diff --git a/bouncer/commands/noop_runtime_upgrade.ts b/bouncer/commands/noop_runtime_upgrade.ts
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+#!/usr/bin/env -S pnpm tsx
+// INSTRUCTIONS
+//
+// Performs a noop runtime upgrade. You will bump the runtime `spec_version` and nothing else.
+// This should not affect the CFEs in any way. Everything should just function straight through the upgrade.
+// For example ./commands/noop_runtime_upgrade.ts
+// NB: It *must* be run from the bouncer directory.
+
+import { noopRuntimeUpgrade } from '../shared/noop_runtime_upgrade';
+import { promptUser } from '../shared/prompt_user';
+import { testAllSwaps } from '../shared/swapping';
+import { runWithTimeout } from '../shared/utils';
+
+async function main(): Promise<void> {
+  await noopRuntimeUpgrade();
+
+  await promptUser(
+    'Would you like to test all swaps after the upgrade now? The vaults and liquidity must be set up already.',
+  );
+
+  await testAllSwaps();
+
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
+// 15 minutes. We need to wait for user input, compile, and potentially run tests. This is deliberatly quite long.
+// This won't be run on CI, so it's not a problem if it takes a while.
+runWithTimeout(main(), 15 * 60 * 1000).catch((error) => {
+  console.error(error);
+  process.exit(-1);
+});
diff --git a/bouncer/shared/noop_runtime_upgrade.ts b/bouncer/shared/noop_runtime_upgrade.ts
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+// Do a runtime upgrade that does nothing - the runtime should be identical except for the `spec_version` field.
+// Needs to be run from the bouncer directory.
+import { execSync } from 'node:child_process';
+
+import { submitRuntimeUpgrade } from './submit_runtime_upgrade';
+import { jsonRpc } from './json_rpc';
+import { getChainflipApi, observeEvent } from './utils';
+import { promptUser } from './prompt_user';
+
+async function getCurrentSpecVersion(): Promise<number> {
+  return Number((await jsonRpc('state_getRuntimeVersion', [], 9944)).specVersion);
+}
+
+export async function noopRuntimeUpgrade(): Promise<void> {
+  const chainflip = await getChainflipApi();
+
+  const currentSpecVersion = await getCurrentSpecVersion();
+
+  console.log('Current spec_version: ' + currentSpecVersion);
+
+  const nextSpecVersion = currentSpecVersion + 1;
+
+  await promptUser(
+    'Go to state-chain/runtime/src/lib.rs and then in that file go to #[sp_version::runtime_version]. Set the `spec_version` to ' +
+      nextSpecVersion +
+      ' and save the file.',
+  );
+
+  console.log('Building the new runtime');
+  execSync('cd ../state-chain/runtime && cargo build --release');
+
+  console.log('Built the new runtime. Applying runtime upgrade.');
+  await submitRuntimeUpgrade(
+    '../target/release/wbuild/state-chain-runtime/state_chain_runtime.compact.compressed.wasm',
+  );
+
+  await observeEvent('system:CodeUpdated', chainflip);
+
+  const newSpecVersion = await getCurrentSpecVersion();
+  console.log('New spec_version: ' + newSpecVersion);
+
+  if (newSpecVersion !== nextSpecVersion) {
+    console.error(
+      'After submitting the runtime upgrade, the new spec_version is not what we expected. Expected: ' +
+        nextSpecVersion +
+        ' Got: ' +
+        newSpecVersion,
+    );
+  }
+
+  console.log('Runtime upgrade complete.');
+}
diff --git a/bouncer/shared/prompt_user.ts b/bouncer/shared/prompt_user.ts
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+import { createInterface } from 'readline/promises';
+
+export async function promptUser(prompt: string) {
+  const rl = createInterface({
+    input: process.stdin,
+    output: process.stdout,
+  });
+
+  try {
+    const completePrompt = prompt + '\nEnter to continue. Ctrl + C to exit.\n';
+    const ans = await rl.question(completePrompt);
+    rl.close();
+    return ans;
+  } finally {
+    rl.close();
+  }
+}