diff --git a/.github/actions/bump-version/action.yml b/.github/actions/bump-version/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03cb236cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/bump-version/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: "Bump version"
+inputs:
+  github-token:
+    description: GitHub token for authentication
+    required: true
+  version:
+    description: Optional version so action can skip checking separately
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Get release draft version and set environment variable
+      if: "${{ inputs.version == '' }}"
+      run: |
+        VERSION_DETAILS=gh release -R ${{ github.repository }} ls -L 1 --json isDraft,tagName
+        echo "PKG_VERSION=$VERSION_DETAILS" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+      env:
+        GH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.github-token }}
+    - name: Set environment variable to version
+      if: "${{ inputs.version != '' }}"
+      run: echo "PKG_VERSION=${{ inputs.version }}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+    - name: Bump version of package
+      id: bump-version
+      run: |
+        PARSED_VERSION=node .\scripts\bump-version.js $PKG_VERSION
+        npm version $PARSED_VERSION --commit-hooks false --git-tag-version false
+        echo "PKG_VERSION=$PARSED_VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+    - name: Create pull request with the changes
+      uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
+      with:
+        token: ${{ inputs.github-token }}
+        commit-message: Update files containing the version of the package
+        branch: bump-version
+        title: Update version for the next release (${{ steps.bump-version.outputs.PKG_VERSION }})
+        body: |
+          _This PR is auto-generated._
+
+          - updates package version to `"${{ steps.bump-version.outputs.PKG_VERSION }}"`
+
+          > [!IMPORTANT]
+          >
+          > Every time the main branch is updated and release drafter bumps the version of the new release draft, this PR is auto-updated!
+        labels: skip-changelog
diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-version-bump-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/create-version-bump-pr.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b589f3c0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-version-bump-pr.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+name: Create Version Bump PR
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  update_version:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Bump version in package files and create PR
+        uses: ./.github/actions/bump-version
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
index 20f2d83f4..26c8bd43c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
@@ -8,9 +8,27 @@ on:
 jobs:
   update_release_draft:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
     steps:
-      - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v6
+      - name: Draft release
+        id: draft-release
+        uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v6
         with:
           config-name: release-draft-template.yml
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_DRAFTER_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Get status of version bump PR
+        id: pr-status
+        run: |
+          PR_NOT_OPEN=gh pr -R ${{ github.repository }} view bump-version --json closed --jq '.closed' || echo true
+          echo "PR_NOT_OPEN=$PR_NOT_OPEN" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        if: steps.pr-status.outputs.PR_NOT_OPEN == 'false'
+      - name: Update PR with version bump
+        if: steps.pr-status.outputs.PR_NOT_OPEN == 'false'
+        uses: ./.github/actions/bump-version
+        with:
+          version: ${{ steps.draft-release.outputs.resolved_version }}
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/scripts/bump-version.js b/scripts/bump-version.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e84230f04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/bump-version.js
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import { argv, stdout } from "node:process";
+import { writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+
+if (argv.length !== 3) {
+  throw new Error("expected one command line argument", {
+    cause: argv.slice(2),
+  });
+}
+
+/** @type {string | { isDraft: boolean; tagName: string }[]} */
+const arrayWithLastReleaseOrVersion = JSON.parse(argv[2]);
+
+const pkgVersion = (function () {
+  if (typeof arrayWithLastReleaseOrVersion === "string") {
+    return arrayWithLastReleaseOrVersion;
+  }
+
+  if (
+    !Array.isArray(arrayWithLastReleaseOrVersion) ||
+    arrayWithLastReleaseOrVersion.length !== 1
+  ) {
+    throw new Error("expected an array with one element", {
+      cause: arrayWithLastReleaseOrVersion,
+    });
+  }
+
+  const lastRelease = arrayWithLastReleaseOrVersion[0];
+  const { isDraft, tagName } = lastRelease;
+
+  if (
+    Object.keys(lastRelease).length !== 2 ||
+    typeof isDraft !== "boolean" ||
+    typeof tagName !== "string"
+  ) {
+    throw new Error(
+      'expected an object with keys "isDraft" as boolean and "tagName" as string',
+      { cause: lastRelease },
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (!isDraft) {
+    throw new Error(
+      "expected a draft release to be present as the first element in the releases list",
+    );
+  }
+
+  // remove the "v" from "vX.X.X"
+  return tagName.substring(1);
+})();
+
+const pkgVersionFileContents = `export const PACKAGE_VERSION = "${pkgVersion}";\n`;
+
+const pkgVersionFilePath = new URL(
+  "../src/package-version.ts",
+  import.meta.url,
+);
+
+writeFileSync(pkgVersionFilePath, pkgVersionFileContents);
+
+stdout.write(pkgVersion);