diff --git a/completers/gh_completer/cmd/action/release.go b/completers/gh_completer/cmd/action/release.go
index 4db7cbe09f..217a943ffa 100644
--- a/completers/gh_completer/cmd/action/release.go
+++ b/completers/gh_completer/cmd/action/release.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/rsteube/carapace"
+	"github.com/rsteube/carapace-bin/pkg/actions/number"
 	"github.com/rsteube/carapace-bin/pkg/styles"
 	"github.com/rsteube/carapace-bin/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/rsteube/carapace/pkg/style"
@@ -37,6 +38,22 @@ type releaseQuery struct {
 	}
 }
 
+func ActionNextReleases(cmd *cobra.Command) carapace.Action {
+	return carapace.ActionCallback(func(c carapace.Context) carapace.Action {
+		var queryResult releaseQuery
+		return GraphQlAction(cmd, `repository(owner: $owner, name: $repo) { releases(first: 100, orderBy: {direction: DESC, field: CREATED_AT}) { edges { node { createdAt isPrerelease name tag { name } } } } }`, &queryResult, func() carapace.Action {
+			releases := queryResult.Data.Repository.Releases.Edges
+			vals := make([]string, 0, len(releases))
+			for _, release := range releases {
+				if release.Node.Tag.Name != "" {
+					vals = append(vals, release.Node.Tag.Name)
+				}
+			}
+			return number.ActionSemanticVersions(vals...).Style(styles.Git.Tag)
+		})
+	})
+}
+
 func ActionReleases(cmd *cobra.Command) carapace.Action {
 	return carapace.ActionCallback(func(c carapace.Context) carapace.Action {
 		var queryResult releaseQuery
diff --git a/completers/gh_completer/cmd/release_create.go b/completers/gh_completer/cmd/release_create.go
index ef781797f2..525d902351 100644
--- a/completers/gh_completer/cmd/release_create.go
+++ b/completers/gh_completer/cmd/release_create.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func init() {
 	})
 
 	carapace.Gen(release_createCmd).PositionalCompletion(
-		action.ActionReleases(release_createCmd),
+		action.ActionNextReleases(release_createCmd),
 	)
 	carapace.Gen(release_createCmd).PositionalAnyCompletion(carapace.ActionFiles())
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 726dd8f57b..1588d6f92c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/rsteube/carapace-spec v0.5.3
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.6.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.7.0
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 052ba76e89..cda8ab125c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.1-0.20190311161405-34c6fa2dc709/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0 h1:nwc3DEeHmmLAfoZucVR881uASk0Mfjw8xYJ99tb5CcY=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.7.0 h1:LapD9S96VoQRhi/GrNTqeBJFrUjs5UHCAtTlgwA5oZA=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.7.0/go.mod h1:iBbtSCu2XBx23ZKBPSOrRkjjQPZFPuis4dIYUhu/chs=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0 h1:Dgnx+6+nfE+IfzjUEISNeydPJh9AXNNsWbGP9KzCsOA=
diff --git a/pkg/actions/number/version.go b/pkg/actions/number/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c33917d6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/actions/number/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package number
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
+	"sort"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/rsteube/carapace"
+	"golang.org/x/mod/semver"
+)
+
+// ActionSemanticVersions completes the next semantic version based on the given existing versions.
+//
+//	v0.20.4 (next patch version)
+//	v0.21.0 (next minor version)
+func ActionSemanticVersions(versions ...string) carapace.Action {
+	return carapace.ActionCallback(func(c carapace.Context) carapace.Action {
+		if len(versions) == 0 {
+			versions = append(versions, "v0.0.0")
+		}
+
+		withoutPrefix := make(map[string]bool, 0)
+		for index, version := range versions {
+			switch {
+			case semver.IsValid(version):
+				// valid
+			case semver.IsValid("v" + version):
+				// support versions without 'v' prefix as well
+				withoutPrefix[version] = true
+				versions[index] = "v" + version
+			default:
+				// skip invalid
+				versions[index] = ""
+			}
+		}
+
+		sort.Sort(semver.ByVersion(versions))
+		canonical := semver.Canonical(versions[len(versions)-1])
+		if canonical == "" {
+			return carapace.ActionMessage("invalid version %#v", versions[0])
+		}
+
+		prefix := "v"
+		if _, ok := withoutPrefix[strings.TrimPrefix(canonical, "v")]; ok {
+			prefix = ""
+		}
+
+		r := regexp.MustCompile(`^v(?P<major>[0-9]+)\.(?P<minor>[0-9]+)\.(?P<patch>[0-9]+)`)
+		vals := make([]string, 0)
+		if matches := r.FindStringSubmatch(canonical); matches != nil {
+			// valid format ensured by semver.Canonical
+			major, _ := strconv.Atoi(matches[1])
+			minor, _ := strconv.Atoi(matches[2])
+			patch, _ := strconv.Atoi(matches[3])
+
+			if semver.Prerelease(canonical) != "" {
+				vals = append(vals,
+					fmt.Sprintf("%v%v.%v.%v", prefix, major, minor, patch), "next version",
+				)
+			} else {
+				vals = append(vals,
+					fmt.Sprintf("%v%v.%v.%v", prefix, major+1, 0, 0), "next major version",
+					fmt.Sprintf("%v%v.%v.%v", prefix, major, minor+1, 0), "next minor version",
+					fmt.Sprintf("%v%v.%v.%v", prefix, major, minor, patch+1), "next patch version",
+				)
+			}
+		}
+		return carapace.ActionValuesDescribed(vals...)
+	})
+}