diff --git a/refresh-releases.py b/refresh-releases.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+from pathlib import Path
+import html
+import mistune
+import re
+
+
+def get_src_path():
+    return str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent)
+
+
+def make_changelog_dict(title):
+    title_parts = title.split(" ")
+
+    return {
+        "date": title_parts[2][1:-2],
+        "version": title_parts[1]
+    }
+
+
+def make_release_tag(version, date):
+    return "    <release version=\"" + html.escape(version) \
+            + "\" date=\"" + html.escape(date) \
+            + "\" />\n" \
+
+
+markdown_parser = mistune.Markdown(escape=False)
+changelog_title_pattern = re.compile(r"##\ \d\.\d\.\d\ \(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}\)")
+changelog_lines = open(get_src_path() + "/docs/CHANGELOG.md", "r").readlines()
+changelog_entries = []
+
+for line in changelog_lines:
+    if changelog_title_pattern.match(line):
+        changelog_entry = make_changelog_dict(line)
+        changelog_entries.append(changelog_entry)
+
+appdata_releases = ""
+
+for entry in changelog_entries:
+    appdata_releases += make_release_tag(entry["version"], entry["date"])
+
+appdata_path = get_src_path() + "/packaging/mirage.appdata.xml"
+appdata_lines = open(appdata_path, "r").readlines()
+releases_open_pattern = re.compile(r"  <releases>")
+releases_close_pattern = re.compile(r"  </releases>")
+
+opening_tag_found = False
+releases_open_line = 0
+releases_close_line = 0
+
+for line in appdata_lines:
+    if not opening_tag_found:
+        releases_open_line += 1
+    if releases_open_pattern.match(line):
+        opening_tag_found = True
+    if releases_close_pattern.match(line):
+        break
+    releases_close_line += 1
+
+# We need to remove the old release entries since we're inserting
+# new ones unconditionally
+del appdata_lines[releases_open_line:releases_close_line]
+appdata_lines.insert(releases_open_line, appdata_releases)
+
+with open(appdata_path, "w") as appdata_file:
+    appdata_lines = "".join(appdata_lines)
+    appdata_file.write(appdata_lines)