diff --git a/updateTestingEnv.sh b/updateTestingEnv.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..00f7e10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/updateTestingEnv.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+exitIfNeeded () {
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+	then
+		exit 1
+	fi
+}
+
+prefix=`(cd ../ && ./utils/project-prefix)`
+(cd ../ && ./gradlew :$prefix-mysql-plugin:clean < /dev/null)
+
+exitIfNeeded
+
+(cd ../ && ./gradlew :$prefix-mysql-plugin:build -x test < /dev/null)
+
+exitIfNeeded
+
+cp ./build/libs/* ../plugin