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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+# configuration
+REPO="hivemq/helm-charts"
+
+# check if binaries are installed
+IS_GH_INSTALLED=$(which gh >/dev/null 2>&1 || echo "GitHub CLI is not installed")
+if [ -n "$IS_GH_INSTALLED" ]; then
+  echo "$IS_GH_INSTALLED"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# check if gh is not authenticated
+if ! gh auth status &>/dev/null; then
+  echo "GitHub CLI is not logged in"
+  echo "Please run 'gh auth login' to authenticate"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# get a list of releases with names matching "hivemq-platform-<version>"
+echo "Searching the latest hivemq-platform release"
+releases=$(gh release list --repo "$REPO" --limit 100 | grep -oP '^hivemq-platform-\K[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+')
+latest_version=$(echo "$releases" | sort -V | tail -n 1)
+if [ -z "$latest_version" ]; then
+  echo "No hivemq-platform releases found"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# mark the found release as latest
+latest_release="hivemq-platform-$latest_version"
+gh release edit "$latest_release" --repo "$REPO" --latest
+echo "Marked $latest_release as the latest release"