diff --git a/scripts/bump_patch_version.py b/scripts/bump_patch_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..728a978
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/bump_patch_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+from pathlib import Path
+
+version_file = Path('VERSION')
+current = version_file.read_text().strip() if version_file.exists() else '0.0.0'
+parts = current.split('.')
+while len(parts) < 3:
+    parts.append('0')
+major, minor, patch = [int(''.join(ch for ch in part if ch.isdigit()) or '0') for part in parts[:3]]
+patch += 1
+new_version = f'{major}.{minor}.{patch}'
+version_file.write_text(new_version + '\n')
+print(new_version)