diff --git a/bin/create-release b/bin/create-release
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c9c78ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/create-release
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Release script to be used for the main repo.
+# Requires the GitHub client (gh) to be installed.
+# No actions should be taken until the release is confirmed!
+
+# Variables
+VERSION_FILE="gradle.properties"
+VERSION_KEY="version"
+DEBUG=false
+GH_RELEASE_DEBUG=""
+
+HOMEBREW_FORMULA="${RRB_HOMEBREW_REPO}/Formula/easy-cass-stress.rb"
+
+
+# Parse command line options
+while getopts "d" opt; do
+    case $opt in
+        d)
+            DEBUG=true
+            ;;
+        \?)
+            echo "Invalid option: -$OPTARG" >&2
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+##### Helper Functions #####
+function get_current_version {
+    grep "^$VERSION_KEY" "$VERSION_FILE" | cut -d'=' -f2
+}
+
+function bump_version {
+    echo $(( $1 + 1 ))
+}
+
+function update_version_file {
+    echo "Updating $VERSION_FILE, version=$1"
+    sed -i '' "s/^$VERSION_KEY=.*/$VERSION_KEY=$1/" "$VERSION_FILE"
+    if [[ "$DEBUG" = false ]]; then
+      git add "$VERSION_FILE"
+      git commit -m "Bump version to $1"
+    else
+      echo "Skipping commit"
+    fi
+}
+
+##### End Helper Functions #####
+
+##### Sanity Checks.  Debug mode outputs all commands. #####
+
+if [ "$DEBUG" = true ]; then
+  set -x
+fi
+
+##### Check if gh is installed ####
+if ! command -v gh &> /dev/null; then
+    echo "gh CLI is not installed. Please install it and try again."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+##### ensure the formula exists #####
+if [ ! -f "$HOMEBREW_FORMULA" ]; then
+    echo "Error: File $HOMEBREW_FORMULA does not exist."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+##### ensure docker is running
+if ! docker info > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "Error: Docker is not running."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+##### End Sanity Checks #####
+
+#######  Main script #######
+
+if [ "$DEBUG" = false ]; then
+  if ! git diff-index --quiet HEAD --; then
+      echo "You have uncommitted changes. Please commit or stash them before running this script."
+      exit 1
+  fi
+else
+  GH_RELEASE_DEBUG="--draft"
+fi
+
+current_version=$(get_current_version)
+new_version=$(bump_version "$current_version")
+
+echo "Current version: $current_version, new version: $new_version"
+
+echo "Building..."
+
+gw distTar
+RELEASE_FILE="build/distributions/easy-cass-stress-${current_version}.tar.gz"
+
+if [ ! -f "$RELEASE_FILE" ]; then
+  echo "Release file $RELEASE_FILE does not exist, exiting."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+#### SHA256 and URL for the repo update
+ARTIFACT_SHA=$(sha2 -256 -q $RELEASE_FILE)
+
+echo "SHA: $ARTIFACT_SHA"
+
+echo "Current version: $current_version, next version: $new_version.  Enter to continue, control-c to quit."
+
+read
+
+##### Create release in GitHub #####
+if [ "$DEBUG" = false ]; then
+  gh release create "v${current_version}" --generate-notes $RELEASE_FILE
+else
+  echo "Skipping gh create create because we're in debug mode."
+fi
+
+#####  Update Homebrew
+
+# Update the `version` and `sha256` fields.
+sed -i '' "s/^\([[:space:]]*\)version.*/\1version \"${current_version}\"/" $HOMEBREW_FORMULA
+sed -i '' "s/^\([[:space:]]*\)sha256.*/\1sha256 \"${ARTIFACT_SHA}\"/" $HOMEBREW_FORMULA
+
+# commit and push
+if [ "$DEBUG" = false ]; then
+  (
+  cd $RRB_HOMEBREW_REPO
+  git commit -am "Version bump to $current_version"
+  git push
+  )
+fi
+
+##### Done with the release, now we increment gradle's version #####
+
+update_version_file "$new_version"
+
+echo "Release $new_version created successfully."
+
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a82b792..1da4205 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ apply plugin: 'application'
 apply plugin: 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow'
 
 group 'com.rustyrazorblade'
-version '6.2.0-SNAPSHOT'
 
 sourceCompatibility = 11
 
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22f05fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+version=7
\ No newline at end of file