diff --git a/.github/actions/update-versions/action.yml b/.github/actions/update-versions/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05708c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/update-versions/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+name: Update Lua package version
+description: 'Update rockspec file name and version, and code example in README.md'
+inputs:
+  branch:
+    description: 'Branch to checkout and push updates to'
+    required: true
+  version:
+    description: 'The semantic version to use'
+    required: true
+  package:
+    description: 'The rockspec package to update'
+    required: true
+
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        ref: ${{ inputs.branch }}
+        fetch-depth: 0
+
+    - name: Update rockspec file name and version
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        ./scripts/update-versions.sh \
+        ${{ inputs.package}} \
+        ${{ inputs.version }} \
+        LaunchDarklyReleaseBot \
+        LaunchDarklyReleaseBot@launchdarkly.com
diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual-publish-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/manual-publish-docs.yml
index 7020ac0..85cdc26 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manual-publish-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual-publish-docs.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ on:
 
 name: Publish Documentation
 jobs:
-  build-publish:
+  build-publish-docs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: write # Needed to write github pages.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual-update-versions.yml b/.github/workflows/manual-update-versions.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..714aa62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual-update-versions.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: "The semantic version to use (no leading 'v'). Will update versions for base and Redis SDK."
+        required: true
+      branch:
+        description: 'Branch to checkout and push updates to'
+        required: true
+
+name: Update Versions
+jobs:
+  update-versions:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Update launchdarkly-server-sdk version
+        uses: ./.github/actions/update-versions
+        with:
+          package: launchdarkly-server-sdk
+          branch: ${{ inputs.branch }}
+          version: ${{ inputs.version }}
+
+      - name: Update launchdarkly-server-sdk-redis version
+        uses: ./.github/actions/update-versions
+        with:
+          package: launchdarkly-server-sdk-redis
+          branch: ${{ inputs.branch }}
+          version: ${{ inputs.version }}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ba9c5ec..4704a60 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Refer to the [SDK documentation](https://docs.launchdarkly.com/sdk/server-side/l
 To compile the LuaRock modules:
 1. Install [LuaRocks](https://github.com/luarocks/luarocks/wiki/Download)
 2. Build the [C++ Server-side SDK](https://github.com/launchdarkly/cpp-sdks) from source using CMake, or obtain pre-built artifacts from the [releases page](https://github.com/launchdarkly/cpp-sdks/releases?q=%22launchdarkly-cpp-server%22)
-3. Run `luarocks make`:
+3. Run `luarocks make` (replace the version number as necessary):
     ```bash
     # Base SDK
     luarocks make launchdarkly-server-sdk-1.0-0.rockspec \
diff --git a/launchdarkly-server-sdk-1.0-0.rockspec b/launchdarkly-server-sdk-1.0-0.rockspec
index e60936e..b209745 100644
--- a/launchdarkly-server-sdk-1.0-0.rockspec
+++ b/launchdarkly-server-sdk-1.0-0.rockspec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ description = {
 
 source = {
    url = "git+https://github.com/launchdarkly/lua-server-sdk.git",
-   tag = "v2.0.0" -- {{ x-release-please-version }}
+   tag = "v2.0.0"
 }
 
 dependencies = {
diff --git a/launchdarkly-server-sdk-redis-1.0-0.rockspec b/launchdarkly-server-sdk-redis-1.0-0.rockspec
index 62dc8e7..3f27948 100644
--- a/launchdarkly-server-sdk-redis-1.0-0.rockspec
+++ b/launchdarkly-server-sdk-redis-1.0-0.rockspec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ description = {
 
 source = {
    url = "git+https://github.com/launchdarkly/lua-server-sdk.git",
-   tag = "v2.0.0" -- {{ x-release-please-version }}
+   tag = "v2.0.0"
 }
 
