diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
index fffa32f..fcde5f2 100644
--- a/.eslintignore
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ dist
 coverage
 **/*.d.ts
 tests
+app/build
 
 **/__tests__
 ui-tests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-release.yml b/.github/workflows/check-release.yml
index a398101..716cc77 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-release.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
       - name: Install Dependencies
         run: |
-          pip install -e .
+          # Install dependencies for bump_version script
+          python -m pip install hatch "jupyterlab~=3.1"
       - name: Check Release
         uses: jupyter-server/jupyter_releaser/.github/actions/check-release@v2
         with:
diff --git a/.prettierignore b/.prettierignore
index f6c8db3..5924918 100644
--- a/.prettierignore
+++ b/.prettierignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ node_modules
 **/lib
 **/package.json
 jupyterlab_rise
+app/build
diff --git a/examples/jupytext-python.py b/examples/jupytext-python.py
index a3cc8d3..889ed29 100644
--- a/examples/jupytext-python.py
+++ b/examples/jupytext-python.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # # using jupytext
 
 # %% [markdown]
-# if you have jupytext enabled, you can use RISE in a usual manner  
+# if you have jupytext enabled, you can use RISE in a usual manner
 # on notebooks that are stored as `.py` or `.md` (or other extensions, for that matter).
 
 # %% [markdown] {"slideshow": {"slide_type": "slide"}}
@@ -35,35 +35,36 @@
 # the only notable difference is for locating the notebook-specific CSS file
 
 # %% [markdown]
-# of course, and as you might expect, if your notebook   
-# is called either `mynotebook.py` or `mynotebook.md`,  
-# or, here again, any other extension  
-# then it is `mynotebook.css` that is used,  
+# of course, and as you might expect, if your notebook
+# is called either `mynotebook.py` or `mynotebook.md`,
+# or, here again, any other extension
+# then it is `mynotebook.css` that is used,
 # if it exists, to load a notebook-specific CSS
 
 # %% [markdown] {"slideshow": {"slide_type": "slide"}}
 # ## pros and cons
 
 # %% [markdown]
-# jupytext is supercool if you use git a lot, and you don't carre about saving cell outputs  
+# jupytext is supercool if you use git a lot, and you don't carre about saving cell outputs
 # no need anymore to run `nbstripout` all the f... time
 
+
 # %% {"cell_style": "split"}
 # you can still embed code of course
 def syracuse(n):
-    while n != 1: 
+    while n != 1:
         if n % 2 == 0:
             n //= 2
             yield n
         else:
-            n = 3*n + 1
+            n = 3 * n + 1
             yield n
 
 
 # %% {"cell_style": "split"}
 # but the output is no longer stored
 for n in (4, 8, 27):
-    print(f'n=${n} :', end=' ')
+    print(f"n=${n} :", end=" ")
     for i in syracuse(n):
-        print(i, end=' ')
+        print(i, end=" ")
     print()
diff --git a/jupyterlab_rise/__init__.py b/jupyterlab_rise/__init__.py
index 1f59686..5ce26e4 100644
--- a/jupyterlab_rise/__init__.py
+++ b/jupyterlab_rise/__init__.py
@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@
 
 
 def _jupyter_labextension_paths():
-    return [{
-        "src": "labextension",
-        "dest": "jupyterlab-rise"
-    }]
+    return [{"src": "labextension", "dest": "jupyterlab-rise"}]
 
 
 def _jupyter_server_extension_points():
diff --git a/jupyterlab_rise/app.py b/jupyterlab_rise/app.py
index 386dec4..0d7b438 100644
--- a/jupyterlab_rise/app.py
+++ b/jupyterlab_rise/app.py
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@
 version = __version__
 
 
-class RiseHandler(
-    ExtensionHandlerJinjaMixin, ExtensionHandlerMixin, JupyterHandler
-):
+class RiseHandler(ExtensionHandlerJinjaMixin, ExtensionHandlerMixin, JupyterHandler):
     def get_page_config(self, notebook_path: Optional[str] = None):
         config = LabConfig()
         app = self.extensionapp
@@ -39,7 +37,7 @@ def get_page_config(self, notebook_path: Optional[str] = None):
             "token": self.settings["token"],
             "fullStaticUrl": ujoin(self.base_url, "static", self.name),
             "frontendUrl": ujoin(self.base_url, "rise/"),
-            'notebookPath': notebook_path,
+            "notebookPath": notebook_path,
         }
 
