diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5b3fda66e5..ad06ff9f0f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ u:source-package:
     needs:
         - p:source-package
 
+b:version-update:
+    extends:
+        - .cmake_version_update_linux
+        - .linux_x86_64_tags
+        - .run_version_update
+
 # Documentation builds
 
 b:cmake.org-help:
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/cmake_version_update.sh b/.gitlab/ci/cmake_version_update.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..6b90f84fb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/cmake_version_update.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+if test "$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME" != "master"; then
+  echo "The version update may run only on the 'master' branch."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# A project-specific access token must be provided by
+# the pipeline schedule under which this job runs.
+if test -z "$CMAKE_CI_GIT_ACCESS_TOKEN"; then
+  echo "No CMAKE_CI_GIT_ACCESS_TOKEN is available."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+git config user.name "${CMAKE_CI_AUTHOR_NAME-Kitware Robot}"
+git config user.email "${CMAKE_CI_AUTHOR_EMAIL-kwrobot@kitware.com}"
+git remote add upstream "https://oauth2:$CMAKE_CI_GIT_ACCESS_TOKEN@gitlab.kitware.com/$CI_PROJECT_PATH.git"
+
+# Repeat a few times in case we lose a race.
+n=6
+for try in $(seq $n); do
+  git fetch upstream "$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME"
+  git reset -q --hard FETCH_HEAD
+  Source/CMakeVersion.bash
+  git update-index -q --ignore-missing --refresh
+  modified=$(git diff-index --name-only HEAD -- "Source/CMakeVersion.cmake")
+  if test -n "$modified"; then
+    echo "version changed"
+    git add -u
+    git commit -m "CMake Nightly Date Stamp"
+    if git push --push-option=ci.skip upstream "HEAD:$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME"; then
+      exit 0
+    else
+      echo "Try #$try failed to fast-forward."
+    fi
+  else
+    echo "version unchanged"
+    exit 0
+  fi
+  sleep 30
+done
+
+# Give up after failing too many times.
+exit 1
diff --git a/.gitlab/os-linux.yml b/.gitlab/os-linux.yml
index 6b8c2d0408..cbdaa8e27b 100644
--- a/.gitlab/os-linux.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/os-linux.yml
@@ -549,6 +549,13 @@
 
     interruptible: true
 
+.cmake_version_update_linux:
+    stage: build
+    extends: .fedora41
+    script:
+        - .gitlab/ci/cmake_version_update.sh
+    interruptible: false # The job internally fetches and retries.
+
 .cmake_codespell_linux:
     stage: build
     extends: .fedora41
diff --git a/.gitlab/rules.yml b/.gitlab/rules.yml
index 0402d33558..c7102f95c7 100644
--- a/.gitlab/rules.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/rules.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 .run_manually:
     rules:
-        - if: '$CMAKE_CI_PACKAGE != null'
+        - if: '$CMAKE_CI_PACKAGE != null || $CMAKE_CI_VERSION_UPDATE != null'
           when: never
         - if: '($CMAKE_CI_NIGHTLY == "true" && $CMAKE_CI_JOB_NIGHTLY == "false")'
           when: never
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 .run_automatically:
     rules:
-        - if: '$CMAKE_CI_PACKAGE != null'
+        - if: '$CMAKE_CI_PACKAGE != null || $CMAKE_CI_VERSION_UPDATE != null'
           when: never
         - if: '($CMAKE_CI_NIGHTLY == "true" && $CMAKE_CI_JOB_NIGHTLY == "false")'
           when: never
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
 .run_dependent:
     rules:
-        - if: '$CMAKE_CI_PACKAGE != null'
+        - if: '$CMAKE_CI_PACKAGE != null || $CMAKE_CI_VERSION_UPDATE != null'
           when: never
         - if: '($CMAKE_CI_NIGHTLY == "true" && $CMAKE_CI_JOB_NIGHTLY == "false")'
           when: never
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@
 
 .run_cmake_org_help:
     rules:
+        - if: '$CMAKE_CI_VERSION_UPDATE != null'
+          when: never
         - if: '$CMAKE_CI_PACKAGE =~ /v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+/'
           variables:
               RSYNC_DESTINATION: "kitware@cmake.org:$CMAKE_CI_PACKAGE/"
@@ -105,3 +107,9 @@
               CMAKE_CI_VERSION_NO_GIT: "OFF"
           when: on_success
         - when: never
+
+.run_version_update:
+    rules:
+        - if: '$CMAKE_CI_VERSION_UPDATE != null'
+          when: on_success
+        - when: never