diff --git a/.github/workflows/equinox.yml b/.github/workflows/equinox.yml
index 5b80884db1..bf9d2e9f3f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/equinox.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/equinox.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       env:
         EQUINOX_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.EQUINOX_API_TOKEN }}
         EQUINOX_SIGNING_KEY: ${{ secrets.EQUINOX_SIGNING_KEY }}
-      run: equinox release --channel devel --version=$GITHUB_SHA --draft --platforms=darwin_amd64 --app=app_i4iCp1SuYfZ --token=$EQUINOX_API_TOKEN ./cmd/sqlc
+      run: go run scripts/release.go -draft devel darwin_amd64
 
   linux:
     name: Build on Linux
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@ jobs:
       env:
         EQUINOX_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.EQUINOX_API_TOKEN }}
         EQUINOX_SIGNING_KEY: ${{ secrets.EQUINOX_SIGNING_KEY }}
-      run: ./equinox release --channel devel --version=$GITHUB_SHA --platforms=linux_amd64 --app=app_i4iCp1SuYfZ --token=$EQUINOX_API_TOKEN ./cmd/sqlc
+      run: go run scripts/release.go devel linux_amd64
 
 
diff --git a/internal/cmd/cmd.go b/internal/cmd/cmd.go
index 4f25d9523e..4108e28365 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -37,11 +37,17 @@ func Do(args []string, stdin io.Reader, stdout io.Writer, stderr io.Writer) int
 	return 1
 }
 
+var version string
+
 var versionCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "version",
 	Short: "Print the sqlc version number",
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		fmt.Println("v0.0.1")
+		if version == "" {
+			fmt.Printf("%s\n", "SNAPSHOT")
+		} else {
+			fmt.Printf("%s\n", version)
+		}
 	},
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/release.go b/scripts/release.go
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..f2e468abeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release.go
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	draft := flag.Bool("draft", false, "create a draft release")
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	sha := os.Getenv("GITHUB_SHA")
+	cmd := exec.Command("git", "show", "--no-patch", "--no-notes", "--pretty=%ci", sha)
+	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	var date string
+	parts := strings.Split(string(out), " ")
+	date = strings.Replace(parts[0]+parts[1], "-", "", -1)
+	date = strings.Replace(date, ":", "", -1)
+	version := fmt.Sprintf("v0.0.0-%s-%s", date, sha[:12])
+
+	x := "-X github.com/kyleconroy/sqlc/internal/cmd.version=" + version
+	log.Printf("Releasing %s on channel %s", flag.Arg(1), flag.Arg(0))
+
+	xname := "./equinox"
+	if _, err := os.Stat("./equinox"); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		xname = "equinox"
+	}
+
+	args := []string{"release",
+		"--channel", flag.Arg(0),
+		"--version", version,
+	}
+
+	if *draft {
+		args = append(args, "--draft")
+	}
+
+	args = append(args, []string{
+		"--platforms", flag.Arg(1),
+		"--app", "app_i4iCp1SuYfZ",
+		"--token", os.Getenv("EQUINOX_API_TOKEN"),
+		"--",
+		"-ldflags", x, "./cmd/sqlc",
+	}...)
+
+	cmd = exec.Command(xname, args...)
+	cmd.Env = os.Environ()
+	out, err = cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	log.Println(strings.TrimSpace(string(out)))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}