diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+ROOTDIR="$DIR/.."
+cd "$ROOTDIR";
+
+VERSION="";
+
+show_help() {
+    echo "Usage: release.sh -v <new release version> [OPTIONS]"
+    echo ""
+    echo "-v or --version: the new version of the libraries"
+    echo "-s or --skip-adf: skip the adf version update to the latest of that package"
+}
+
+set_version() {
+    echo "====== Preparing to release version $1 ====="
+    VERSION=$1
+}
+
+escape_for_grep() {
+    chars_to_change="[^A-Za-z0-9_()']"
+    replace_with='\\&'
+    GREPPED=`echo "$1" | sed "s/$chars_to_change/$replace_with/g"`
+    echo $GREPPED;
+}
+
+while [[ $1  == -* ]]; do
+    case "$1" in
+      -h|--help|-\?) show_help; exit 0;;
+      -v|--version) set_version $2; shift 2;;
+      -*) shift;;
+    esac
+done
+
+./scripts/update-version.sh -v $VERSION
+
+LICENSE_ROW="- [ADF $VERSION](license-info-$VERSION.md)";
+LICENSE_GREP=`escape_for_grep "$LICENSE_ROW"`
+LICENSE_README="$ROOTDIR/docs/license-info/README.md";
+LICENSE_GREP_RESULT=`grep "$LICENSE_GREP" "$LICENSE_README"`;
+
+if [ -z "$LICENSE_GREP_RESULT" ];
+then
+    echo -e "\e[33mAdding third party license info for version: $VERSION\e[0m"
+    adf-cli licenses
+    mv "$ROOTDIR/license-info-$VERSION.md" "$ROOTDIR/docs/license-info/license-info-$VERSION.md"
+    echo $LICENSE_ROW >> $LICENSE_README
+else
+    echo -e "\e[32mThird party license info is already added for version: $VERSION, nothing to do here.\e[0m"
+fi
+
+VULNERABILITY_ROW="- [ADF $VERSION](audit-info-$VERSION.md)";
+VULNERABILITY_GREP=`escape_for_grep "$VULNERABILITY_ROW"`
+VULNERABILITY_README="$ROOTDIR/docs/vulnerability/README.md";
+VULNERABILITY_GREP_RESULT=`grep "$VULNERABILITY_GREP" "$VULNERABILITY_README"`;
+
+if [ -z "$VULNERABILITY_GREP_RESULT" ];
+then
+    echo -e "\e[33mAdding vulnerability info for version: $VERSION\e[0m"
+    adf-cli audit
+    mv "$ROOTDIR/audit-info-$VERSION.md" "$ROOTDIR/docs/vulnerability/audit-info-$VERSION.md"
+    echo $VULNERABILITY_ROW >> $VULNERABILITY_README
+else
+    echo -e "\e[32mVulnerability info is already added for version: $VERSION, nothing to do here.\e[0m"
+fi