diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 4232e168..f53e2b90 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ export(rust_eval)
 export(rust_function)
 export(rust_sitrep)
 export(rust_source)
+export(sync_version)
 export(to_toml)
 export(use_extendr)
+export(use_version)
 export(write_license_note)
 importFrom(dplyr,"%>%")
 importFrom(dplyr,mutate)
diff --git a/R/use-version.R b/R/use-version.R
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..74786125
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/use-version.R
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+
+#' Modify Package Version
+#' @export
+use_version <- function(which = c("major", "minor", "patch")) {
+
+  # check if the cargo-bump crate is available
+  if (!cargo_command_available(c("bump", "--help"))) {
+    cli::cli_abort(
+      c(
+        "The {.code cargo bump} command is required to run the {.fun use_version} function.",
+        "*" = "Please install cargo-bump ({.url https://crates.io/crates/cargo-bump}) first.",
+        i = "Run {.code cargo install cargo-bump} from your terminal."
+      ),
+      class = "rextendr_error"
+    )
+  }
+
+  v_type <- match.arg(which)
+
+  # increment version
+  usethis::use_version(v_type)
+
+  # defer to sync version
+  sync_version()
+}
+
+#' @rdname use_version
+#' @export
+sync_version <- function(path = ".") {
+
+  # check if the cargo-bump crate is available
+  if (!cargo_command_available(c("bump", "--help"))) {
+    cli::cli_abort(
+      c(
+        "The {.code cargo bump} command is required to run the {.fun use_version} function.",
+        "*" = "Please install cargo-bump ({.url https://crates.io/crates/cargo-bump}) first.",
+        i = "Run {.code cargo install cargo-bump} from your terminal."
+      ),
+      class = "rextendr_error"
+    )
+  }
+
+  # read description
+  x <- desc::desc(rprojroot::find_package_root_file("DESCRIPTION", path = path))
+
+  # get manifest
+  manifest_file <- rprojroot::find_package_root_file("src", "rust", "Cargo.toml", path = path)
+
+  # get the new version from the description file
+  new_v <- x$get_version()
+
+  # check if there is a version such as 0.1.0.9000
+  # these are not supported by rust
+  if (length(new_v) > 3) {
+    rlang::abort("Package must be a semantic version following `major.minor.patch`")
+  }
+
+  # assign to object to prevent printing anything
+  res <- processx::run(
+    "cargo",
+    c(
+      "bump",
+      as.character(new_v),
+      "--manifest-path",
+      manifest_file
+    )
+  )
+
+}
+
diff --git a/man/use_version.Rd b/man/use_version.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cb77d3a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/use_version.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/use-version.R
+\name{use_version}
+\alias{use_version}
+\alias{sync_version}
+\title{Modify Package Version}
+\usage{
+use_version(which = c("major", "minor", "patch"))
+
+sync_version(path = ".")
+}
+\description{
+Modify Package Version
+}