diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ee77a338..45a46e93 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 TAG?=latest
+VERSION?=$(shell grep 'VERSION' pkg/version/version.go | awk '{ print $$4 }' | tr -d '"')
+VERSION_MINOR:=$(shell grep 'VERSION' pkg/version/version.go | awk '{ print $$4 }' | tr -d '"' | rev | cut -d'.' -f2- | rev)
+PATCH:=$(shell grep 'VERSION' pkg/version/version.go | awk '{ print $$4 }' | tr -d '"' | awk -F. '{print $$NF}')
+
 
 build:
 	docker build -t stefanprodan/steerer:$(TAG) . -f Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +16,36 @@ test:
 verify-codegen:
 	./hack/verify-codegen.sh
 
-helm:
+helm-package:
 	cd chart/ && helm package steerer/
 	mv chart/*.tgz docs/
 	helm repo index docs --url https://stefanprodan.github.io/steerer --merge ./docs/index.yaml
+
+helm-up:
+	helm upgrade --install steerer ./chart/steerer --namespace=istio-system
+
+version-set:
+	@next="$(TAG)" && \
+	current="$(VERSION)" && \
+	sed -i '' "s/$$current/$$next/g" pkg/version/version.go && \
+	sed -i '' "s/steerer:$$current/steerer:$$next/g" artifacts/steerer/deployment.yaml && \
+	sed -i '' "s/tag: $$current/tag: $$next/g" chart/steerer/values.yaml && \
+	sed -i '' "s/appVersion: $$current/appVersion: $$next/g" chart/steerer/Chart.yaml && \
+	echo "Version $$next set in code, deployment and chart"
+
+version-up:
+	@next="$(VERSION_MINOR).$$(($(PATCH) + 1))" && \
+	current="$(VERSION)" && \
+	sed -i '' "s/$$current/$$next/g" pkg/version/version.go && \
+	sed -i '' "s/steerer:$$current/steerer:$$next/g" artifacts/steerer/deployment.yaml && \
+	sed -i '' "s/tag: $$current/tag: $$next/g" chart/steerer/values.yaml && \
+	sed -i '' "s/appVersion: $$current/appVersion: $$next/g" chart/steerer/Chart.yaml && \
+	echo "Version $$next set in code, deployment and chart"
+
+dev-up: version-up
+	@echo "Starting build/push/deploy pipeline for $(VERSION)"
+	docker build -t stefanprodan/steerer:$(VERSION) . -f Dockerfile
+	docker push stefanprodan/steerer:$(VERSION)
+	helm upgrade --install steerer ./chart/steerer --namespace=istio-system
+
+
diff --git a/artifacts/steerer/deployment.yaml b/artifacts/steerer/deployment.yaml
index 3860d003..7d9a5a36 100644
--- a/artifacts/steerer/deployment.yaml
+++ b/artifacts/steerer/deployment.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ spec:
       serviceAccountName: steerer
       containers:
       - name: steerer
-        image: stefanprodan/steerer
+        image: stefanprodan/steerer:0.0.1-beta.5
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         ports:
         - name: http
diff --git a/chart/steerer/Chart.yaml b/chart/steerer/Chart.yaml
index cd00ea52..68f6b3ac 100644
--- a/chart/steerer/Chart.yaml
+++ b/chart/steerer/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 apiVersion: v1
-appVersion: "0.0.1"
-description: Steerer is a Kubernetes operator that automates the promotion of canary deployments using Istio routing for traffic shifting and Prometheus metrics for canary analysis.
 name: steerer
 version: 0.0.1
+appVersion: 0.0.1-beta.5
+description: Steerer is a Kubernetes operator that automates the promotion of canary deployments using Istio routing for traffic shifting and Prometheus metrics for canary analysis.
diff --git a/chart/steerer/values.yaml b/chart/steerer/values.yaml
index 6b05ccdd..9963cafa 100644
--- a/chart/steerer/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/steerer/values.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 image:
   repository: stefanprodan/steerer
-  tag: 0.0.1
+  tag: 0.0.1-beta.5
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 
 controlLoopInterval: "10s"
diff --git a/docs/index.yaml b/docs/index.yaml
index 251e4359..faae78f2 100755
--- a/docs/index.yaml
+++ b/docs/index.yaml
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ apiVersion: v1
 entries:
   steerer:
   - apiVersion: v1
-    appVersion: 0.0.1
-    created: 2018-09-26T20:25:28.806298013+03:00
+    appVersion: 0.0.1-beta.5
+    created: 2018-09-26T23:03:14.009673769+03:00
     description: Steerer is a Kubernetes operator that automates the promotion of
       canary deployments using Istio routing for traffic shifting and Prometheus metrics
       for canary analysis.
-    digest: f443ad5cd5ac9ad972f241663f4a7fc19442fa2c08fc13e02c58be4c849b3956
+    digest: cdbbb52ac8555af6ea0531feb9570d753c3648c940ad2b0b6e2ff9473602301a
     name: steerer
     urls:
     - https://stefanprodan.github.io/steerer/steerer-0.0.1.tgz
     version: 0.0.1
-generated: 2018-09-26T20:25:28.80532437+03:00
+generated: 2018-09-26T23:03:14.009180667+03:00
diff --git a/docs/steerer-0.0.1.tgz b/docs/steerer-0.0.1.tgz
index efd75a59..a1a1cf90 100644
Binary files a/docs/steerer-0.0.1.tgz and b/docs/steerer-0.0.1.tgz differ
diff --git a/pkg/version/version.go b/pkg/version/version.go
index ad871ee1..dfeb4d61 100644
--- a/pkg/version/version.go
+++ b/pkg/version/version.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 package version
 
-var VERSION = "unknown"
+var VERSION = "0.0.1-beta.5"
 var REVISION = "unknown"