diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 2c3871a..1ac30e4 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 # Usage: just bump 0.2.12
 # After running, finish with: git flow release finish <version>
 bump version:
+  git flow release start {{version}}
   sed -i '/^\[workspace\.package\]/,/^\[/{s/^version = ".*"/version = "{{version}}"/}' Cargo.toml
   sed -i 's/version = "[0-9.]*"; # trictrac-version/version = "{{version}}"; # trictrac-version/' flake.nix
   git add Cargo.toml flake.nix