diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 5e3b1ce..ca97264 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ delete-release tag:
     git push --delete origin v{{tag}}
 
 release tag:
-    cargo bump {{tag}}
+    cargo xtask bump {{tag}}
     git add Cargo.toml
     git diff --quiet Cargo.toml && git diff --staged --quiet || git commit -m "Bump version to {{tag}}"
     git pull origin main
diff --git a/xtask/Cargo.toml b/xtask/Cargo.toml
index 98d5708..a5d80e0 100644
--- a/xtask/Cargo.toml
+++ b/xtask/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,4 +7,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.69"
-xtaskops = "0.4.1"
+cargo_metadata = "0.15.3"
+clap = "4.1.6"
+semver = "1.0.16"
+toml_edit = "0.19.3"
diff --git a/xtask/src/bump.rs b/xtask/src/bump.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..467bfe9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xtask/src/bump.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+use anyhow::Result;
+use cargo_metadata::MetadataCommand;
+use clap::{arg, ArgMatches, Command};
+use toml_edit::{value, Document};
+
+pub fn cli() -> Command {
+    Command::new("bump")
+        .about("Bump the version of the current crate")
+        .arg(arg!(<VERSION> "The version to bump to"))
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub enum Modifier {
+    Major,
+    Minor,
+    Patch,
+    Custom(semver::Version),
+}
+
+impl Modifier {
+    pub fn parse(s: impl AsRef<str>) -> Result<Self> {
+        let s = s.as_ref().trim();
+        if s == "major" {
+            Ok(Self::Major)
+        } else if s == "minor" {
+            Ok(Self::Minor)
+        } else if s == "patch" {
+            Ok(Self::Patch)
+        } else {
+            Ok(Self::Custom(semver::Version::parse(s)?))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub trait VersionModifier {
+    fn bump(&self, version: Modifier) -> semver::Version;
+}
+
+impl VersionModifier for semver::Version {
+    fn bump(&self, version: Modifier) -> semver::Version {
+        match version {
+            Modifier::Major => {
+                let mut v = self.clone();
+                v.major += 1;
+                v.minor = 0;
+                v.patch = 0;
+                v
+            }
+            Modifier::Minor => {
+                let mut v = self.clone();
+                v.minor += 1;
+                v.patch = 0;
+                v
+            }
+            Modifier::Patch => {
+                let mut v = self.clone();
+                v.patch += 1;
+                v
+            }
+            Modifier::Custom(v) => v,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn exec(matches: &ArgMatches) -> Result<()> {
+    let metadata_cmd = MetadataCommand::new();
+    let metadata = metadata_cmd.exec()?;
+    let root_package = metadata.root_package().unwrap();
+    let manifest = root_package.manifest_path.to_owned();
+    let source = std::fs::read_to_string(manifest.to_owned())?;
+    let mut doc = source.parse::<Document>()?;
+    let modifier_str = matches
+        .get_one::<String>("VERSION")
+        .expect("VERSION is required");
+    let modifier = Modifier::parse(modifier_str)?;
+
+    if let Some(version_str) = doc["package"]["version"].as_str() {
+        let version = semver::Version::parse(version_str)?;
+        let new_version = version.bump(modifier.clone());
+        doc["package"]["version"] = value(new_version.to_string());
+        std::fs::write(manifest, doc.to_string())?;
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/xtask/src/main.rs b/xtask/src/main.rs
index f8985b5..c263e45 100644
--- a/xtask/src/main.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+use clap::Command;
+
+mod bump;
+
 fn main() -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
-    xtaskops::tasks::main()
+    let app = Command::new("xtask")
+        .about("A task runner for the xtask crate")
+        .subcommand(bump::cli())
+        .arg_required_else_help(true);
+    let matches = app.get_matches();
+
+    match matches.subcommand() {
+        Some(("bump", submatches)) => bump::exec(submatches),
+        _ => Ok(()),
+    }
 }