diff --git a/lib/rs/release.sh b/lib/rs/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c4e5b48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/rs/release.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o pipefail
+set -o nounset
+
+if ! [[ $# -eq 1 && $1 =~ ^[0-9](\.[0-9][0-9]*){2}$ ]]; then
+    (>&2 echo "Usage: ./publish-crate.sh [THRIFT_RELEASE_VERSION] ")
+    (>&2 echo "       THRIFT_RELEASE_VERSION is in semantic versioning format, i.e. #.##.##")
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+THRIFT_RELEASE_VERSION=${1:-}
+
+echo "Updating Cargo.toml to ${THRIFT_RELEASE_VERSION}"
+sed -i.old -e "s/^version = .*$/version = \"${THRIFT_RELEASE_VERSION}\"/g" Cargo.toml
+rm Cargo.toml.old
+
+echo "Committing updated Cargo.toml"
+git add Cargo.toml
+git commit -m "Update thrift crate version to ${THRIFT_RELEASE_VERSION}" -m "Client: rs"
+
+echo "Packaging and releasing rust thrift crate with version ${THRIFT_RELEASE_VERSION}"
+cargo clean
+cargo package
+cargo publish