diff --git a/.changes/config.json b/.changes/config.json
index 2330d44df..966687571 100644
--- a/.changes/config.json
+++ b/.changes/config.json
@@ -208,22 +208,6 @@
       "path": "./tooling/bundler",
       "manager": "rust"
     },
-    "cli.rs": {
-      "path": "./tooling/cli.rs",
-      "manager": "rust",
-      "dependencies": ["api", "tauri-bundler", "tauri"]
-    },
-    "cli.js": {
-      "path": "./tooling/cli.js",
-      "manager": "javascript",
-      "dependencies": ["cli.rs"],
-      "assets": [
-        {
-          "path": "./tooling/cli.js/tauri-apps-cli-${ pkgFile.version }.tgz",
-          "name": "cli.js-${ pkgFile.version }.tgz"
-        }
-      ]
-    },
     "tauri-utils": {
       "path": "./core/tauri-utils",
       "manager": "rust"
@@ -241,12 +225,31 @@
     "tauri-build": {
       "path": "./core/tauri-build",
       "manager": "rust",
-      "dependencies": ["tauri-codegen"]
+      "dependencies": ["tauri-codegen"],
+      "postversion": "../../.scripts/sync-cli-metadata.js ${ pkg.pkg } ${ release.type }"
     },
     "tauri": {
       "path": "./core/tauri",
       "manager": "rust",
-      "dependencies": ["api", "tauri-macros", "tauri-utils"]
+      "dependencies": ["api", "tauri-macros", "tauri-utils"],
+      "postversion": "../../.scripts/sync-cli-metadata.js ${ pkg.pkg } ${ release.type }"
+    },
+    "cli.js": {
+      "path": "./tooling/cli.js",
+      "manager": "javascript",
+      "dependencies": ["cli.rs"],
+      "postversion": "../../.scripts/sync-cli-metadata.js ${ pkg.pkg } ${ release.type }",
+      "assets": [
+        {
+          "path": "./tooling/cli.js/tauri-apps-cli-${ pkgFile.version }.tgz",
+          "name": "cli.js-${ pkgFile.version }.tgz"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "cli.rs": {
+      "path": "./tooling/cli.rs",
+      "manager": "rust",
+      "dependencies": ["api", "tauri-bundler", "tauri", "tauri-build", "cli.js"]
     },
     "create-tauri-app": {
       "path": "./tooling/create-tauri-app",
diff --git a/.changes/sync-metadata.md b/.changes/sync-metadata.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87eb7cda4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/sync-metadata.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"cli.rs": patch
+---
+
+Sync `metadata.json` via script to update version reference to cli.js, tauri (core) and tauri-build.
diff --git a/.scripts/sync-cli-metadata.js b/.scripts/sync-cli-metadata.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..161953151
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.scripts/sync-cli-metadata.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+// Copyright 2019-2021 Tauri Programme within The Commons Conservancy
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+/*
+This script is solely intended to be run as part of the `covector version` step to
+keep the `../tooling/cli.rs/metadata.json` up to date with other version bumps. Long term
+we should look to find a more "rusty way" to import / "pin" a version value in our cli.rs
+rust binaries.
+*/
+
+const { readFileSync, writeFileSync } = require("fs");
+
+const filePath = `../../tooling/cli.rs/metadata.json`;
+const packageNickname = process.argv[2];
+const bump = process.argv[3];
+if (bump !== "prerelease") {
+  throw new Error(
+    `We don't handle anything except prerelease right now. Exiting.`
+  );
+}
+
+const inc = (version) => {
+  const v = version.split("");
+  const n = v.pop();
+  return [...v, String(Number(n) + 1)].join("");
+};
+
+// read file into js object
+const metadata = JSON.parse(readFileSync(filePath, "utf-8"));
+
+// set field version
+let version;
+if (packageNickname === "cli.js") {
+  version = inc(metadata[packageNickname].version);
+  metadata[packageNickname].version = version;
+} else {
+  version = inc(metadata[packageNickname]);
+  metadata[packageNickname] = version;
+}
+
+writeFileSync(filePath, JSON.stringify(metadata, null, 2) + "\n");
+console.log(`wrote ${version} for ${packageNickname} into metadata.json`);
+console.dir(metadata);
diff --git a/tooling/cli.rs/metadata.json b/tooling/cli.rs/metadata.json
index 18dd38552..90d702eba 100644
--- a/tooling/cli.rs/metadata.json
+++ b/tooling/cli.rs/metadata.json
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
   "cli.js": {
-    "version": "1.0.0-beta-rc.0",
+    "version": "1.0.0-beta-rc.1",
     "node": ">= 10.17.0"
   },
-  "tauri": "1.0.0-beta-rc.0",
+  "tauri": "1.0.0-beta-rc.1",
   "tauri-build": "1.0.0-beta-rc.0"
 }