         mathjax_config = self.settings.get("mathjax_config", "TeX-AMS_HTML-full,Safe")
@@ -79,7 +77,9 @@ def get_page_config(self, notebook_path: Optional[str] = None):
     @web.authenticated
     def get(self, path: str = None):
         nb_path = Path(path)
-        if nb_path.is_dir(): # TODO is it enough to support Jupytext? or should we filter the `suffix`
+        if (
+            nb_path.is_dir()
+        ):  # TODO is it enough to support Jupytext? or should we filter the `suffix`
             raise web.HTTPError(404, f"Only files can be opened with RISE; got {path}")
 
         return self.write(
@@ -88,10 +88,11 @@ def get(self, path: str = None):
                 static=self.static_url,
                 base_url=self.base_url,
                 token=self.settings["token"],
-                page_config=self.get_page_config(path)
+                page_config=self.get_page_config(path),
             )
         )
 
+
 class RiseApp(LabServerApp):
     name = "rise"
     app_name = "Rise"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 50c7682..9fce1a6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ dynamic = ["version", "description", "authors", "urls", "keywords"]
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 test = [
     "coverage",
+    "hatch",
     "pytest",
     "pytest-asyncio",
     "pytest-cov",
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ source_dir = "src"
 build_dir = "jupyterlab_rise/labextension"
 
 [tool.jupyter-releaser.options]
-version_cmd = "hatch version"
+version-cmd = "python scripts/bump_version.py --force"
 
 [tool.jupyter-releaser.hooks]
 before-build-npm = [
diff --git a/scripts/bump_version.py b/scripts/bump_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e533aa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/bump_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# Copyright (c) Jupyter Development Team.
+# Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import shlex
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+from subprocess import check_output, run
+
+from packaging.version import parse
+
+LERNA_CMD = "jlpm run lerna version --no-push --force-publish --no-git-tag-version"
+
+
+def bump(force: bool, spec: str) -> None:
+    HERE = Path(__file__).parent.parent.resolve()
+    output = check_output(
+        shlex.split("git status --porcelain"), cwd=HERE, encoding="utf-8"
+    )
+    if len(output) > 0:
+        raise Exception("Must be in a clean git state with no untracked files")
+
+    curr = parse(
+        # Output maybe multi-lines if build dependencies needs to be installed.
+        check_output(
+            [sys.executable, "-m", "hatch", "version"], cwd=HERE, encoding="utf-8"
+        ).strip("\n").split("\n")[-1]
+    )
+    if spec == "next":
+        spec = f"{curr.major}.{curr.minor}."
+        if curr.pre:
+            p, x = curr.pre
+            spec += f"{curr.micro}{p}{x + 1}"
+        else:
+            spec += f"{curr.micro + 1}"
+
+    elif spec == "patch":
+        spec = f"{curr.major}.{curr.minor}."
+        if curr.pre:
+            spec += f"{curr.micro}"
+        else:
+            spec += f"{curr.micro + 1}"
+
+    version = parse(spec)
+
+    # convert the Python version
+    js_version = f"{version.major}.{version.minor}.{version.micro}"
+    if version.pre is not None:
+        p, x = version.pre
+        p = p.replace("a", "alpha").replace("b", "beta")
+        js_version += f"-{p}.{x}"
+
+    # bump the JS packages
+    lerna_cmd = f"{LERNA_CMD} {js_version}"
+    if force:
+        lerna_cmd += " --yes"
+    run(shlex.split(lerna_cmd), cwd=HERE)
+
+    path = HERE.joinpath("package.json")
+    if path.exists():
+        with path.open(mode="r") as f:
+            data = json.load(f)
+
+        data["version"] = js_version
+
+        with path.open(mode="w") as f:
+            json.dump(data, f, indent=2)
+
+    else:
+        raise FileNotFoundError(f"Could not find package.json under dir {path!s}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser("bump_version", "Bump package version")
+    parser.add_argument("--force", action="store_true")
+    parser.add_argument("spec")
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    bump(args.force, args.spec)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bea2337..aefdf20 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__import__('setuptools').setup()
+__import__("setuptools").setup()
diff --git a/ui-tests/jupyter_server_test_config.py b/ui-tests/jupyter_server_test_config.py
index 5ba7a91..23d06f6 100644
--- a/ui-tests/jupyter_server_test_config.py
+++ b/ui-tests/jupyter_server_test_config.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 c.ServerApp.port_retries = 0
 c.ServerApp.open_browser = False
 
-c.ServerApp.root_dir = mkdtemp(prefix='galata-test-')
+c.ServerApp.root_dir = mkdtemp(prefix="galata-test-")
 c.ServerApp.token = ""
 c.ServerApp.password = ""
 c.ServerApp.disable_check_xsrf = True