diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3a45da08f89..09828a2eb51 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 da10ca0c0b7..91acaee3bb5 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/Cargo.toml
+++ b/clippy_lints/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 [package]
 name = "clippy_lints"
+# begin automatic update
 version = "0.0.69"
+# 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 1ed0161ad24..35bddcbbb5c 100755
--- a/util/update_lints.py
+++ b/util/update_lints.py
@@ -156,6 +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
@@ -183,6 +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',