diff --git a/bin/get-version.sh b/bin/get-version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5a12ddd7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/get-version.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+version=$(grep "__version__ = " spacy/about.py)
+version=${version/__version__ = }
+version=${version/\'/}
+version=${version/\'/}
+version=${version/\"/}
+version=${version/\"/}
+
+echo $version