diff --git a/extra/update-version.js b/extra/update-version.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..797724abf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/update-version.js
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/**
+ * String.prototype.replaceAll() polyfill
+ * https://gomakethings.com/how-to-replace-a-section-of-a-string-with-another-one-with-vanilla-js/
+ * @author Chris Ferdinandi
+ * @license MIT
+ */
+if (!String.prototype.replaceAll) {
+    String.prototype.replaceAll = function(str, newStr) {
+
+        // If a regex pattern
+        if (Object.prototype.toString.call(str).toLowerCase() === "[object regexp]") {
+            return this.replace(str, newStr);
+        }
+
+        // If a string
+        return this.replace(new RegExp(str, "g"), newStr);
+
+    };
+}
+
+const pkg = require("../package.json");
+const fs = require("fs");
+const child_process = require("child_process");
+const oldVersion = pkg.version;
+const newVersion = process.argv[2];
+
+console.log("Old Version: " + oldVersion);
+console.log("New Version: " + newVersion);
+
+if (! newVersion) {
+    console.error("invalid version");
+    process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const exists = tagExists(newVersion);
+
+if (! exists) {
+    // Process package.json
+    pkg.version = newVersion;
+    pkg.scripts.setup = pkg.scripts.setup.replaceAll(oldVersion, newVersion);
+    pkg.scripts["build-docker"] = pkg.scripts["build-docker"].replaceAll(oldVersion, newVersion);
+    fs.writeFileSync("package.json", JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 4) + "\n");
+
+    // Process README.md
+    fs.writeFileSync("README.md", fs.readFileSync("README.md", "utf8").replaceAll(oldVersion, newVersion));
+
+    //commit(newVersion);
+    //tag(newVersion);
+} else {
+    console.log("version exists")
+}
+
+function commit(version) {
+    let msg = "update to " + version;
+    child_process.spawnSync("git", ["commit", "-m", msg]);
+}
+
+function tag(version) {
+    child_process.spawnSync("git", ["tag", version]);
+}
+
+function tagExists(version) {
+    if (! version) {
+        throw new Error("invalid version");
+    }
+
+    let res = child_process.spawnSync("git", ["tag", "-l", version]);
+
+    return res.stdout.toString().trim() === version;
+}
diff --git a/extra/version-global-replace.js b/extra/version-global-replace.js
deleted file mode 100644
index bf9186567..000000000
--- a/extra/version-global-replace.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * String.prototype.replaceAll() polyfill
- * https://gomakethings.com/how-to-replace-a-section-of-a-string-with-another-one-with-vanilla-js/
- * @author Chris Ferdinandi
- * @license MIT
- */
-if (!String.prototype.replaceAll) {
-    String.prototype.replaceAll = function(str, newStr){
-
-        // If a regex pattern
-        if (Object.prototype.toString.call(str).toLowerCase() === '[object regexp]') {
-            return this.replace(str, newStr);
-        }
-
-        // If a string
-        return this.replace(new RegExp(str, 'g'), newStr);
-
-    };
-}
-
-const pkg = require('../package.json');
-const fs = require("fs");
-const oldVersion = pkg.version
-const newVersion = process.argv[2]
-
-console.log("Old Version: " + oldVersion)
-console.log("New Version: " + newVersion)
-
-if (newVersion) {
-    // Process package.json
-    pkg.version = newVersion
-    pkg.scripts.setup = pkg.scripts.setup.replaceAll(oldVersion, newVersion)
-    pkg.scripts["build-docker"] = pkg.scripts["build-docker"].replaceAll(oldVersion, newVersion)
-    fs.writeFileSync("package.json", JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 4) + "\n")
-
-    // Process README.md
-   fs.writeFileSync("README.md", fs.readFileSync("README.md", 'utf8').replaceAll(oldVersion, newVersion))
-}
-
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 07cd3054c..44acd995f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         "build-docker-nightly": "docker buildx build --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/arm/v7 -t louislam/uptime-kuma:nightly --target nightly . --push",
         "build-docker-nightly-amd64": "docker buildx build --platform linux/amd64 -t louislam/uptime-kuma:nightly-amd64 --target nightly . --push",
         "setup": "git checkout 1.0.9 && npm install && npm run build",
-        "version-global-replace": "node extra/version-global-replace.js",
+        "update-version": "node extra/update-version.js",
         "mark-as-nightly": "node extra/mark-as-nightly.js"
     },
     "dependencies": {