diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 8825b7779..6d90848fc 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@
 				"eslint-config-prettier": "^9.0.0",
 				"eslint-plugin-prettier": "^4.2.1",
 				"prettier": "^2.8.8",
-				"vue-template-compiler": "^2.7.15"
+				"vue-template-compiler": "^2.7.15",
+				"xml2js": "^0.6.2"
 			},
 			"engines": {
 				"node": "^20.0.0",
@@ -14994,6 +14995,12 @@
 				}
 			}
 		},
+		"node_modules/sax": {
+			"version": "1.3.0",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sax/-/sax-1.3.0.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-0s+oAmw9zLl1V1cS9BtZN7JAd0cW5e0QH4W3LWEK6a4LaLEA2OTpGYWDY+6XasBLtz6wkm3u1xRw95mRuJ59WA==",
+			"dev": true
+		},
 		"node_modules/schema-utils": {
 			"version": "4.2.0",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/schema-utils/-/schema-utils-4.2.0.tgz",
@@ -17888,6 +17895,28 @@
 				"node": ">=12"
 			}
 		},
+		"node_modules/xml2js": {
+			"version": "0.6.2",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/xml2js/-/xml2js-0.6.2.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-T4rieHaC1EXcES0Kxxj4JWgaUQHDk+qwHcYOCFHfiwKz7tOVPLq7Hjq9dM1WCMhylqMEfP7hMcOIChvotiZegA==",
+			"dev": true,
+			"dependencies": {
+				"sax": ">=0.6.0",
+				"xmlbuilder": "~11.0.0"
+			},
+			"engines": {
+				"node": ">=4.0.0"
+			}
+		},
+		"node_modules/xmlbuilder": {
+			"version": "11.0.1",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/xmlbuilder/-/xmlbuilder-11.0.1.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-fDlsI/kFEx7gLvbecc0/ohLG50fugQp8ryHzMTuW9vSa1GJ0XYWKnhsUx7oie3G98+r56aTQIUB4kht42R3JvA==",
+			"dev": true,
+			"engines": {
+				"node": ">=4.0"
+			}
+		},
 		"node_modules/xtend": {
 			"version": "4.0.2",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/xtend/-/xtend-4.0.2.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b4aa7c86c..f3f874f16 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
 		"lint": "eslint --ext .js,.vue src",
 		"lint:fix": "eslint --ext .js,.vue src --fix",
 		"stylelint": "stylelint src/**/*{.scss,.vue,.css}",
-		"stylelint:fix": "stylelint src --fix"
+		"stylelint:fix": "stylelint src --fix",
+		"version": "node update-app-version.mjs && git add ./appinfo/info.xml"
 	},
 	"dependencies": {
 		"@nextcloud/auth": "^2.2.1",
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@
 		"eslint-config-prettier": "^9.0.0",
 		"eslint-plugin-prettier": "^4.2.1",
 		"prettier": "^2.8.8",
-		"vue-template-compiler": "^2.7.15"
+		"vue-template-compiler": "^2.7.15",
+		"xml2js": "^0.6.2"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/update-app-version.mjs b/update-app-version.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db3df29b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/update-app-version.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import fs from 'fs/promises'
+import { parseString, Builder } from 'xml2js'
+
+const xmlFilePath = './appinfo/info.xml'
+
+/**
+ * Asynchronously reads a file.
+ * @function
+ * @param {string} path - The path to the file.
+ * @param {string} encoding - The character encoding of the file.
+ * @return {Promise<string>} A promise that contains the file content as a string.
+ */
+const readFileAsync = (path, encoding) => fs.readFile(path, encoding)
+
+/**
+ * Asynchronously writes a file.
+ * @function
+ * @param {string} path - The path to the file.
+ * @param {string} data - The data to be written to the file.
+ * @param {string} encoding - The character encoding of the file.
+ * @return {Promise<void>} A promise that is fulfilled after writing the file.
+ */
+const writeFileAsync = (path, data, encoding) => fs.writeFile(path, data, encoding)
+
+/**
+ * Syncronizes app version with package version
+ * @function
+ * @throws {Error} If an error occurs while updating the XML file.
+ */
+const updateXml = async () => {
+	try {
+
+		// Read the current version from package.json
+		const packageJsonContent = await readFileAsync('./package.json', 'utf-8')
+		const { version: newVersion } = JSON.parse(packageJsonContent)
+
+		// Read the XML file
+		const data = await readFileAsync(xmlFilePath, 'utf-8')
+
+		// Parse the XML data
+		const result = await parseXmlAsync(data)
+
+		// Update the version in the XML (under info.version)
+		result.info.version = newVersion
+
+		// Build the updated XML
+		const xmlBuilder = new Builder()
+		const updatedXml = xmlBuilder.buildObject(result)
+
+		// Write the updated XML back to the file
+		await writeFileAsync(xmlFilePath, updatedXml, 'utf-8')
+
+		console.info(`${xmlFilePath} successfully updated.`)
+	} catch (error) {
+		throw new Error(`Error updating ${xmlFilePath}: ${error.message}`)
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * Asynchronously parses XML data.
+ * @function
+ * @param {string} data - The XML data as a string.
+ * @return {Promise<object>} A promise that contains the parsed XML as a JavaScript object.
+ */
+const parseXmlAsync = (data) =>
+	new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+		parseString(data, (err, result) => {
+			if (err) {
+				reject(err)
+			} else {
+				resolve(result)
+			}
+		})
+	})
+
+// Perform the update
+updateXml().catch((error) => console.error(error))