwrite existing tag, delete tag with the following and re-run release.sh:"
+    echo "git tag -d $tag_name && git push --delete origin $tag_name"
+    git checkout "$tag_name"
+else
+    echo "Creating git tag '$tag_name'"
+    git tag -a "$tag_name" -m "Tag generated by tools/release, version: $VERSION_STR"
+    git push origin "$tag_name"
+fi