diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 02c47907e..565c2cdf1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ stages:
   - ide-deploy
   - nix
   - nix-push
+  - versioning
 
 # TODO provide sensible CI for master
 dont-merge-to-master:
@@ -99,6 +100,13 @@ dont-merge-to-master:
     - eval $(opam config env)
     - scripts/setup_repos.sh
 
+version_scheduled_job:
+  stage: versioning
+  script:
+    - scripts/versioning.sh
+  only:
+    - schedules
+
 local-dune-job:
   <<: *before_script
   stage: test
@@ -113,6 +121,8 @@ local-dune-job:
   only:
     - merge_requests
     - dev
+    - tags
+    - triggers
     - /^.*-run-dev$/
 
 # Run a docker build without publishing to the registry
@@ -158,6 +168,7 @@ build-and-package-debian-9:
   <<: *build_binary
   only:
     - dev
+    - tags
     - /^.*-run-dev$/
 
 build-and-package-debian-10:
@@ -175,6 +186,7 @@ build-and-package-debian-10:
   only:
     - merge_requests
     - dev
+    - tags
     - /^.*-run-dev$/
 
 build-and-package-ubuntu-18-04:
@@ -188,6 +200,7 @@ build-and-package-ubuntu-18-04:
   <<: *build_binary
   only:
     - dev
+    - tags
     - /^.*-run-dev$/
 
 build-and-package-ubuntu-19-10:
@@ -201,6 +214,7 @@ build-and-package-ubuntu-19-10:
   <<: *build_binary
   only:
     - dev
+    - tags
     - /^.*-run-dev$/
 
 # Pages are deployed from dev, be careful not to override 'next'
@@ -232,7 +246,8 @@ run-webide-unit-tests:
     - npm ci
     - export LIGO_CMD=/bin/ligo && npm run test
   rules:
-    - changes:
+    - if: '$TAG_JOB != "true"'
+      changes:
         - tools/webide/**
       when: always
 
@@ -256,10 +271,11 @@ build-publish-ide-image:
       .
     - docker push "${WEBIDE_IMAGE_NAME}:${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}"
   rules:
-    - changes:
+    - if: '$TAG_JOB != "true"'
+      changes:
         - tools/webide/**
       when: always
-    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "dev"'
+      if: '$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "dev"'
       when: always
 
 run-webide-e2e-tests:
@@ -271,10 +287,11 @@ run-webide-e2e-tests:
     - export WEBIDE_IMAGE="${WEBIDE_IMAGE_NAME}:${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}"
     - docker-compose run e2e
   rules:
-    - changes:
+    - if: '$TAG_JOB != "true"'
+      changes:
         - tools/webide/**
       when: always
-    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "dev"'
+      if: '$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "dev"'
       when: always
 
 deploy-handoff:
diff --git a/scripts/versioning.sh b/scripts/versioning.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..12336776a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/versioning.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+apt-get update -qq
+apt-get -y -qq install jq
+
+fetch_version () {
+  local LAST_VERSION=`curl --silent "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/12294987/repository/tags?search=^V&order_by=name" | jq "map(.name)[0]"`
+  MAJOR=`echo $LAST_VERSION | sed -E "s/\.|\"|\V/\n/g" | grep -e . | sed -n 1p`
+  MINOR=`echo $LAST_VERSION | sed -E "s/\.|\"|\V/\n/g" | grep -e . | sed -n 2p`
+  PATCH=`echo $LAST_VERSION | sed -E "s/\.|\"|\V/\n/g" | grep -e . | sed -n 3p`
+}
+increment_patch () {
+  fetch_version
+  local NEW_PATCH=$((PATCH+1))
+  NEW_VERSION="${MAJOR}.${MINOR}.${NEW_PATCH}"
+}
+increment_minor () {
+  fetch_version
+  local NEW_MINOR=$((MINOR+1))
+  NEW_VERSION="${MAJOR}.${NEW_MINOR}.0"
+}
+increment_major () {
+  fetch_version
+  local NEW_MAJOR=$((MAJOR+1))
+  NEW_VERSION="${NEW_MAJOR}.0.0"
+}
+
+tag_dev () {
+  curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: ${AUTH}" https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/12294987/repository/tags -d "tag_name=V.${1}&ref=dev"
+}
+
+
+increment_minor
+echo $NEW_VERSION
+# increment_major
+# echo $NEW_VERSION
+# increment_patch
+# echo $NEW_VERSION
+
+tag_dev $NEW_VERSION
+
+
+# curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: W-7UVDzeofRmejE17_Gn" https://gitlab.com/api/v4/version
+# curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/repository/branches?branch=newbranch&ref=master
+