diff --git a/dev/release/verify_rc.sh b/dev/release/verify_rc.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..744f9d5a19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/release/verify_rc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+# Verifies a PyIceberg release candidate, following the steps in
+# mkdocs/docs/verify-release.md: signatures, checksums, license
+# documentation (RAT), and the test suite of the source distribution.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 <version>"
+  echo " e.g.: $0 0.6.1rc3"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+PYICEBERG_VERSION="$1"
+# remove the rcX qualifier, the artifacts inside the RC are named after the release
+PYICEBERG_RELEASE_VERSION="${PYICEBERG_VERSION%rc*}"
+PYICEBERG_VERIFICATION_DIR="${PYICEBERG_VERIFICATION_DIR:-/tmp/pyiceberg/${PYICEBERG_VERSION}}"
+
+# Set to 0 to skip a step, e.g. VERIFY_TEST=0 ./dev/release/verify_rc.sh 0.6.1rc3
+: "${VERIFY_SIGN:=1}"
+: "${VERIFY_CHECKSUM:=1}"
+: "${VERIFY_LICENSE:=1}"
+: "${VERIFY_TEST:=1}"
+
+if type shasum >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  sha512_verify="shasum -a 512 --check"
+else
+  sha512_verify="sha512sum --check"
+fi
+
+import_gpg_keys() {
+  echo "--- Importing KEYS"
+  curl --fail --location --show-error --silent https://downloads.apache.org/iceberg/KEYS | gpg --import
+}
+
+download_rc() {
+  echo "--- Downloading pyiceberg-${PYICEBERG_VERSION}"
+  svn checkout "https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/iceberg/pyiceberg-${PYICEBERG_VERSION}/" "${PYICEBERG_VERIFICATION_DIR}"
+}
+
+verify_signatures() {
+  echo "--- Verifying signatures"
+  for name in pyiceberg-*.whl pyiceberg-*.tar.gz; do
+    gpg --verify "${name}.asc" "${name}"
+  done
+}
+
+verify_checksums() {
+  echo "--- Verifying checksums"
+  for name in pyiceberg-*.whl.sha512 pyiceberg-*.tar.gz.sha512; do
+    ${sha512_verify} "${name}"
+  done
+}
+
+extract_source_distribution() {
+  echo "--- Extracting pyiceberg-${PYICEBERG_RELEASE_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+  tar xzf "pyiceberg-${PYICEBERG_RELEASE_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+}
+
+verify_license_documentation() {
+  echo "--- Running RAT checks"
+  ./dev/check-license
+}
+
+test_source_distribution() {
+  echo "--- Installing and running the tests, this spins up Docker containers"
+  make install
+  make test-coverage
+}
+
+echo "Verifying pyiceberg-${PYICEBERG_VERSION} in ${PYICEBERG_VERIFICATION_DIR}"
+
+if [ "${VERIFY_SIGN}" -gt 0 ]; then
+  import_gpg_keys
+fi
+
+download_rc
+cd "${PYICEBERG_VERIFICATION_DIR}"
+
+if [ "${VERIFY_SIGN}" -gt 0 ]; then
+  verify_signatures
+fi
+
+if [ "${VERIFY_CHECKSUM}" -gt 0 ]; then
+  verify_checksums
+fi
+
+extract_source_distribution
+cd "pyiceberg-${PYICEBERG_RELEASE_VERSION}"
+
+if [ "${VERIFY_LICENSE}" -gt 0 ]; then
+  verify_license_documentation
+fi
+
+if [ "${VERIFY_TEST}" -gt 0 ]; then
+  test_source_distribution
+fi
+
+echo "RC looks good! Cast your vote on the dev mailing list."
diff --git a/mkdocs/docs/verify-release.md b/mkdocs/docs/verify-release.md
index 1844a9bc85..3726b39570 100644
--- a/mkdocs/docs/verify-release.md
+++ b/mkdocs/docs/verify-release.md
@@ -35,7 +35,15 @@ Release announcements include links to the following:
 
 After downloading the source tarball, signature, checksum, and KEYS file, here are instructions on how to verify signatures, checksums, and documentation.
 
-## Verifying signatures
+All of the steps below are also available as a single script that should be run from the `iceberg-python` root directory.
+
+```sh
+./dev/release/verify_rc.sh 0.6.1rc3
+```
+
+The following are the script steps for manual verification.
+
+### Verifying signatures
 
 First, import the keys.
 
@@ -69,7 +77,7 @@ do
 done
 ```
 
-## Verifying checksums
+### Verifying checksums
 
 ```sh
 cd ${PYICEBERG_VERIFICATION_DIR}
@@ -79,7 +87,7 @@ do
 done
 ```
 
-## Verifying License Documentation
+### Verifying License Documentation
 
 ```sh
 export PYICEBERG_RELEASE_VERSION=${PYICEBERG_VERSION/rc?/}  # remove rcX qualifier
@@ -93,7 +101,7 @@ Run RAT checks to validate license header:
 ./dev/check-license
 ```
 
-## Testing
+### Testing
 
 This section explains how to run the tests of the source distribution.