diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
index 1db07e2484..0eacdcc6f2 100644
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -27,3 +27,6 @@ indent_size = 4
 
 [*.svg]
 insert_final_newline = false
+
+[*py]
+indent_size = 4
diff --git a/scripts/create-release-pull-request.py b/scripts/create-release-pull-request.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..154a4beef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/create-release-pull-request.py
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from inspect import getsourcefile
+from os.path import abspath
+
+import semver
+import toml
+
+SCRIPTS_DIR = os.path.dirname(abspath(getsourcefile(lambda: 0)))
+REPO_ROOT_DIR = os.path.dirname(SCRIPTS_DIR)
+CHANGELOG_DIR = os.path.join(REPO_ROOT_DIR, "changelog.d")
+
+
+def overwrite_version(version):
+    toml_path = os.path.join(REPO_ROOT_DIR, "Cargo.toml")
+    with open(toml_path, "r") as file:
+        cargo_toml = toml.load(file)
+
+    current_version = cargo_toml["package"]["version"]
+    if current_version == version:
+        print(f"Already at version {version}.")
+        exit(1)
+
+    commit_message = f"Overwrite version {current_version} with {version}"
+    print(commit_message)
+
+    cargo_toml["package"]["version"] = version
+    with open(toml_path, "w") as file:
+        toml.dump(cargo_toml, file)
+
+    subprocess.run(["git", "commit", "-am", commit_message], check=True, cwd=REPO_ROOT_DIR)
+
+
+def validate_version(version):
+    try:
+        semver.VersionInfo.parse(version)
+    except ValueError:
+        print(f"Invalid version: {version}. Please provide a valid SemVer string.")
+        exit(1)
+
+
+def generate_changelog():
+    subprocess.run(["generate_release_changelog.sh"], check=True, cwd=SCRIPTS_DIR)
+    subprocess.run(["git", "commit", "-am", "Generate changelog"], check=True, cwd=REPO_ROOT_DIR)
+
+
+def create_branch(branch_name):
+    subprocess.run(["git", "checkout", "-b", branch_name], check=True, cwd=REPO_ROOT_DIR)
+    subprocess.run(["git", "push", "-u", "origin", branch_name], check=True, cwd=REPO_ROOT_DIR)
+
+
+def create_pull_request(branch_name, new_version):
+    title = f"Prepare {new_version} release"
+    body = "Generated with the create-release-pull-request.py script."
+    try:
+        subprocess.run(
+            ["gh", "pr", "create", "--title", title, "--body", body, "--head", branch_name,
+             "--base", "main"], check=True, cwd=REPO_ROOT_DIR)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        print(f"Failed to create pull request: {e}")
+
+
+def main():
+    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
+        print("Usage: script.py <version>")
+        exit(1)
+    new_version = sys.argv[1]
+    validate_version(new_version)
+    branch_name = f"prepare-{new_version}-release"
+    create_branch(branch_name)
+    overwrite_version(new_version)
+    generate_changelog()
+    create_pull_request(branch_name, new_version)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()