diff --git a/Release.proj b/Release.proj
index 61a73235..fc96dbe2 100644
--- a/Release.proj
+++ b/Release.proj
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
   <Target Name="MSBuildCommunityTasks" DependsOnTargets="RestorePackages" />
   <UsingTask AssemblyFile="$(MSBuildCommunityTasksLib)" TaskName="MSBuild.Community.Tasks.TemplateFile" />
   <UsingTask AssemblyFile="$(MSBuildCommunityTasksLib)" TaskName="MSBuild.Community.Tasks.Zip" />
+  <UsingTask AssemblyFile="$(MSBuildCommunityTasksLib)" TaskName="MSBuild.Community.Tasks.FileUpdate" />
 
   <Target Name="Help">
     <ReadLinesFromFile File="Releasing.md">
@@ -60,6 +61,8 @@
     <Error Text="You should specify a version number!" Condition="'$(Version)' == ''" />
     <WriteLinesToFile File="$(VersionFilePath)" Lines="partial class GitTfsProperties ; { ; public const string Version = %22$(Version)%22%3B ; }" Overwrite="true" Encoding="ASCII"/>
     <Exec Command="git add $(VersionFilePath)" />
+    <FileUpdate Files="README.md" Regex="The most recent version is __.*__\." ReplacementText="The most recent version is __$(Version)__." />
+    <Exec Command="git add README.md" />
     <Exec Command="git commit -m v$(Version)" />
   </Target>
 
diff --git a/Releasing.md b/Releasing.md
index 98da9f65..bcde42b7 100644
--- a/Releasing.md
+++ b/Releasing.md
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ Normally, you should do this:
 
     msbuild Release.proj /t:Release /p:Version=X.Y.Z /p:User="login:password"
 
-3. Update [the README.md](https://github.com/git-tfs/git-tfs/edit/master/README.md).
-
-4. Build the chocolatey package. (For this to work, you need to [set an API key](https://github.com/chocolatey/chocolatey/wiki/CommandsPush#note-to-use-this-command-you-must-have-your-api-key-saved-for-chocolateyorg-or-the-source-you-want-to-push-to).)
+3. Build the chocolatey package. (For this to work, you need to [set an API key](https://github.com/chocolatey/chocolatey/wiki/CommandsPush#note-to-use-this-command-you-must-have-your-api-key-saved-for-chocolateyorg-or-the-source-you-want-to-push-to).)
 
     msbuild Release.proj /t:Chocolatey /p:Version=X.Y.Z /p:DownloadUrl=https://whatever/path/to/GitTfs-X.Y.Z.zip