diff --git a/docs/RELEASE.md b/docs/RELEASE.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..63b41974
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/RELEASE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Releasing new version
+
+## Beta development
+
+Instructions for releasing beta packages on the `dev` branch
+
+### Steps
+
+1. Check out `dev`
+1. Pull latest
+1. Run script to bump versions and push changes to new branch `npmRelease`
+
+    ```bash
+    ./scripts/npmVersionBumpPrerelease.sh
+    ```
+
+1. Open PR, get reviews
+1. Merge PR
+1. Check out `dev`
+1. Run script
+
+   ```bash
+   scripts/tagBranchForRelease.sh
+   ```
+
+1. Travis will automatically release to npm
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index b5ab78e3..3e81f791 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "serverless-azure-functions",
-  "version": "1.0.0-3",
+  "version": "1.0.0-4",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 720da473..744b556f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "serverless-azure-functions",
-  "version": "1.0.0-3",
+  "version": "1.0.0-4",
   "description": "Provider plugin for the Serverless Framework v1.x which adds support for Azure Functions.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "main": "./lib/index.js",
diff --git a/scripts/npmPublishBeta.sh b/scripts/npmVersionBumpPrerelease.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/npmPublishBeta.sh
rename to scripts/npmVersionBumpPrerelease.sh
diff --git a/scripts/tagBranchForRelease.sh b/scripts/tagBranchForRelease.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..6afa93e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/tagBranchForRelease.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#/bin/sh
+set -eu 
+
+RELEASE_BRANCH=$1
+ON_BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+
+if [[ $ON_BRANCH != $RELEASE_BRANCH ]]; then
+  echo "You're on ${ON_BRANCH}.  Please checkout out $RELEASE_BRANCH before running this script"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "getting latest"
+git pull
+PACKAGE_VERSION=$(node -p -e "require('./package.json').version")
+git tag $PACKAGE_VERSION
+git push origin $PACKAGE_VERSION