diff --git a/Sources/GRPC/Version.swift b/Sources/GRPC/Version.swift
index f5faf7ca7..7b0531b57 100644
--- a/Sources/GRPC/Version.swift
+++ b/Sources/GRPC/Version.swift
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ internal enum Version {
   internal static let minor = 4
 
   /// The patch version.
-  internal static let patch = 1
+  internal static let patch = 2
 
   /// The version string.
   internal static let versionString = "\(major).\(minor).\(patch)"
diff --git a/dev/version-bump.commit.template b/dev/version-bump.commit.template
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d49a17b2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/version-bump.commit.template
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Bump version number to VERSION
+
+Motivation:
+
+We plan on tagging a release soon.
+
+Modifications:
+
+- Bump the version to VERSION
+
+Result:
+
+The version in the default user-agent string will match the released
+version.