diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 1eb61bc4..87491f60 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ jobs:
           mkdir -p build
           cp yq.1 build/yq.1
           ./scripts/xcompile.sh
-        env:
-          VERSION: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}
 
       - name: Release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/snap-release.yml b/.github/workflows/snap-release.yml
index 7940f394..4fbfec03 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/snap-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/snap-release.yml
@@ -13,17 +13,6 @@ jobs:
       runs-on: ubuntu-latest
       steps:
         - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-        - name: Get the version
-          id: get_version
-          run: echo "VERSION=${GITHUB_REF##*/}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
-
-        - name: Update snapcraft version file
-          env:
-            VERSION: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}
-          uses: mikefarah/yq@master
-          with:
-            cmd: yq -i '.version = strenv(VERSION)' snap/snapcraft.yaml
         - uses: snapcore/action-build@v1
           id: build
         - uses: snapcore/action-publish@v1
diff --git a/cmd/version.go b/cmd/version.go
index 745640e3..fde34507 100644
--- a/cmd/version.go
+++ b/cmd/version.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ var (
 	GitDescribe string
 
 	// Version is main version number that is being run at the moment.
-	Version = ""
+	Version = "v4.30.4"
 
 	// VersionPrerelease is a pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
 	// then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release
diff --git a/scripts/bump-version.sh b/scripts/bump-version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..3fd7b844
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/bump-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+if [ "$1" == "" ]; then
+  echo "Please specify at a version"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+version=$1
+
+# validate version is in the right format
+echo $version | sed -r '/v4\.[0-9][0-9]\.[0-9][0-9]?$/!{q1}'
+
+previousVersion=$(cat cmd/version.go| sed -n 's/.*Version = "\([^"]*\)"/\1/p')
+
+echo "Updating from $previousVersion to $version"
+
+sed -i "s/\(.*Version =\).*/\1 \"$version\"/" cmd/version.go
+
+go build .
+actualVersion=$(./yq --version)
+
+if [ "$actualVersion" != "yq (https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/) version $version" ]; then
+    echo "Failed to update version.go"
+    exit 1
+else
+    echo "version.go updated"
+fi
+
+ version=$version ./yq -i '.version=strenv(version)' snap/snapcraft.yaml                                          
+
+actualSnapVersion=$(./yq '.version' snap/snapcraft.yaml)
+
+if [ "$actualSnapVersion" != "$version" ]; then
+    echo "Failed to update snapcraft"
+    exit 1
+else
+    echo "snapcraft updated"
+fi
+
+git add cmd/version.go snap/snapcraft.yaml
+git commit -m 'Bumping version'
+git tag $version
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/xcompile.sh b/scripts/xcompile.sh
index 41d3f2cb..cc22b7ef 100755
--- a/scripts/xcompile.sh
+++ b/scripts/xcompile.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set -e
 # you may need to go install github.com/mitchellh/gox@v1.0.1 first
 echo $VERSION
-CGO_ENABLED=0 gox -ldflags "${LDFLAGS} -X github.com/mikefarah/yq/v4/cmd.Version=${VERSION}" -output="build/yq_{{.OS}}_{{.Arch}}" --osarch="darwin/amd64 darwin/arm64 freebsd/386 freebsd/amd64 freebsd/arm linux/386 linux/amd64 linux/arm linux/arm64 linux/mips linux/mips64 linux/mips64le linux/mipsle linux/ppc64 linux/ppc64le linux/s390x netbsd/386 netbsd/amd64 netbsd/arm openbsd/386 openbsd/amd64 windows/386 windows/amd64"
+CGO_ENABLED=0 gox -ldflags "${LDFLAGS}" -output="build/yq_{{.OS}}_{{.Arch}}" --osarch="darwin/amd64 darwin/arm64 freebsd/386 freebsd/amd64 freebsd/arm linux/386 linux/amd64 linux/arm linux/arm64 linux/mips linux/mips64 linux/mips64le linux/mipsle linux/ppc64 linux/ppc64le linux/s390x netbsd/386 netbsd/amd64 netbsd/arm openbsd/386 openbsd/amd64 windows/386 windows/amd64"
 
 cd build
 
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 14d734a8..902688a0 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,18 +1,15 @@
 name: yq
-version: 'v4.30.3'
+version: 'v4.30.4'
 summary: A lightweight and portable command-line YAML processor
 description: |
   The aim of the project is to be the jq or sed of yaml files.
-
 base: core18
 grade: stable # devel|stable. must be 'stable' to release into candidate/stable channels
 confinement: strict
-
 apps:
   yq:
     command: yq
     plugs: [home]
-
 parts:
   yq:
     plugin: go