diff --git a/scripts/next_version.sh b/scripts/next_version.sh
index 7500b36df4..92a9ba025c 100755
--- a/scripts/next_version.sh
+++ b/scripts/next_version.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,55 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-ADF_VERSION=$(npm view ng2-alfresco-core version)
-NEXT_VERSION=( ${ADF_VERSION//./ } )
-((NEXT_VERSION[1]++))
-NEXT_VERSION[2]=0
-NEXT_VERSION="${NEXT_VERSION[0]}.${NEXT_VERSION[1]}.${NEXT_VERSION[2]}"
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -f
 
-echo $NEXT_VERSION
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+
+show_help() {
+    echo "Usage: next_version.sh"
+    echo ""
+    echo "-major increase the major number and reset minor and patch"
+    echo "-minor increase the minor number and reset the patch number"
+    echo "-patch increase the patch number "
+}
+
+major() {
+    ADF_VERSION=$(npm view ng2-alfresco-core version)
+    NEXT_VERSION=( ${ADF_VERSION//./ } )
+    ((NEXT_VERSION[0]++))
+    NEXT_VERSION[1]=0
+    NEXT_VERSION[2]=0
+    NEXT_VERSION="${NEXT_VERSION[0]}.${NEXT_VERSION[1]}.${NEXT_VERSION[2]}"
+
+    echo $NEXT_VERSION
+}
+
+minor() {
+    ADF_VERSION=$(npm view ng2-alfresco-core version)
+    NEXT_VERSION=( ${ADF_VERSION//./ } )
+    ((NEXT_VERSION[1]++))
+    NEXT_VERSION[2]=0
+    NEXT_VERSION="${NEXT_VERSION[0]}.${NEXT_VERSION[1]}.${NEXT_VERSION[2]}"
+
+    echo $NEXT_VERSION
+}
+
+patch() {
+    ADF_VERSION=$(npm view ng2-alfresco-core version)
+    NEXT_VERSION=( ${ADF_VERSION//./ } )
+    ((NEXT_VERSION[2]++))
+    NEXT_VERSION="${NEXT_VERSION[0]}.${NEXT_VERSION[1]}.${NEXT_VERSION[2]}"
+
+    echo $NEXT_VERSION
+}
+
+while [[ $1 == -* ]]; do
+    case "$1" in
+      -h|--help|-\?) show_help; exit 0;;
+      -major)  major; shift;;
+      -minor)  minor; shift;;
+      -patch)  patch; shift;;
+      -*) echo "invalid option: $1" 1>&2; show_help; exit 1;;
+    esac
+done