diff --git a/bin/make_dependency_update_pr.py b/bin/make_dependency_update_pr.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d24295a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/make_dependency_update_pr.py
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import os
+import time
+from pathlib import Path
+from subprocess import run
+
+import click
+import textwrap
+
+
+def shell(cmd, **kwargs):
+    return run([cmd], shell=True, **kwargs)
+
+
+def git_repo_has_changes():
+    unstaged_changes = shell('git diff-index --quiet HEAD --').returncode != 0
+    staged_changes = shell('git diff-index --quiet --cached HEAD --').returncode != 0
+    return unstaged_changes or staged_changes
+
+
+@click.command()
+def main(force):
+    project_root = Path(__file__).parent / '..'
+    os.chdir(project_root)
+
+    if git_repo_has_changes() and not force:
+        print('Your git repo has uncommitted changes. Commit or stash before continuing.')
+        exit(1)
+
+    previous_branch = shell('git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD',
+                            check=True,
+                            capture_output=True,
+                            encoding='utf8').stdout.strip()
+
+    shell('git fetch origin', check=True)
+
+    timestamp = time.strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H-%M-%S', time.gmtime())
+    branch_name = f'update-constraints-{timestamp}'
+
+    shell(f'git checkout -b {branch_name} origin/master', check=True)
+
+    try:
+        shell('bin/update_constraints.py', check=True)
+
+        if not git_repo_has_changes():
+            print('Done: no constraint updates required.')
+            return
+
+        shell('git commit -a -m "Update dependencies"', check=True)
+        run(
+            [
+                'gh', 'pr', 'create',
+                '--repo', 'joerick/cibuildwheel',
+                '--base', 'master',
+                '--title', 'Update dependencies',
+                '--body', textwrap.dedent(f'''
+                    Update the versions of our dependencies.
+
+                    PR generated by `{os.path.basename(__file__)}`.
+                ''')
+            ],
+            check=True
+        )
+
+        print('Done.')
+    finally:
+        # remove any local changes
+        shell('git checkout -- .')
+        shell(f'git checkout {previous_branch}', check=True)
+        shell(f'git branch -D --force {branch_name}', check=True)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main.main(standalone_mode=True)
diff --git a/bin/update_constraints.py b/bin/update_dependencies.py
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/update_constraints.py
rename to bin/update_dependencies.py
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index df361eba..f838e3f2 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ pytest
 mkdocs==1.0.4
 pip-tools
 requests
+click