diff --git a/script/bump-gpui-minor-version b/script/bump-gpui-minor-version
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1e05388424871e3c123bdf2e693cb0a064b0881f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/bump-gpui-minor-version
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+
+# Ensure we're in a clean state on an up-to-date `main` branch.
+if [[ -n $(git status --short --untracked-files=no) ]]; then
+  echo "can't bump versions with uncommitted changes"
+  exit 1
+fi
+if [[ $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD) != "main" ]]; then
+  echo "this command must be run on main"
+  exit 1
+fi
+git pull -q --ff-only origin main
+
+
+# Parse the current version
+version=$(script/get-crate-version gpui)
+major=$(echo $version | cut -d. -f1)
+minor=$(echo $version | cut -d. -f2)
+next_minor=$(expr $minor + 1)
+
+next_minor_branch_name="gpui-v${major}.${next_minor}.0"
+
+git checkout -b ${next_minor_branch_name}
+
+script/lib/bump-version.sh gpui v "-gpui" minor true
+
+git checkout -q main
diff --git a/script/lib/bump-version.sh b/script/lib/bump-version.sh
index 5d83dd6f964ad6e9887d7d92fefd9dc43d7d6014..fec732c1c0d7de9411a45be76a6d1d16d8111a51 100755
--- a/script/lib/bump-version.sh
+++ b/script/lib/bump-version.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package=$1
 tag_prefix=$2
 tag_suffix=$3
 version_increment=$4
+gpui_release=${5:-false}
 
 if [[ -n $(git status --short --untracked-files=no) ]]; then
   echo "can't bump version with uncommitted changes"
@@ -25,6 +26,20 @@ tag_name=${tag_prefix}${new_version}${tag_suffix}
 git commit --quiet --all --message "${package} ${new_version}"
 git tag ${tag_name}
 
+if [[ "$gpui_release" == "true" ]]; then
+cat <<MESSAGE
+Locally committed and tagged ${package} version ${new_version}
+
+To push this (don't forget to open a PR!):
+
+    git push origin ${tag_name}; gh pr create -H ${branch_name}
+
+To undo this:
+
+    git branch -D ${branch_name} && git tag -d ${tag_name}
+
+MESSAGE
+else
 cat <<MESSAGE
 Locally committed and tagged ${package} version ${new_version}
 
@@ -37,3 +52,4 @@ To undo this:
     git reset --hard ${old_sha} && git tag -d ${tag_name}
 
 MESSAGE
+fi
diff --git a/tooling/xtask/src/tasks/publish_gpui.rs b/tooling/xtask/src/tasks/publish_gpui.rs
index bf25b58fb7f8212f6188519583790f2149a107b5..1e0ea4ef8e0dfdc10c57982661895a0d6b36d2f0 100644
--- a/tooling/xtask/src/tasks/publish_gpui.rs
+++ b/tooling/xtask/src/tasks/publish_gpui.rs
@@ -27,14 +27,10 @@ pub fn run_publish_gpui(args: PublishGpuiArgs) -> Result<()> {
     ensure_cargo_set_version()?;
     check_git_clean()?;
 
-    let current_version = read_gpui_version()?;
-    let new_version = bump_version(&current_version, args.pre_release.as_deref())?;
-    println!(
-        "Updating GPUI version: {} -> {}",
-        current_version, new_version
-    );
-    publish_dependencies(&new_version, args.dry_run)?;
-    publish_gpui(&new_version, args.dry_run)?;
+    let version = read_gpui_version()?;
+    println!("Updating GPUI to version: {}", version);
+    publish_dependencies(&version, args.dry_run)?;
+    publish_gpui(&version, args.dry_run)?;
     println!("GPUI published in {}s", start_time.elapsed().as_secs_f32());
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -56,31 +52,6 @@ fn read_gpui_version() -> Result<String> {
     Ok(version.to_string())
 }
 
-fn bump_version(current_version: &str, pre_release: Option<&str>) -> Result<String> {
-    // Strip any existing metadata and pre-release
-    let without_metadata = current_version.split('+').next().unwrap();
-    let base_version = without_metadata.split('-').next().unwrap();
-
-    // Parse major.minor.patch
-    let parts: Vec<&str> = base_version.split('.').collect();
-    if parts.len() != 3 {
-        bail!("Invalid version format: {}", current_version);
-    }
-
-    let major: u32 = parts[0].parse().context("Failed to parse major version")?;
-    let minor: u32 = parts[1].parse().context("Failed to parse minor version")?;
-
-    // Always bump minor version
-    let new_version = format!("{}.{}.0", major, minor + 1);
-
-    // Add pre-release if specified
-    if let Some(pre) = pre_release {
-        Ok(format!("{}-{}", new_version, pre))
-    } else {
-        Ok(new_version)
-    }
-}
-
 fn publish_dependencies(new_version: &str, dry_run: bool) -> Result<()> {
     let gpui_dependencies = vec![
         ("zed-collections", "collections"),
@@ -347,40 +318,4 @@ mod tests {
 
         assert_eq!(result, output);
     }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_bump_version() {
-        // Test bumping minor version (default behavior)
-        assert_eq!(bump_version("0.1.0", None).unwrap(), "0.2.0");
-        assert_eq!(bump_version("0.1.5", None).unwrap(), "0.2.0");
-        assert_eq!(bump_version("1.42.7", None).unwrap(), "1.43.0");
-
-        // Test stripping pre-release and bumping minor
-        assert_eq!(bump_version("0.1.0-alpha.1", None).unwrap(), "0.2.0");
-        assert_eq!(bump_version("0.1.0-beta", None).unwrap(), "0.2.0");
-
-        // Test stripping existing metadata and bumping
-        assert_eq!(bump_version("0.1.0+old.metadata", None).unwrap(), "0.2.0");
-
-        // Test bumping minor with pre-release
-        assert_eq!(bump_version("0.1.0", Some("alpha")).unwrap(), "0.2.0-alpha");
-
-        // Test bumping minor with complex pre-release identifier
-        assert_eq!(
-            bump_version("0.1.0", Some("test.1")).unwrap(),
-            "0.2.0-test.1"
-        );
-
-        // Test bumping from existing pre-release adds new pre-release
-        assert_eq!(
-            bump_version("0.1.0-alpha", Some("beta")).unwrap(),
-            "0.2.0-beta"
-        );
-
-        // Test bumping and stripping metadata while adding pre-release
-        assert_eq!(
-            bump_version("0.1.0+metadata", Some("alpha")).unwrap(),
-            "0.2.0-alpha"
-        );
-    }
 }