diff --git a/.github/workflows/version-update.sh b/.github/workflows/version-update.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1bf95af9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/version-update.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+name: "Nix & Meson: update version"
+
+on: [push, workflow_dispatch]
+
+jobs:
+  update:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Clone repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Update flake and meson version
+      run: |
+        REGEX="([0-9]+(\.[0-9a-zA-Z]+)+)"
+
+        CRT_REV=$(git show-ref --tags --head --abbrev | head -n 1 | head -c 7)
+        TAG_REV=$(git show-ref --tags --abbrev | tail -n 1 | head -c 7)
+        CRT_VER=$(sed -nEe "/$REGEX/{p;q;}" meson.build | awk -F\' '{print $2}')
+        VERSION=$(git show-ref --tags --abbrev | tail -n 1 | tail -c +20)
+
+        if [[ $TAG_REV = $CRT_REV ]] || [[ $CRT_VER != $VERSION ]]; then
+          sed -Ei "s/$REGEX/$VERSION/g" meson.build
+          sed -Ei "s/$REGEX/$VERSION/g" flake.nix
+        fi
+    - uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v4
+      with:
+        commit_message: "[gha] bump flake and meson version"
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 8500c7a4..9d5569d7 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         src = inputs.wlroots;
       });
       hyprland = prev.callPackage ./nix/default.nix {
-        version = "0.pre" + "+date=" + (mkDate (self.lastModifiedDate or "19700101"));
+        version = "0.5.0beta" + "+date=" + (mkDate (self.lastModifiedDate or "19700101"));
         wlroots = wlroots-hyprland;
       };
     };
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b902c80a..f75f64fd 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('Hyprland', 'cpp', 'c',
-  version : '0.1',
+  version : '0.5.0beta',
   default_options : ['warning_level=3', 'cpp_std=c++20', 'default_library=static'])
 
 wlroots = subproject('wlroots', default_options: ['examples=false'])