diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 4ecebaf6..eb1c7c40 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout Branch
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Build with Gradle
-        run: ./gradlew build -Dopensearch.version=1.3.4-SNAPSHOT
+        run: ./gradlew build -Dopensearch.version=1.3.5-SNAPSHOT
       - name: Pull and Run Docker for security tests
         run: |
-          version=1.3.4-SNAPSHOT
-          plugin_version=1.3.4.0-SNAPSHOT
+          version=1.3.5-SNAPSHOT
+          plugin_version=1.3.5.0-SNAPSHOT
           pwd=`pwd`
           echo $pwd
           cd ..
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout Branch
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Build with Gradle
-        run: ./gradlew.bat build -D"opensearch.version=1.3.4-SNAPSHOT" -x integTest -x jacocoTestReport
+        run: ./gradlew.bat build -D"opensearch.version=1.3.5-SNAPSHOT" -x integTest -x jacocoTestReport
         env:
           _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xmx4096M
       - name: Create Artifact Path
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout Branch
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Build with Gradle
-        run: ./gradlew build -Dopensearch.version=1.3.4-SNAPSHOT -x integTest -x jacocoTestReport
+        run: ./gradlew build -Dopensearch.version=1.3.5-SNAPSHOT -x integTest -x jacocoTestReport
         env:
           _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xmx4096M
       - name: Create Artifact Path
diff --git a/.github/workflows/multi-node-test-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/multi-node-test-workflow.yml
index 5467ded3..886ef284 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/multi-node-test-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/multi-node-test-workflow.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout Branch
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Run integration tests with multi node config
-        run: ./gradlew integTest -PnumNodes=5 -Dopensearch.version=1.3.4-SNAPSHOT
+        run: ./gradlew integTest -PnumNodes=5 -Dopensearch.version=1.3.5-SNAPSHOT
       - name: Run Backwards Compatibility Tests
         run: |
           echo "Running backwards compatibility tests ..."
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 04ea682d..6f455b1f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ buildscript {
         distribution = 'oss-zip'
         opensearch_group = "org.opensearch"
         isSnapshot = "true" == System.getProperty("build.snapshot", "true")
-        opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "1.3.4-SNAPSHOT")
+        opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "1.3.5-SNAPSHOT")
         // 1.0.0 -> 1.0.0.0, and 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT -> 1.0.0.0-SNAPSHOT
         opendistro_plugin_version = System.getProperty("bwc.version", "1.13.0.1")
         opensearch_build = opensearch_version.replaceAll(/(\.\d)([^\d]*)$/, '$1.0$2')
@@ -344,3 +344,22 @@ run {
 }
 
 apply from: 'build-tools/pkgbuild.gradle'
+
+// updateVersion: Task to auto increment to the next development iteration
+task updateVersion {
+    onlyIf { System.getProperty('newVersion') }
+    doLast {
+        ext.newVersion = System.getProperty('newVersion')
+        println "Setting version to ${newVersion}."
+        // String tokenization to support -SNAPSHOT
+        ant.replaceregexp(match: opensearch_version.tokenize('-')[0], replace: newVersion.tokenize('-')[0], flags:'g', byline:true) {
+            fileset(dir: projectDir) {
+                // Include the required files that needs to be updated with new Version
+                include(name: ".github/workflows/build.yml")
+                include(name: ".github/workflows/multi-node-test-workflow.yml")
+
+            }
+        }
+        ant.replaceregexp(file:'build.gradle', match: '"opensearch.version", "\\d.*"', replace: '"opensearch.version", "' + newVersion.tokenize('-')[0] + '-SNAPSHOT"', flags:'g', byline:true)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..5cf85406
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+# this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+# compatible open source license.
+
+set -ex
+
+function usage() {
+    echo "Usage: $0 [args]"
+    echo ""
+    echo "Arguments:"
+    echo -e "-v VERSION\t[Required] OpenSearch version."
+    echo -e "-q QUALIFIER\t[Optional] Version qualifier."
+    echo -e "-s SNAPSHOT\t[Optional] Build a snapshot, default is 'false'."
+    echo -e "-p PLATFORM\t[Optional] Platform, ignored."
+    echo -e "-a ARCHITECTURE\t[Optional] Build architecture, ignored."
+    echo -e "-o OUTPUT\t[Optional] Output path, default is 'artifacts'."
+    echo -e "-h help"
+}
+
+while getopts ":h:v:q:s:o:p:a:" arg; do
+    case $arg in
+        h)
+            usage
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+        v)
+            VERSION=$OPTARG
+            ;;
+        q)
+            QUALIFIER=$OPTARG
+            ;;
+        s)
+            SNAPSHOT=$OPTARG
+            ;;
+        o)
+            OUTPUT=$OPTARG
+            ;;
+        p)
+            PLATFORM=$OPTARG
+            ;;
+        a)
+            ARCHITECTURE=$OPTARG
+            ;;
+        :)
+            echo "Error: -${OPTARG} requires an argument"
+            usage
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+        ?)
+            echo "Invalid option: -${arg}"
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
+    echo "Error: You must specify the OpenSearch version"
+    usage
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+[[ ! -z "$QUALIFIER" ]] && VERSION=$VERSION-$QUALIFIER
+[[ "$SNAPSHOT" == "true" ]] && VERSION=$VERSION-SNAPSHOT
+[ -z "$OUTPUT" ] && OUTPUT=artifacts
+
+mkdir -p $OUTPUT
+
+./gradlew assemble --no-daemon --refresh-dependencies -DskipTests=true -Dopensearch.version=$VERSION -Dbuild.snapshot=$SNAPSHOT -Dbuild.version_qualifier=$QUALIFIER
+
+zipPath=$(find . -path \*build/distributions/*.zip)
+distributions="$(dirname "${zipPath}")"
+
+echo "COPY ${distributions}/*.zip"
+mkdir -p $OUTPUT/plugins
+cp ${distributions}/*.zip ./$OUTPUT/plugins