diff --git a/utils/scripts/update-riot-web.sh b/utils/scripts/update-riot-web.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+usage()
+{
+	printf "Usage: %s version\n" "${0##*/}" >&2
+	exit 1
+}
+
+err()
+{
+	printf "%s: %s\n" "${0##*/}" "$*" >&2
+	exit 1
+}
+
+isversion()
+{
+	printf "%s\n" "$*" | grep -Eq "^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$"
+}
+
+if [ -z "${RIOT_WEB_UI_DIR:-}" ]; then
+	err "Environment RIOT_WEB_UI_DIR unset"
+fi
+
+if [ $# -ne 1 ] || ! isversion "$1"; then
+	usage
+fi
+ver=$1
+
+GH_BASE_URL=https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/releases/download
+
+cd "$RIOT_WEB_UI_DIR" || err "Can't cd to web UI directory"
+ftp -o - "$GH_BASE_URL/$ver/riot-$ver.tar.gz" | pax -rz ||
+    err "Can't fetch and extract release"
+rm -f riot && ln -s "riot-$ver" riot ||
+    err "Can't point web UI directory to new release"