diff --git a/scripts/update-versions.sh b/scripts/update-versions.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+IFS=$'\n\t'
+
+cd "$(dirname $0)/.."
+
+if [[ $# -ne 2 ]] || [[ "$1" == "--help" ]]; then
+  echo "usage: $0 old-version new-version"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+old_version="$1"
+new_version="$2"
+
+# perl is ironically more portable than sed because of GNU/BSD differences
+# the quote reduce the false positive rate
+find . -type f -name '*.md' -exec perl -pi -e "s/\"$old_version\"/\"$new_version\"/g" {} \;