diff --git a/pywb/__init__.py b/pywb/__init__.py
index bdc3ced0..0ca0a70f 100644
--- a/pywb/__init__.py
+++ b/pywb/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = '2.2.0.dev0'
+from pywb.version import __version__
 
 DEFAULT_CONFIG = 'pywb/default_config.yaml'
 
diff --git a/pywb/version.py b/pywb/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b8a88192
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pywb/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = '2.2.20190221'
diff --git a/update-version.sh b/update-version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c6f7a1e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/update-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+BASE=2.2
+NOW=$(date +%Y%m%d)
+sed -i='' -E  "s/(__version__ = ').*$/\1$BASE.$NOW'/" ./pywb/version.py 
+git tag v-$BASE.$NOW
+git commit ./pywb/version.py
+git push origin v-$BASE.$NOW