diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..657240bea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+VERSION=$1
+if [ -z $VERSION ]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 version [releasedDate]"
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+RELDATE=$2
+if [ -z $RELDATE ]; then
+  RELDATE=$(date '+%d/%b/%y')
+fi
+
+APPDIR=apps/community-app
+"$APPDIR/release.sh" "$VERSION" "$RELDATE"
+echo "releaseVersion=$VERSION.RELEASE" > mifosng-provider/gradle.properties
+