diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 12d5017..cc66f45 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -42,4 +42,12 @@ repos:
       args:
       - --fix
     - id: ruff-format
+  - repo: local
+    hooks:
+      - id: bump-my-version
+        name: bumpy
+        entry: bump-version.sh
+        language: script
+        pass_filenames: false
+        exclude: (.pre-commit-config.yaml)
 exclude: "^(references|reports)"
diff --git a/bump-version.sh b/bump-version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..31c8d02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bump-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# adapted from: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit/issues/1825
+set -e
+if git diff --exit-code origin/main -- version; then
+    bump-my-version bump --allow-dirty patch version --current-version `cat version`
+fi
diff --git a/pixi.toml b/pixi.toml
index 2a61f6c..dd58e06 100644
--- a/pixi.toml
+++ b/pixi.toml
@@ -32,3 +32,5 @@ pytest = "*"
 pytest-cov = "*"
 # linting
 pre-commit = "*"
+# versioning
+bump-my-version = "*"
diff --git a/version b/version
index d169b2f..c5d54ec 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.0.8
+0.0.9