diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6d05950..088e8c2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "docs:prepare": "cd docs/_book && git init && git checkout -b gh-pages && git add . && git commit -m 'Update documentation'",
     "docs:publish": "cd docs/_book && git push git@github.com:uphold/uphold-sdk-javascript gh-pages --force && cd .. && rm -rf _book",
     "lint": "eslint --cache src test",
-    "release": "npm version $1 -m 'Release %s'",
+    "release": "tasks/release.sh",
     "tdd": "yarn test --watch",
     "test": "jest --config jest.json",
     "version": "yarn build && yarn changelog && git add -f dist CHANGELOG.md"
diff --git a/tasks/release.sh b/tasks/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..493bc3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+release() {
+  # Clean node_modules
+  rm -rf node_modules && rm -f yarn.lock
+
+  # Install dependencies.
+  yarn
+
+  # Bump version.
+  yarn version --no-git-tag-version --new-version ${1:-patch}
+
+  # Get the new version number.
+  local version=`grep -m1 version package.json | cut -d '"' -f4`
+
+  # Create deploy branch.
+  git checkout -b deploy/${version}
+
+  # Generate changelog.
+  github-changelog-generator --owner=uphold --repo=uphold-sdk-javascript --future-release=${version} > CHANGELOG.md
+
+  # Build release
+  yarn build
+
+  # Add modified files.
+  git add -f dist yarn.lock package.json CHANGELOG.md
+
+  # Commit release with new version.
+  git commit -m "Release ${version}"
+}
+
+release $1