diff --git a/scripts/bump_version.sh b/scripts/bump_version.sh
index d91e127d..3d9d204d 100755
--- a/scripts/bump_version.sh
+++ b/scripts/bump_version.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ if [ -z ${1} ] || [ -z ${2} ]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
+today=$(date "+%b %d, %Y")
+
 find . -name "*.toml" | xargs sed -i.bak "s/${1}/${2}/g"
 find site/ -name "*.md" | xargs sed -i.bak "s/${1}/${2}/g"
+sed -i.bak "s/^date.*/date = \"$today\"/" site/index.toml
 find . -name "*.bak" | xargs rm