diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bd22b7c55..b17c39291 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "frontend:test:watch": "karma start --conf karma.conf.js --single-run false",
     "frontend:build": "webpack",
     "frontend:build:watch": "webpack --watch",
-    "release": "standard-version"
+    "release": "git reset && standard-version -a"
   },
   "husky": {
     "hooks": {
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@
   },
   "standard-version": {
     "scripts": {
-      "postbump": "echo add any shell command here..."
+      "postbump": "./sync-versions.hs && git add -- package.yaml"
     },
-    "skip": {
-      "tag": true,
-      "commit": true
-    }
+    "commitUrlFormat": "https://gitlab.cip.ifi.lmu.de/jost/UniWorX/commit/{{hash}}",
+    "compareUrlFormat": "https://gitlab.cip.ifi.lmu.de/jost/UniWorX/compare/{{previousTag}}...{{currentTag}}",
+    "issueUrlFormat": "https://gitlab.cip.ifi.lmu.de/jost/UniWorX/issues/{{id}}",
+    "userUrlFormat": "https://gitlab.cip.ifi.lmu.de/{{user}}"
   },
   "browserslist": [
     "defaults"
diff --git a/sync-versions.hs b/sync-versions.hs
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..eccf58721
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sync-versions.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env stack
+-- stack runghc --package libyaml
+
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings
+           , LambdaCase
+           , PackageImports
+           , NamedFieldPuns
+           , RecordWildCards
+  #-}
+
+import "libyaml" Text.Libyaml
+import Control.Monad.Trans.Resource
+import Data.Conduit
+import qualified Data.Conduit.List as C
+
+import qualified Data.Aeson as JSON
+
+import qualified Data.ByteString as BS
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as CBS
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as LBS
+
+import qualified Data.HashMap.Lazy as HashMap
+
+import Data.Text (Text)
+import qualified Data.Text as Text
+import qualified Data.Text.IO as Text
+import qualified Data.Text.Encoding as Text
+
+import Text.Printf
+import System.IO (stderr)
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = do
+  Just packageJSON <- JSON.decode <$> LBS.readFile "package.json"
+  let
+    newVersion :: Text
+    Just (JSON.String newVersion) = HashMap.lookup ("version" :: Text) packageJSON
+
+  updatePackageYaml newVersion
+
+
+updatePackageYaml :: Text -> IO ()
+updatePackageYaml newVersion = do
+  (oldVersion, start, end) <- runResourceT . runConduit . (.|) (decodeFileMarked "package.yaml") $ do
+    awaitUntil $ \case
+      MarkedEvent{ yamlEvent = EventMappingStart _ _ _ } -> True
+      _ -> False
+    awaitUntil $ \case
+      MarkedEvent{ yamlEvent = EventScalar s _ _ _ }
+        | s == "version" -> True
+      _ -> False
+    _ <- await -- Throw away "version: "
+    Just MarkedEvent{ yamlEvent = EventScalar oldVersion' _ _ _, .. } <- await
+    let oldVersion = Text.decodeUtf8 oldVersion'
+    return (oldVersion, yamlStartMark, yamlEndMark)
+
+  encNewVersion <- runResourceT . runConduit . (.| encode) $ C.sourceList
+    [ EventStreamStart
+    , EventDocumentStart
+    , EventScalar (Text.encodeUtf8 newVersion) NoTag Any Nothing
+    , EventDocumentEnd
+    , EventStreamEnd
+    ]
+
+  hPrintf stderr "package.yaml: %s -> %s\n" oldVersion newVersion
+
+  packageYaml <- BS.readFile "package.yaml"
+  BS.writeFile "package.yaml" . mconcat $
+    [ BS.take (fromIntegral $ yamlIndex start) packageYaml
+    , Text.encodeUtf8 . Text.strip $ Text.decodeUtf8 encNewVersion
+    , BS.drop (fromIntegral $ yamlIndex end) packageYaml
+    ]
+  where
+    awaitUntil :: Monad m => (i -> Bool) -> ConduitM i o m ()
+    awaitUntil pred = do
+      nextIn <- await
+      case nextIn of
+        Nothing -> error "Ran out of input in awaitUntil"
+        Just inp
+          | pred inp -> leftover inp
+        Just _ -> awaitUntil pred