diff --git a/.github/workflows/tact.yml b/.github/workflows/tact.yml
index 9d8f995c8..b1464ed50 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tact.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tact.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           yarn knip
 
+      - name: Run ShellCheck
+        uses: ludeeus/action-shellcheck@master
+        with:
+          scandir: "./scripts"
+
       - name: Check there are no errors to be fixed in package.json
         run: |
           npm pkg fix && git diff --exit-code
diff --git a/cspell.json b/cspell.json
index 6ad870b53..6df46b2af 100644
--- a/cspell.json
+++ b/cspell.json
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     "maxint",
     "minmax",
     "mintable",
+    "mktemp",
     "multiformats",
     "Korshakov",
     "nocheck",
diff --git a/scripts/set-next-version.sh b/scripts/set-next-version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..898ad1cc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/set-next-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+# Call the script with a new dev version as its argument.
+# If the argument is not provided a new version will be
+# automatically generated from package.json and current date,
+# plus a gitHead field with the current Git commit hash
+# will be added to package.json.
+# 
+# The version format should be as follows:
+# <MAJOR>.<MINOR>.<PATCH>-dev.<ISO-8601-DATE-WITHOUT-DELIMITERS>
+# e.g. something like 1.4.0-dev.20240711
+
+FILE=package.json
+COMMIT=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+
+if [ ! -f "$FILE" ]; then
+    echo "Error: $FILE not found!"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+VERSION=$1
+if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
+    VERSION=$(jq -r '.version' $FILE)-dev.$(date +"%Y%m%d")
+fi
+
+TMP=$(mktemp)
+jq ".version = \"$VERSION\" | .gitHead = \"$COMMIT\"" "$FILE" > "$TMP"
+mv "$TMP" "$FILE"
+rm "$TMP"
+yarn prettier -w "$FILE"
+