diff --git a/dbt-metricflow/Makefile b/dbt-metricflow/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..732dfb897f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbt-metricflow/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Controls the number of parallel workers running tests. Try "make -e PARALLELISM=4 test".
+PARALLELISM = auto
+# Testing and linting
+.PHONY: test
+test:
+	hatch -v run dev-env:pytest -vv -n $(PARALLELISM) tests_dbt_metricflow
diff --git a/scripts/mf_release_tool.py b/scripts/mf_release_tool.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4801292728
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/mf_release_tool.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from metricflow_semantics.toolkit.mf_logging.lazy_formattable import LazyFormat
+from scripts.mf_script_helper import MetricFlowScriptHelper
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class MetricFlowReleaseTool:
+    def __init__(self, mf_repo_root: Path, release_version: str) -> None:
+        self._release_version = release_version
+        self._mf_repo_root = mf_repo_root
+        self._dbt_mf_root = self._mf_repo_root.joinpath("dbt-metricflow")
+        self._hatch_command = "/opt/homebrew/bin/hatch"
+
+    def assert_clean_git_repo(self) -> None:
+        result = MetricFlowScriptHelper.run_command(
+            ["git", "status", "--porcelain"], working_directory=self._mf_repo_root, capture_output=True
+        )
+        stdout_lines = result.stdout.decode("utf-8").rstrip().split("\n")
+        if tuple(stdout_lines) != ("",):
+            raise RuntimeError(LazyFormat("Git state is not clean", mf_repo_root=self._mf_repo_root, stdout_lines=stdout_lines))
+
+    def setup_main_branch(self) -> None:
+        MetricFlowScriptHelper.run_command(["git", "switch", "main"], working_directory=self._mf_repo_root)
+        MetricFlowScriptHelper.run_command(["git", "pull"], working_directory=self._mf_repo_root)
+
+    def check_dbt_metricflow(self) -> None:
+        requirements_file_path = self._dbt_mf_root.joinpath("requirements-files", "requirements-metricflow.txt")
+
+        with open(requirements_file_path, "w") as f:
+            f.write("metricflow @ {root:parent:uri}\n")
+
+        MetricFlowScriptHelper.run_command([self._hatch_command, "env", "prune"], working_directory=self._dbt_mf_root, env={})
+        MetricFlowScriptHelper.run_command(
+            [self._hatch_command, "-v", "run", "dev-env:pytest", "-vv", "-n", "auto", "tests_dbt_metricflow"],
+            working_directory=self._dbt_mf_root,
+            env={},
+        )
+        MetricFlowScriptHelper.run_command(["git", "checkout", str(requirements_file_path)], working_directory=self._mf_repo_root)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    MetricFlowScriptHelper.setup_logging()
+    mf_repo_root = Path("/Users/paul_work/repos/metricflow-release")
+    release_tool = MetricFlowReleaseTool(mf_repo_root=mf_repo_root)
+    logger.info(LazyFormat("Checking that the repo is clean", mf_repo_root=mf_repo_root))
+    release_tool.assert_clean_git_repo()
+
+    logger.info("Updating the `main` branch")
+    release_tool.setup_main_branch()
+
+    logger.info("Checking `dbt-metricflow` tests work using the current version of `metricflow`")
+    release_tool.check_dbt_metricflow()
diff --git a/scripts/mf_script_helper.py b/scripts/mf_script_helper.py
index 6d554f6f00..a23c1f035c 100644
--- a/scripts/mf_script_helper.py
+++ b/scripts/mf_script_helper.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import logging
 import subprocess
+from collections.abc import Mapping
 from pathlib import Path
 from subprocess import CompletedProcess
 from typing import Optional, Sequence
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ def run_command(
         working_directory: Optional[Path] = None,
         raise_exception_on_error: bool = True,
         capture_output: bool = False,
+        env: Optional[Mapping[str, str]] = None,
     ) -> CompletedProcess:
         """Thin wrapper around `subprocess.run` with more string types and log statements.
 
@@ -35,6 +37,8 @@ def run_command(
             working_directory: The working directory where the command should be run.
             raise_exception_on_error: If the command fails, raise an exception.
             capture_output: Same as the argument for `subprocess.run`.
+            env: The environment variables to use in the subprocess. If not specified, the ones from the parent are
+            used.
 
         Returns: The `CompletedProcess` similar to `subprocess.run`
         """
@@ -43,7 +47,11 @@ def run_command(
         else:
             logger.info(f"In {str(working_directory)!r}: Running {command=}")
         return subprocess.run(
-            command, cwd=working_directory, check=raise_exception_on_error, capture_output=capture_output
+            command,
+            cwd=working_directory,
+            check=raise_exception_on_error,
+            capture_output=capture_output,
+            env=env,
         )
 
     @staticmethod