 dependencies = {
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 67ccd2b..6b46642 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
       "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
       "versioning": "default",
       "extra-files": [
-        "launchdarkly-server-sdk.c",
-        "launchdarkly-server-sdk-1.0-0.rockspec"
+        "launchdarkly-server-sdk.c"
       ]
     }
   }
diff --git a/scripts/update-versions.sh b/scripts/update-versions.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..bd9b970
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/update-versions.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+# This script has two responsibilities:
+# 1. Update the package version in the rockspec file.
+# 2. Update the actual filename of the rockspec file.
+# These two should match.
+# This script doesn't update the rockspec version - the part after the package version, but before the .rockspec
+# suffix. That should be done manually if the rockspec itself has changed but not the package contents.
+#
+# For example, if the current version is 1.0.0, then the rockspec filename is
+# launchdarkly-server-sdk-1.0.0-0.rockspec.
+#
+# If the new version is 1.2.0, then we want the new filename to be
+# launchdarkly-server-sdk-1.2.0-0.rockspec.
+
+
+input_rockspec=$1
+input_version=$2
+git_username=$3
+git_email=$4
+
+autocommit=''
+if [ -n "$git_username" ] || [ -n "$git_email" ]; then
+    autocommit=1
+fi
+
+# Ensure autocommit if provided is
+if [ -z "$input_rockspec" ] || [ -z "$input_version" ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <rockspec package> <new version> [git username] [git email]"
+    echo "Example usage locally: $0 launchdarkly-server-sdk 1.2.0"
+    echo "Example usage in CI: $0 launchdarkly-server-sdk 1.2.0 LaunchDarklyReleaseBot LaunchDarklyReleaseBot@launchdarkly.com"
+    echo "Providing a git username and email will automatically commit & push any changes."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+for file in "$input_rockspec"-*.rockspec; do
+    [[ -e "$file" ]] || (echo "No rockspec file found for $input_rockspec" && exit 1)
+
+    # Since the glob might match rockspecs with further suffixes (like -redis), make sure there's actually
+    # a version number following the $input_rockspec prefix.
+    if [[ ! "$file" =~ "$input_rockspec-"[0-9] ]]; then
+        continue
+    fi
+
+    # Strip off the prefix + '-' so only the semver, rockspec revision, and file extension remain.
+    version_suffix="${file#$input_rockspec-}"
+
+    IFS='-' read -ra parts <<< "$version_suffix"
+    semver="${parts[0]}"
+    rockspec="${parts[1]}"
+
+    # Split the suffix by '.' so we can get the rockspec version number.
+    IFS='.' read -ra rockspec_parts <<< "$rockspec"
+
+    rockspec_revision="${rockspec_parts[0]}"
+    echo "Rockspec found: $file"
+    echo "  package version: $semver"
+    echo "  rockspec revision: $rockspec_revision"
+
+
+    new_file_name="$input_rockspec-$input_version-$rockspec_revision.rockspec"
+    git mv "$file" "$new_file_name"
+    echo "Renamed $file to $new_file_name"
+
+    # Update the 'version' field with the new semver.
+    sed -i.bak "s/version = \".*\"/version = \"$input_version-$rockspec_revision\"/" "$new_file_name"
+    echo "Bumped version from $semver to $input_version"
+
+    # Update the 'tag' field to contain the git tag, which we're hardcoding as 'v' + the version number. This
+    # relies on the assumption that our release please config specifies a leading v.
+    sed -i.bak "s/tag = \".*\"/tag = \"v$input_version\"/" "$new_file_name"
+    echo "Updated source.tag to v$input_version"
+
+    rm -f "$new_file_name.bak"
+
+    # Update README.md to replace $file with the new filename, which will result in the codesample having the new
+    # version number.
+    sed -i.bak "s/$file/$new_file_name/" README.md
+    echo "Updated README.md code example"
+    rm -f README.md.bak
+
+    if [ "$(git status --porcelain | wc -l)" -gt 0 ]; then
+      if [ -n "$git_username" ]; then
+        git config user.name "$git_username"
+      fi
+      if [ -n "$git_email" ]; then
+        git config user.email "$git_email"
+      fi
+      git add "$new_file_name"
+      git add README.md
+      if [ $autocommit ]; then
+        git commit -m "chore: bump $input_rockspec version from $semver to $input_version and update README"
+        git push
+      else
+        echo "Changes staged, but not committed. Please commit manually."
+      fi
+      exit 0
+    fi
+done