diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 1b40415..fa1aa7f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -26,3 +26,18 @@ jobs:
           args: release --rm-dist
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_USER_TOKEN }}
+
+  bump-version:
+    name: Bump app version in Helm chart
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Bump chart version
+        uses: mittwald/bump-app-version-action@v1
+        with:
+          mode: 'publish'
+          chartYaml: './deploy/helm-chart/servicegateway/Chart.yaml'
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.RELEASE_USER_TOKEN }}"
+          HELM_REPO_PASSWORD: "${{ secrets.HELM_REPO_PASSWORD }}"
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diff --git a/scripts/bump-app-version.sh b/scripts/bump-app-version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index a72a460..0000000
--- a/scripts/bump-app-version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -e
-
-## debug if desired
-if [[ -n "${DEBUG}" ]]; then
-    set -x
-fi
-
-## make this script a bit more re-usable
-GIT_REPOSITORY="github.com/mittwald/servicegateway.git"
-CHART_YAML="./deploy/helm-chart/servicegateway/Chart.yaml"
-
-## avoid noisy shellcheck warnings
-TRAVIS_TAG="${TRAVIS_TAG:-v0.0.0}"
-GITHUB_TOKEN="${GITHUB_TOKEN:-dummy}"
-
-## temp working vars
-TIMESTAMP="$(date +%s )"
-TMP_DIR="/tmp/${TIMESTAMP}"
-
-## set up Git-User
-git config --global user.name "Mittwald Machine"
-git config --global user.email "opensource@mittwald.de"
-
-## temporary clone git repository
-git clone "https://${GIT_REPOSITORY}" "${TMP_DIR}"
-cd "${TMP_DIR}"
-
-## replace appVersion
-sed -i "s#appVersion:.*#appVersion: ${TRAVIS_TAG}#g" "${CHART_YAML}"
-
-## replace chart version with current tag without 'v'-prefix
-sed -i "s#version:.*#version: ${TRAVIS_TAG/v/}#g" "${CHART_YAML}"
-
-## useful for debugging purposes
-git status
-
-## Add new remote with credentials baked in url
-git remote add publisher "https://mittwald-machine:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@${GIT_REPOSITORY}"
-
-## add and commit changed file
-git add -A
-
-## useful for debugging purposes
-git status
-
-## stage changes
-git commit -m "Bump appVersion to '${TRAVIS_TAG}'"
-
-## rebase
-git pull --rebase publisher master
-
-if [[ "${1}" == "publish" ]]; then
-
-    ## publish changes
-    git push publisher master
-
-    ## trigger helm-charts reload
-    curl -X POST 'https://api.github.com/repos/mittwald/helm-charts/dispatches' -u "mittwald-machine:${GITHUB_TOKEN}" -d '{"event_type": "updateCharts"}'
-
-fi
-
-
-exit 0
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