diff --git a/scripts/bump-astrolabe.sh b/scripts/bump-astrolabe.sh
index c51b8eb..b0ba72d 100755
--- a/scripts/bump-astrolabe.sh
+++ b/scripts/bump-astrolabe.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,22 @@
 # Bump Astrolabe app version
 set -euo pipefail
 
+# Parse optional --increment flag
+INCREMENT=""
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+    case $1 in
+        --increment)
+            INCREMENT="$2"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        *)
+            echo "❌ Error: Unknown option: $1" >&2
+            echo "Usage: $0 [--increment PATCH|MINOR|MAJOR]" >&2
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
 # Validate dependencies
 command -v uv >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
     echo "❌ Error: uv not found" >&2
@@ -29,9 +45,18 @@ if [ ! -f "package.json" ]; then
 fi
 
 echo "Bumping Astrolabe version..."
+if [ -n "$INCREMENT" ]; then
+    echo "  Forcing $INCREMENT bump"
+fi
+
+# Build commitizen command
+CZ_CMD="uv run cz --config .cz.toml bump --yes"
+if [ -n "$INCREMENT" ]; then
+    CZ_CMD="$CZ_CMD --increment $INCREMENT"
+fi
 
 # Run commitizen bump and capture output
-if ! output=$(uv run cz --config .cz.toml bump --yes 2>&1); then
+if ! output=$($CZ_CMD 2>&1); then
     cd ../..
     echo "❌ Error: Version bump failed" >&2
     echo "$output" >&2
diff --git a/scripts/bump-helm.sh b/scripts/bump-helm.sh
index d57aef7..62e8e9e 100755
--- a/scripts/bump-helm.sh
+++ b/scripts/bump-helm.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,22 @@
 # Bump Helm chart version
 set -euo pipefail
 
+# Parse optional --increment flag
+INCREMENT=""
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+    case $1 in
+        --increment)
+            INCREMENT="$2"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        *)
+            echo "❌ Error: Unknown option: $1" >&2
+            echo "Usage: $0 [--increment PATCH|MINOR|MAJOR]" >&2
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
 # Validate dependencies
 command -v uv >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
     echo "❌ Error: uv not found" >&2
@@ -24,9 +40,18 @@ if [ ! -f "Chart.yaml" ]; then
 fi
 
 echo "Bumping Helm chart version..."
+if [ -n "$INCREMENT" ]; then
+    echo "  Forcing $INCREMENT bump"
+fi
+
+# Build commitizen command
+CZ_CMD="uv run cz --config .cz.toml bump --yes"
+if [ -n "$INCREMENT" ]; then
+    CZ_CMD="$CZ_CMD --increment $INCREMENT"
+fi
 
 # Run commitizen bump and capture output
-if ! output=$(uv run cz --config .cz.toml bump --yes 2>&1); then
+if ! output=$($CZ_CMD 2>&1); then
     cd ../..
     echo "❌ Error: Version bump failed" >&2
     echo "$output" >&2
diff --git a/scripts/bump-mcp.sh b/scripts/bump-mcp.sh
index d6b618e..9b39f03 100755
--- a/scripts/bump-mcp.sh
+++ b/scripts/bump-mcp.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,22 @@
 # Bump MCP server version
 set -euo pipefail
 
+# Parse optional --increment flag
+INCREMENT=""
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+    case $1 in
+        --increment)
+            INCREMENT="$2"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        *)
+            echo "❌ Error: Unknown option: $1" >&2
+            echo "Usage: $0 [--increment PATCH|MINOR|MAJOR]" >&2
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
 # Validate dependencies
 command -v uv >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
     echo "❌ Error: uv not found" >&2
@@ -16,9 +32,18 @@ if [ ! -f "pyproject.toml" ]; then
 fi
 
 echo "Bumping MCP server version..."
+if [ -n "$INCREMENT" ]; then
+    echo "  Forcing $INCREMENT bump"
+fi
+
+# Build commitizen command
+CZ_CMD="uv run cz bump --yes"
+if [ -n "$INCREMENT" ]; then
+    CZ_CMD="$CZ_CMD --increment $INCREMENT"
+fi
 
 # Run commitizen bump and capture output
-if ! output=$(uv run cz bump --yes 2>&1); then
+if ! output=$($CZ_CMD 2>&1); then
     echo "❌ Error: Version bump failed" >&2
     echo "$output" >&2
     echo "" >&2