diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ec9a89792..44976d25d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "docs:dev": "NODE_OPTIONS=--openssl-legacy-provider vuepress dev .",
     "cypress:run": "cypress run --e2e --browser electron --config-file ./cypress/cypress.config.js",
     "cypress:open": "cypress open --e2e --browser electron --config-file ./cypress/cypress.config.js",
-    "release": "yarn version --no-git-tag-version --no-commit-hooks --no-commit && auto-changelog --latest-version $(node -p -e \"require('./package.json').version\") && cd backend && yarn version --no-git-tag-version --no-commit-hooks --no-commit --new-version $(node -p -e \"require('./../package.json').version\") && cd ../frontend && yarn version --no-git-tag-version --no-commit-hooks --no-commit --new-version $(node -p -e \"require('./../package.json').version\") && cd ../webapp && yarn version --no-git-tag-version --no-commit-hooks --no-commit --new-version $(node -p -e \"require('./../package.json').version\") && cd ../webapp/maintenance/source && yarn version --no-git-tag-version --no-commit-hooks --no-commit --new-version $(node -p -e \"require('./../../../package.json').version\")"
+    "release": "./scripts/release.sh"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.26.9",
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..453375203
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# base setup
+SCRIPT_PATH=$(realpath $0)
+SCRIPT_DIR=$(dirname $SCRIPT_PATH)
+ROOT_DIR=$SCRIPT_DIR/..
+
+# Update Version
+cd $ROOT_DIR
+yarn version --no-git-tag-version --no-commit-hooks --no-commit
+VERSION_NEW=$(node -p -e "require('$ROOT_DIR/package.json').version")
+
+## packages
+cd backend
+yarn version --no-git-tag-version --no-commit-hooks --no-commit --new-version $VERSION_NEW
+cd $ROOT_DIR/frontend
+yarn version --no-git-tag-version --no-commit-hooks --no-commit --new-version $VERSION_NEW
+cd $ROOT_DIR/webapp
+yarn version --no-git-tag-version --no-commit-hooks --no-commit --new-version $VERSION_NEW
+cd $ROOT_DIR/webapp/maintenance/source
+yarn version --no-git-tag-version --no-commit-hooks --no-commit --new-version $VERSION_NEW
+
+## helm
+sed -i -e 's/appVersion: ".*"/appVersion: "'"$VERSION_NEW"'"/g' $ROOT_DIR/deployment/helm/charts/ocelot-neo4j/Chart.yaml
+sed -i -e 's/appVersion: ".*"/appVersion: "'"$VERSION_NEW"'"/g' $ROOT_DIR/deployment/helm/charts/ocelot-social/Chart.yaml
+
+# generate changelog
+cd $ROOT_DIR
+yarn run auto-changelog --latest-version $VERSION_NEW
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