diff --git a/.bumpversion.toml b/.bumpversion.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b527b8dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.bumpversion.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[tool.bumpversion]
+current_version = "3.0.5"
+
+[[tool.bumpversion.files]]
+filename = "pyproject.toml"
+search = 'version = "{current_version}"'
+replace = 'version = "{new_version}"'
+
+[[tool.bumpversion.files]]
+filename = "CITATION.cff"
+search = 'version: "{current_version}"'
+replace = 'version: "{new_version}"'
+
+[[tool.bumpversion.files]]
+filename = "deeprank2/__init__.py"
+search = '__version__ = "{current_version}"'
+replace = '__version__ = "{new_version}"'
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 48f0ac55..5827c845 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -148,15 +148,3 @@ isort.known-first-party = ["deeprank2"]
 ]
 "docs/*" = ["ALL"]
 "tests/perf/*" = ["T201"] # Use of print statements
-
-[tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "3.0.4"
-
-[[tool.bumpversion.files]]
-filename = "pyproject.toml"
-
-[[tool.bumpversion.files]]
-filename = "CITATION.cff"
-
-[[tool.bumpversion.files]]
-filename = "deeprank2/__init__.py"