diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 9fe9666a..2758735d 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@ minor:
 
 major:
     cargo release version major --execute
+
+release:
+    scripts/try-tag-and-release.sh
diff --git a/scripts/try-tag-and-release.sh b/scripts/try-tag-and-release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..54c7adc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/try-tag-and-release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+date=$(date +'%Y%m%d')
+incr=1
+
+while [ $(git tag -l "$date-$incr") ]; do
+    incr=$((incr+1))
+done
+
+tag=$date-$incr
+echo About to tag and push $tag in 3 seconds...
+sleep 3s
+
+git tag $tag
+git push --atomic origin $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD) $tag