diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 13ec860..487bbcc 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "bugscope",
-  "version": "0.15.1",
+  "version": "0.18.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "bugscope",
-      "version": "0.15.1",
+      "version": "0.18.1",
       "dependencies": {
         "@tauri-apps/api": "^2",
         "apache-arrow": "^21.1.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 728877c..fd87675 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "bugscope",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "0.15.1",
+  "version": "0.18.1",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "setup": "bash scripts/setup.sh",
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
     "dev:no-analytics": "cargo tauri dev",
     "build": "cargo tauri build",
     "lint": "eslint .",
-    "preview": "vite preview"
+    "preview": "vite preview",
+    "version:bump": "node scripts/bump-version.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@tauri-apps/api": "^2",
diff --git a/scripts/bump-version.js b/scripts/bump-version.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70da42c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/bump-version.js
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+// Usage: node scripts/bump-version.js <new-version>
+// Updates version in package.json and src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+
+import { readFileSync, writeFileSync } from "fs";
+import { resolve, dirname } from "path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
+import { execSync } from "child_process";
+
+const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+const root = resolve(__dirname, "..");
+
+const newVersion = process.argv[2];
+if (!newVersion) {
+  console.error("Usage: node scripts/bump-version.js <new-version>");
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+if (!/^\d+\.\d+\.\d+/.test(newVersion)) {
+  console.error(`Invalid version format: "${newVersion}". Expected semver (e.g. 1.2.3)`);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+// Update package.json
+const pkgPath = resolve(root, "package.json");
+const pkg = JSON.parse(readFileSync(pkgPath, "utf8"));
+const oldVersion = pkg.version;
+pkg.version = newVersion;
+writeFileSync(pkgPath, JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 2) + "\n");
+console.log(`package.json:             ${oldVersion} → ${newVersion}`);
+
+// Update src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+const cargoPath = resolve(root, "src-tauri", "Cargo.toml");
+let cargo = readFileSync(cargoPath, "utf8");
+cargo = cargo.replace(
+  /^(version\s*=\s*)"[\d.]+"(\s*$)/m,
+  `$1"${newVersion}"$2`
+);
+writeFileSync(cargoPath, cargo);
+console.log(`src-tauri/Cargo.toml:     ${oldVersion} → ${newVersion}`);
+
+// Update package-lock.json
+try {
+  execSync("npm install --package-lock-only --ignore-scripts", { cwd: root, stdio: "inherit" });
+  console.log(`package-lock.json:        updated`);
+} catch {
+  console.warn("Warning: failed to update package-lock.json — run `npm install` manually");
+}
+
+// Update Cargo.lock
+try {
+  execSync(`cargo update --precise ${newVersion} --manifest-path src-tauri/Cargo.toml bugscope`, {
+    cwd: root,
+    stdio: "inherit",
+  });
+  console.log(`src-tauri/Cargo.lock:     updated`);
+} catch {
+  console.warn("Warning: failed to update Cargo.lock — run `cargo update` in src-tauri/ manually");
+}
+
+console.log(`\nVersion bumped to ${newVersion}`);
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index f051566..dacf7ed 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bugscope"
-version = "0.15.1"
+version = "0.18.1"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array 56.2.1",
  "arrow-ipc",
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index c98c608..9e27fad 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "bugscope"
-version = "0.15.1"
+version = "0.18.1"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [lib]
diff --git a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
index d3d976c..f2a3c7e 100644
--- a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nicegui/tauri-v2-schema/main/tauri.conf.json.schema",
   "productName": "Bugscope",
-  "version": "0.15.1",
   "identifier": "com.bugscope.desktop",
   "build": {
     "frontendDist": "../dist",