diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 37572ab..6645553 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "envision"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.0.1"
 edition = "2021"
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
diff --git a/data/org.gabmus.envision.metainfo.xml.in.in b/data/org.gabmus.envision.metainfo.xml.in.in
index 2bf8cdb..6d1ec17 100644
--- a/data/org.gabmus.envision.metainfo.xml.in.in
+++ b/data/org.gabmus.envision.metainfo.xml.in.in
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@
   <url type="bugtracker">@REPO_URL@/issues</url>
   <content_rating type="oars-1.0" />
   <releases>
-    <release version="0.1.0" date="2032-06-18" />
+    <release version="0.0.1" date="2024-11-02">
+      <description>
+        <p>Initial release</p>
+      </description>
+    </release>
   </releases>
   <kudos>
      <!--
diff --git a/dist/tagging/metainfo_template.xml b/dist/tagging/metainfo_template.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..143a589
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tagging/metainfo_template.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+    <release version="{{version}}" date="{{date}}">
+      <description>
+        {% if breaking or features or fixes or other -%}
+        {% if breaking -%}
+        <p>Breaking changes</p>
+          <ul>{% for i in breaking %}
+            <li>{%if i.scope%}{{i.scope}}: {%endif%}{{i.description}}</li>{% endfor %}
+          </ul>
+        {% endif -%}
+        {% if features -%}
+        <p>What's new</p>
+          <ul>{% for i in features %}
+            <li>{%if i.scope%}{{i.scope}}: {%endif%}{{i.description}}</li>{% endfor %}
+          </ul>
+        {% endif -%}
+        {% if fixes -%}
+        <p>Fixes</p>
+          <ul>{% for i in fixes %}
+            <li>{%if i.scope%}{{i.scope}}: {%endif%}{{i.description}}</li>{% endfor %}
+          </ul>
+        {% endif -%}
+        {% if other -%}
+        <p>Other changes</p>
+          <ul>{% for i in other %}
+            <li>{%if i.scope%}{{i.scope}}: {%endif%}{{i.description}}</li>{% endfor %}
+          </ul>
+      {% endif -%}
+        {% else -%}
+        <p>Initial release</p>
+      {% endif -%}
+      </description>
+    </release>
diff --git a/dist/tagging/release.py b/dist/tagging/release.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9434bf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tagging/release.py
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
+import os
+import sys
+from typing import List
+
+
+def eprint(*args, **kwargs):
+    print(*args, file=sys.stderr, **kwargs)
+
+
+if not os.path.isfile("Cargo.toml") or not os.path.isdir(".git"):
+    eprint("This script needs to run from the root directory of the project")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+WHATBUMP_SCRIPT = "./dist/tagging/whatbump.sh"
+
+if not os.path.isfile(WHATBUMP_SCRIPT):
+    eprint("whatbump script not found")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+
+def cmd(args: List[str]):
+    proc = Popen(args)
+    proc.communicate()
+    retcode = proc.returncode
+    if retcode != 0:
+        raise ValueError(f"Command {" ".join(args)} failed with code {retcode}")
+
+
+def whatbump():
+    proc = Popen(["bash", WHATBUMP_SCRIPT], stdout=PIPE)
+    (stdout, _) = proc.communicate()
+    retcode = proc.returncode
+    if retcode != 0:
+        raise ValueError(f"whatbump script terminated with code {retcode}")
+    return stdout.decode().strip()
+
+
+def update_meson_build(tag: str):
+    with open("meson.build", "r") as fd:
+        rows = fd.readlines()
+    rowfound = False
+    for i, row in enumerate(rows):
+        if row.startswith("  version: '") and row.endswith("', # version number row\n"):
+            rows[i] = f"  version: '{tag}', # version number row\n"
+            rowfound = True
+            break
+    if not rowfound:
+        eprint("Could not find version row in meson.build")
+        sys.exit(1)
+    with open("meson.build", "w") as fd:
+        fd.writelines(rows)
+
+
+def update_cargo_toml(tag: str):
+    with open("Cargo.toml", "r") as fd:
+        rows = fd.readlines()
+    rowfound = False
+    for i, row in enumerate(rows):
+        if row.startswith('version = "') and row.endswith('"\n'):
+            rows[i] = f'version = "{tag}"\n'
+            rowfound = True
+            break
+    if not rowfound:
+        eprint("Could not find version row in Cargo.toml")
+        sys.exit(1)
+    with open("Cargo.toml", "w") as fd:
+        fd.writelines(rows)
+
+
+CHANGELOG_PATH = "./changelog_metainfo.xml"
+METAINFO_PATH = "./data/org.gabmus.envision.metainfo.xml.in.in"
+
+
+def update_metainfo(tag: str):
+    with open(CHANGELOG_PATH, "r") as fd:
+        chlog = fd.read()
+    with open(METAINFO_PATH, "r") as fd:
+        rows = fd.readlines()
+    for i, row in enumerate(rows):
+        if "<releases>\n" in row:
+            rows.insert(i + 1, chlog)
+            break
+    with open(METAINFO_PATH, "w") as fd:
+        fd.write("".join(rows))
+    os.unlink(CHANGELOG_PATH)
+
+
+def yes_no() -> bool:
+    print("Continue? (y/n)")
+    print(">>> ", end="")
+    res = input()
+    return res[0].lower() == "y"
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    tag = whatbump()
+    print(f"New candidate tag: {tag}")
+    if not yes_no():
+        os.unlink(CHANGELOG_PATH)
+        sys.exit(0)
+    update_meson_build(tag)
+    update_cargo_toml(tag)
+    update_metainfo(tag)
+    cmd(["git", "diff"])
+    commitmsg = f"chore: update version to {tag}"
+    print(f"Will commit with the following message: '{commitmsg}'")
+    if not yes_no():
+        sys.exit(0)
+    cmd(["git", "add", "meson.build", "Cargo.toml", METAINFO_PATH])
+    cmd(["git", "commit", "-m", commitmsg])
+    print(f"Will add tag '{tag}'")
+    if not yes_no():
+        sys.exit(0)
+    cmd(["git", "tag", "-a", tag, "-m", ""])
+    print(f"Will push new commit and tag to origin")
+    if not yes_no():
+        sys.exit(0)
+    cmd(["git", "push"])
+    cmd(["git", "push", "origin", tag])
diff --git a/dist/tagging/whatbump.sh b/dist/tagging/whatbump.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a03e13b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tagging/whatbump.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+if [ ! "$(command -v what-bump)" ]; then
+    >&2 cargo install --git https://github.com/sky-uk/what-bump
+fi
+if [ ! "$(command -v what-bump)" ]; then
+    >&2 echo "Error: tried installing what-bump, but command is still not available"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+OLD_TAG="$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 || true)"
+
+if [ ! "$OLD_TAG" ]; then
+    >&2 echo "No prior tag found, this is the first tag"
+    what-bump HEAD --from 0.0.1 \
+        -c ./changelog_metainfo.xml \
+        -t ./dist/tagging/metainfo_template.xml
+else
+    rm ./changelog_metainfo.xml || true
+    what-bump "$OLD_TAG" --from "$OLD_TAG" \
+        -c ./changelog_metainfo.xml \
+        -t ./dist/tagging/metainfo_template.xml
+fi
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 617a7ff..b7b6f23 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project(
   'envision',
   'rust',
-  version: '0.1.0',
+  version: '0.0.1', # version number row
   meson_version: '>= 0.59',
   license: 'AGPL-3.0',
 )