diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b2f14826c5..8034538536 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
     "test": "lerna run --scope '@scm-manager/ui-*' test",
     "typecheck": "lerna run --scope '@scm-manager/ui-*' typecheck",
     "serve": "webpack-dev-server --mode=development --config=scm-ui/ui-scripts/src/webpack.config.js",
-    "deploy": "ui-scripts publish"
+    "deploy": "ui-scripts publish",
+    "version": "ui-scripts version"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "babel-plugin-reflow": "^0.2.7",
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-scripts/bin/ui-scripts.js b/scm-ui/ui-scripts/bin/ui-scripts.js
index 41549ac27a..28f5ef3315 100755
--- a/scm-ui/ui-scripts/bin/ui-scripts.js
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-scripts/bin/ui-scripts.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 const { spawnSync } = require("child_process");
 
-const commands = ["plugin", "plugin-watch", "publish"];
+const commands = ["plugin", "plugin-watch", "publish", "version"];
 
 const args = process.argv.slice(2);
 
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-scripts/src/commands/publish.js b/scm-ui/ui-scripts/src/commands/publish.js
index d3cdc60724..2e5ad90440 100644
--- a/scm-ui/ui-scripts/src/commands/publish.js
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-scripts/src/commands/publish.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const versions = require("../versions");
 const args = process.argv.slice(2);
 
 if (args.length < 1) {
-  console.log("usage ui-scripts publish version");
+  console.log("usage ui-scripts publish <version>");
   process.exit(1);
 }
 
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-scripts/src/commands/version.js b/scm-ui/ui-scripts/src/commands/version.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c1feb85318
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-scripts/src/commands/version.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+const lerna = require("../lerna");
+
+const args = process.argv.slice(2);
+
+if (args.length < 1) {
+  console.log("usage ui-scripts version <new-version>");
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const version = args[0];
+
+lerna.version(version);