diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 78ae5fc..9202c40 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # FRONTEND
-FROM node:16-alpine as client 
+FROM node:18-alpine as client 
 WORKDIR /tmp
 RUN npm install -g pnpm@8
 COPY . .
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c610986..2823468 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@playwright/test": "^1.32.3",
     "@types/node": "^18.16.1",
-    "npm-run-all": "^4.1.5"
+    "npm-run-all": "^4.1.5",
+    "shelljs": "^0.8.5"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/backend/Cargo.lock b/packages/backend/Cargo.lock
index 36cedfb..11e1e84 100644
--- a/packages/backend/Cargo.lock
+++ b/packages/backend/Cargo.lock
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cryptgeon"
-version = "2.2.0"
+version = "2.3.0-beta.4"
 dependencies = [
  "actix-files",
  "actix-web",
diff --git a/packages/backend/Cargo.toml b/packages/backend/Cargo.toml
index 73166cf..00ffa0d 100644
--- a/packages/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "cryptgeon"
-version = "2.2.0"
+version = "2.3.0-beta.4"
 authors = ["cupcakearmy <hi@nicco.io>"]
 edition = "2021"
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 60e20d6..848675e 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "2.3.0-beta.2",
+  "version": "2.3.0-beta.4",
   "name": "cryptgeon",
   "type": "module",
   "engines": {
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 234bb92..0334fc4 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ importers:
       npm-run-all:
         specifier: ^4.1.5
         version: 4.1.5
+      shelljs:
+        specifier: ^0.8.5
+        version: 0.8.5
 
   packages/backend: {}
 
@@ -1774,6 +1777,11 @@ packages:
       side-channel: 1.0.4
     dev: true
 
+  /interpret@1.4.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-agE4QfB2Lkp9uICn7BAqoscw4SZP9kTE2hxiFI3jBPmXJfdqiahTbUuKGsMoN2GtqL9AxhYioAcVvgsb1HvRbA==}
+    engines: {node: '>= 0.10'}
+    dev: true
+
   /into-stream@6.0.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-XHbaOAvP+uFKUFsOgoNPRjLkwB+I22JFPFe5OjTkQ0nwgj6+pSjb4NmB6VMxaPshLiOf+zcpOCBQuLwC1KHhZA==}
     engines: {node: '>=10'}
@@ -2501,6 +2509,13 @@ packages:
       picomatch: 2.3.1
     dev: true
 
+  /rechoir@0.6.2:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-HFM8rkZ+i3zrV+4LQjwQ0W+ez98pApMGM3HUrN04j3CqzPOzl9nmP15Y8YXNm8QHGv/eacOVEjqhmWpkRV0NAw==}
+    engines: {node: '>= 0.10'}
+    dependencies:
+      resolve: 1.22.2
+    dev: true
+
   /regexp.prototype.flags@1.5.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-0SutC3pNudRKgquxGoRGIz946MZVHqbNfPjBdxeOhBrdgDKlRoXmYLQN9xRbrR09ZXWeGAdPuif7egofn6v5LA==}
     engines: {node: '>= 0.4'}
@@ -2673,6 +2688,16 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-6j1W9l1iAs/4xYBI1SYOVZyFcCis9b4KCLQ8fgAGG07QvzaRLVVRQvAy85yNmmZSjYjg4MWh4gNvlPujU/5LpA==}
     dev: true
 
+  /shelljs@0.8.5:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-TiwcRcrkhHvbrZbnRcFYMLl30Dfov3HKqzp5tO5b4pt6G/SezKcYhmDg15zXVBswHmctSAQKznqNW2LO5tTDow==}
+    engines: {node: '>=4'}
+    hasBin: true
+    dependencies:
+      glob: 7.2.3
+      interpret: 1.4.0
+      rechoir: 0.6.2
+    dev: true
+
   /side-channel@1.0.4:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-q5XPytqFEIKHkGdiMIrY10mvLRvnQh42/+GoBlFW3b2LXLE2xxJpZFdm94we0BaoV3RwJyGqg5wS7epxTv0Zvw==}
     dependencies:
diff --git a/version.mjs b/version.mjs
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a897d72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+import shelljs from 'shelljs'
+import { execSync } from 'node:child_process'
+
+const VERSION = process.argv[2]
+// https://semver.org/#is-there-a-suggested-regular-expression-regex-to-check-a-semver-string
+const semver =
+  /^(0|[1-9]\d*)\.(0|[1-9]\d*)\.(0|[1-9]\d*)(?:-((?:0|[1-9]\d*|\d*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*)(?:\.(?:0|[1-9]\d*|\d*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*))*))?(?:\+([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?$/gm
+if (!semver.test(VERSION)) {
+  console.error('Invalid version number')
+  process.exit(1)
+}
+
+// CLI
+shelljs.sed('-i', /"version": ".*"/, `"version": "${process.argv[2]}"`, './packages/cli/package.json')
+
+// Backend
+shelljs.sed('-i', /^version = ".*"$/m, `version = "${process.argv[2]}"`, './packages/backend/Cargo.toml')
+execSync('cargo check -p cryptgeon', { cwd: './packages/backend' })