diff --git a/bump.sh b/bump.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+existing_version=`xpath pom.xml '/project/version' 2>/dev/null|sed 's/[a-zA-Z<>\/-]//g;s/[.]*$//'`
+bumped_version=`xpath pom.xml '/project/version' 2>/dev/null|sed 's/[a-zA-Z<>\/-]//g;s/[.]*$//'|awk -F "." '{$2+=1;OFS=".";print$0}'`
+
+echo "Version $existing_version was bumped to $bumped_version"