diff --git a/.versionrc.json b/.versionrc.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58d8dd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.versionrc.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "bumpFiles": [
+    {
+      "filename": "VERSION",
+      "type": "plain-text"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 281cd6e..7e0296c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@
 
 default: vendor
 
+.PHONY: new-version
+new-version:
+	$(if $(shell which npx),,\
+		$(error No npx not found in PATH, please install NodeJS))
+	$(if $(shell which standard-version),,\
+		$(error No standard-version not found in PATH, install with: \
+			npm install -g standard-version))
+
+	npx standard-version
+
 
 #
 # Functions.