diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 2d06758..1580372 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module.exports = function(grunt) {
   grunt.initConfig({
-    
+
     clean: {
       test: 'test/fixtures/_component.json'
     },
@@ -37,13 +37,23 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
   grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-clean');
   grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-nodeunit');
 
-  grunt.registerTask('test', [
-    'clean',
-    'setup',
-    'release',
-    'nodeunit',
-    'clean'
-  ]);
+  grunt.registerTask('test', function() {
+    grunt.task.run([
+      'clean',
+      'setup',
+      'release',
+      'nodeunit',
+      'clean'
+    ]);
+
+    grunt.task.run([
+      'clean',
+      'setup',
+      'bump-only',
+      'nodeunit',
+      'clean'
+    ]);
+  });
 
   grunt.registerMultiTask('setup', 'Setup test fixtures', function(){
     this.files.forEach(function(f){
diff --git a/tasks/grunt-release.js b/tasks/grunt-release.js
index 1233953..b3bbf69 100644
--- a/tasks/grunt-release.js
+++ b/tasks/grunt-release.js
@@ -10,8 +10,16 @@ var shell = require('shelljs');
 var semver = require('semver');
 
 module.exports = function(grunt){
+  grunt.registerTask('bump-only', 'bump version only', function(type){
+
+    var file = grunt.config.get('release.options.file') || grunt.config('pkgFile') || 'package.json';
+    grunt.log.writeln(file);
+
+    grunt.log.writeln('Only bumping the version.');
+    bump(setup(file, true, type));
+  });
   grunt.registerTask('release', 'bump version, git tag, git push, npm publish', function(type){
-    
+
     //defaults
     var options = this.options({
       bump: true,
@@ -24,7 +32,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt){
       npm : true
     });
 
-    var config = setup(options.file, type);
+    var config = setup(options.file, options.bump, type);
     var templateOptions = {
       data: {
         version: config.newVersion
@@ -45,15 +53,6 @@ module.exports = function(grunt){
     if (options.npm) publish(config);
     if (options.github) githubRelease(config);
 
-    function setup(file, type){
-      var pkg = grunt.file.readJSON(file);
-      var newVersion = pkg.version;
-      if (options.bump) {
-        newVersion = semver.inc(pkg.version, type || 'patch');
-      }
-      return {file: file, pkg: pkg, newVersion: newVersion};
-    }
-
     function add(config){
       run('git add ' + config.file);
     }
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt){
       var cmd = 'npm publish';
       var msg = 'published '+ config.newVersion +' to npm';
       var npmtag = getNpmTag();
-      if (npmtag){ 
+      if (npmtag){
         cmd += ' --tag ' + npmtag;
         msg += ' with a tag of "' + npmtag + '"';
       }
@@ -104,12 +103,6 @@ module.exports = function(grunt){
       if (msg) grunt.log.ok(msg);
     }
 
-    function bump(config){
-      config.pkg.version = config.newVersion;
-      grunt.file.write(config.file, JSON.stringify(config.pkg, null, '  ') + '\n');
-      grunt.log.ok('Version bumped to ' + config.newVersion);
-    }
-
     function githubRelease(){
       var request = require('superagent');
       var done = task.async();
@@ -127,7 +120,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt){
         .end(function(res){
           if (res.statusCode === 201){
             success();
-          } 
+          }
           else {
             grunt.fail.warn('Error creating github release. Response: ' + res.text);
           }
@@ -138,6 +131,21 @@ module.exports = function(grunt){
           done();
         }
     }
-
   });
+
+  function setup(file, bump, type){
+    var pkg = grunt.file.readJSON(file);
+    var newVersion = pkg.version;
+    if (bump) {
+      newVersion = semver.inc(pkg.version, type || 'patch');
+    }
+    return {file: file, pkg: pkg, newVersion: newVersion};
+  }
+
+  function bump(config){
+    config.pkg.version = config.newVersion;
+    grunt.file.write(config.file, JSON.stringify(config.pkg, null, '  ') + '\n');
+    grunt.log.ok('Version bumped to ' + config.newVersion);
+  }
+
 };