diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ba50f2ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[bumpversion]
+current_version = "1.2.0"
+commit = True
+tag = True
+tag_name = {new_version}
+
+[bumpversion:file:setup.py]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bumpversion.yml b/.github/workflows/bumpversion.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bfc42657
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/bumpversion.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+name: 'Bump2version-CI'
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'master'
+      - 'main'
+jobs:
+  bump-version:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: Bump version and push tags to master
+    steps:
+      - name: Bump version
+        uses: Clinical-Genomics/bump2version-ci@master
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
+          GITHUB_ACTOR: ${{ github.actor }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bbd4cfc9..1505e184 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 click
-bumpversion
+bump2version
 pymongo
 mongo_adapter
 coloredlogs
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6eaed412..7f17bfa7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
-from statina import __version__ as version
 
 try:
     with open("requirements.txt", "r") as f:
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="statina",
-    version=version,
+    version="1.2.0",
     description="NIPT data storage and visualisation",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
diff --git a/statina/__init__.py b/statina/__init__.py
index c68196d1..8b137891 100644
--- a/statina/__init__.py
+++ b/statina/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.2.0"
+