diff --git a/increment_version.sh b/increment_version.sh
index 50e1ef7fd8..973f535e7b 100755
--- a/increment_version.sh
+++ b/increment_version.sh
@@ -28,6 +28,17 @@ fi
 
 pushd "$mydir" > /dev/null
 
+do_translation_pull=0
+
+if git remote get-url weblate > /dev/null; then
+    echo "Pulling translations..."
+    translation commit && do_translation_pull=1 || echo "translation tool not found, skipping forced commit"
+    git fetch weblate
+    git merge weblate/sc --no-edit
+else
+    echo "WARN: remote weblate not found, not updating translations"
+fi
+
 last_tag=`downstream_latest_tag`
 
 build_gradle="vector/build.gradle"
@@ -186,4 +197,9 @@ else
     git tag "$new_tag"
 fi
 
+if ((do_translation_pull)); then
+    echo "Updating weblate repo..."
+    translation pull
+fi
+
 popd > /dev/null