diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index 3295a0b..89bf899 100755
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 set -ef -o pipefail
 
@@ -13,23 +13,37 @@ check_command git
 check_command git-cliff
 check_command uv
 
-if [ -z "$1" ]; then
-    echo " > No semver verb specified, run release with <major|minor|patch> parameter."
-    exit 1
+# Get current date components
+YEAR=$(date +%Y)
+MONTH=$(date +%-m)  # %-m removes zero padding
+
+# Get the latest version for current year and month
+LATEST_TAG=$(git tag -l "${YEAR}.${MONTH}.*" | sort -V | tail -n 1)
+
+if [ -z "$LATEST_TAG" ]; then
+    # No version for current year/month exists, start at 0
+    MICRO=0
+else
+    # Extract micro version and increment
+    MICRO=$(echo "$LATEST_TAG" | cut -d. -f3)
+    MICRO=$((MICRO + 1))
 fi
 
-CURRENT_VERSION=$(uvx poetry version -s)
+NEXT_VERSION="${YEAR}.${MONTH}.${MICRO}"
+CURRENT_VERSION=$(uv version --short)
+
 echo " > Current version is $CURRENT_VERSION"
+echo " > Setting new version to $NEXT_VERSION"
 
-uvx poetry version "$1"
-NEXT_VERSION=$(uvx poetry version -s)
+# Manually update version in pyproject.toml
+sed -i '' "s/^version = .*/version = \"${NEXT_VERSION}\"/" pyproject.toml
 
-echo " > leggen bumped to $NEXT_VERSION"
+echo " > Version bumped to $NEXT_VERSION"
 echo "Updating CHANGELOG.md"
 git-cliff --unreleased --tag "$NEXT_VERSION" --prepend CHANGELOG.md > /dev/null
 
 echo " > Commiting changes and adding git tag"
-git add pyproject.toml CHANGELOG.md
+git add pyproject.toml CHANGELOG.md uv.lock
 git commit -m "chore(ci): Bump version to $NEXT_VERSION"
 git tag -a "$NEXT_VERSION" -m "$NEXT_VERSION"