From c58e86ce21c7d6a1c977ebbad7c56179ccb92636 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark de Vocht <markd@wix.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2026 12:09:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] script adjustment

---
 package.json       |  2 +-
 scripts/release.js | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1b7185a3ff..6fc6d17fcb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "react-native-navigation",
-  "version": "8.7.0",
+  "version": "8.7.9",
   "description": "React Native Navigation - truly native navigation for iOS and Android",
   "license": "MIT",
   "nativePackage": true,
diff --git a/scripts/release.js b/scripts/release.js
index c1e985448f..7bb9ee6b08 100644
--- a/scripts/release.js
+++ b/scripts/release.js
@@ -135,13 +135,31 @@ function readPackageJson() {
 }
 
 function updatePackageJsonGit(version) {
+  const prBranch = `ci/update-version-${version}`;
   exec.execSync(`git checkout ${BRANCH}`);
+  exec.execSync(`git checkout -b ${prBranch}`);
   const packageJson = readPackageJson();
   packageJson.version = version;
   writePackageJson(packageJson);
   exec.execSync(`git add package.json`);
   exec.execSync(`git commit -m"Update package.json version to ${version} [buildkite skip]"`);
-  exec.execSync(`git push deploy ${BRANCH}`);
+  exec.execSync(`git push deploy ${prBranch}`);
+
+  const prData = JSON.stringify({
+    title: `Update package.json version to ${version}`,
+    head: prBranch,
+    base: BRANCH,
+    body: `Automated version bump to ${version} from CI release.`,
+  });
+
+  cp.execSync(
+    `curl -s -X POST ` +
+    `-H "Authorization: token ${process.env.GIT_TOKEN}" ` +
+    `-H "Content-Type: application/json" ` +
+    `-d '${prData}' ` +
+    `https://api.github.com/repos/wix/react-native-navigation/pulls`
+  );
+
   draftGitRelease(version);
 }