diff --git a/update-quarkus-version.sh b/update-quarkus-version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d73d471b64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/update-quarkus-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "Release version required"
+    exit 1
+fi
+VERSION=$1
+
+sed -ri "s@        <quarkus\.version>[^<]+</quarkus\.version>@        <quarkus.version>${VERSION}</quarkus.version>@g" pom.xml
+./mvnw -Dsync