diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f0abb1e90c0..3d8dbf7c1d7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ semver = "0.2.1"
 toml = "0.1"
 unicode-normalization = "0.1"
 quine-mc_cluskey = "0.2.2"
-clippy_lints = { version = "0.0.*", path = "clippy_lints" }
+# begin automatic update
+clippy_lints = { version = "0.0.69", path = "clippy_lints" }
+# end automatic update
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 compiletest_rs = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/clippy_lints/Cargo.toml b/clippy_lints/Cargo.toml
index acfb20d9ae6..aa994cd7259 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/Cargo.toml
+++ b/clippy_lints/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 [package]
 name = "clippy_lints"
+# begin automatic update
 version = "0.0.70"
+# end automatic update
 authors = [
 	"Manish Goregaokar <manishsmail@gmail.com>",
 	"Andre Bogus <bogusandre@gmail.com>",
diff --git a/util/update_lints.py b/util/update_lints.py
index 8078b68367b..35bddcbbb5c 100755
--- a/util/update_lints.py
+++ b/util/update_lints.py
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ def collect(lints, deprecated_lints, restriction_lints, fn):
         # remove \-newline escapes from description string
         desc = nl_escape_re.sub('', match.group('desc'))
         restriction_lints.append((os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(fn))[0],
-                                match.group('name').lower(),
-                                "allow",
-                                desc.replace('\\"', '"')))
+                                  match.group('name').lower(),
+                                  "allow",
+                                  desc.replace('\\"', '"')))
 
 
 def gen_table(lints, link=None):
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ def gen_deprecated(lints):
     for lint in lints:
         yield '    store.register_removed("%s", "%s");\n' % (lint[1], lint[2])
 
+
 def replace_region(fn, region_start, region_end, callback,
                    replace_start=True, write_back=True):
     """Replace a region in a file delimited by two lines matching regexes.
@@ -155,6 +156,16 @@ def main(print_only=False, check=False):
                 collect(lints, deprecated_lints, restriction_lints,
                         os.path.join(root, fn))
 
+    # determine version
+    with open('Cargo.toml') as fp:
+        for line in fp:
+            if line.startswith('version ='):
+                clippy_version = line.split()[2].strip('"')
+                break
+        else:
+            print('Error: version not found in Cargo.toml!')
+            return
+
     if print_only:
         sys.stdout.writelines(gen_table(lints + restriction_lints))
         return
@@ -168,8 +179,8 @@ def main(print_only=False, check=False):
     changed |= replace_region(
         'README.md',
         r'^There are \d+ lints included in this crate:', "",
-        lambda: ['There are %d lints included in this crate:\n' % (len(lints)
-            + len(restriction_lints))],
+        lambda: ['There are %d lints included in this crate:\n' %
+                 (len(lints) + len(restriction_lints))],
         write_back=not check)
 
     # update the links in the CHANGELOG
@@ -182,6 +193,19 @@ def main(print_only=False, check=False):
                         key=lambda l: l[1])],
         replace_start=False, write_back=not check)
 
+    # update version of clippy_lints in Cargo.toml
+    changed |= replace_region(
+        'Cargo.toml', r'# begin automatic update', '# end automatic update',
+        lambda: ['clippy_lints = { version = "%s", path = "clippy_lints" }\n' %
+                 clippy_version],
+        replace_start=False, write_back=not check)
+
+    # update version of clippy_lints in Cargo.toml
+    changed |= replace_region(
+        'clippy_lints/Cargo.toml', r'# begin automatic update', '# end automatic update',
+        lambda: ['version = "%s"\n' % clippy_version],
+        replace_start=False, write_back=not check)
+
     # update the `pub mod` list
     changed |= replace_region(
         'clippy_lints/src/lib.rs', r'begin lints modules', r'end lints modules',
@@ -196,10 +220,10 @@ def main(print_only=False, check=False):
 
     # same for "deprecated" lint collection
     changed |= replace_region(
-            'clippy_lints/src/lib.rs', r'let mut store', r'end deprecated lints',
-            lambda: gen_deprecated(deprecated_lints),
-            replace_start=False,
-            write_back=not check)
+        'clippy_lints/src/lib.rs', r'let mut store', r'end deprecated lints',
+        lambda: gen_deprecated(deprecated_lints),
+        replace_start=False,
+        write_back=not check)
 
     # same for "clippy_pedantic" lint collection
     changed |= replace_region(