diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b67fbf89..cf4a8ba7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ jobs:
         env:
           TEST_DATABASE_URL: postgres://postgres:postgres@127.0.0.1:5432/river_testdb?sslmode=disable
 
+      - name: Test cmd/river
+        working-directory: ./cmd/river
+        run: go test -race ./...
+
       - name: Test riverdriver
         working-directory: ./riverdriver
         run: go test -race ./...
@@ -111,16 +115,19 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       - name: Build CLI
-        run: go build ./cmd/river
+        run: go build .
+        working-directory: ./cmd/river
 
       - name: Create database
         run: psql --echo-errors --quiet -c '\timing off' -c "CREATE DATABASE river_dev;" ${ADMIN_DATABASE_URL}
 
       - name: river migrate-up
         run: ./river migrate-up --database-url $DATABASE_URL
+        working-directory: ./cmd/river
 
       - name: river migrate-down
         run: ./river migrate-down --database-url $DATABASE_URL --max-steps 100
+        working-directory: ./cmd/river
 
   golangci:
     name: lint
@@ -148,6 +155,13 @@ jobs:
           version: ${{ env.GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION }}
           working-directory: .
 
+      - name: Lint cmd/river
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
+        with:
+          only-new-issues: true # Optional: show only new issues if it's a pull request. The default value is `false`.
+          version: ${{ env.GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION }}
+          working-directory: ./cmd/river
+
       - name: Lint riverdriver
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
         with:
@@ -205,13 +219,14 @@ jobs:
           echo "::endgroup::"
 
       - name: Build CLI
-        run: go build ./cmd/river
+        run: go build .
+        working-directory: ./cmd/river
 
       - name: Create database
         run: psql --echo-errors --quiet -c '\timing off' -c "CREATE DATABASE river_dev;" ${ADMIN_DATABASE_URL}
 
       - name: river migrate-up
-        run: ./river migrate-up --database-url $DATABASE_URL
+        run: ./cmd/river/river migrate-up --database-url $DATABASE_URL
 
       - name: Build producersample
         run: go build ./internal/cmd/producersample
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fcd7aefd..2f0735ac 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Errored jobs that have a very short duration before their next retry (<5 seconds) are set to `available` immediately instead of being made `scheduled` and having to wait for the scheduler to make a pass to make them workable. [PR #105](https://github.com/riverqueue/river/pull/105).
 - `riverdriver` becomes its own submodule. It contains types that `riverdriver/riverdatabasesql` and `riverdriver/riverpgxv5` need to reference. [PR #98](https://github.com/riverqueue/river/pull/98).
+- The `river/cmd/river` CLI has been made its own Go module. This is possible now that it uses the exported `river/rivermigrate` API, and will help with project maintainability. [PR #107](https://github.com/riverqueue/river/pull/107).
 
 ## [0.0.12] - 2023-12-02
 
diff --git a/cmd/river/go.mod b/cmd/river/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..39389fe5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/river/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+module github.com/riverqueue/river/cmd/river
+
+go 1.21.4
+
+replace github.com/riverqueue/river => ../..
+
+replace github.com/riverqueue/river/riverdriver => ../../riverdriver
+
+replace github.com/riverqueue/river/riverdriver/riverdatabasesql => ../../riverdriver/riverdatabasesql
+
+replace github.com/riverqueue/river/riverdriver/riverpgxv5 => ../../riverdriver/riverpgxv5
+
+require (
+	github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.5.1
+	github.com/riverqueue/river v0.0.12
+	github.com/riverqueue/river/riverdriver/riverpgxv5 v0.0.12
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0
+)
+
+require (
+	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20221227161230-091c0ba34f0a // indirect
+	github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.1 // indirect
+	github.com/riverqueue/river/riverdriver v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.15.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.5.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/cmd/river/go.sum b/cmd/river/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ff44ed33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/river/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.3/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
+github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
+github.com/jackc/pgerrcode v0.0.0-20220416144525-469b46aa5efa h1:s+4MhCQ6YrzisK6hFJUX53drDT4UsSW3DEhKn0ifuHw=
+github.com/jackc/pgerrcode v0.0.0-20220416144525-469b46aa5efa/go.mod h1:a/s9Lp5W7n/DD0VrVoyJ00FbP2ytTPDVOivvn2bMlds=
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+github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20221227161230-091c0ba34f0a/go.mod h1:5TJZWKEWniPve33vlWYSoGYefn3gLQRzjfDlhSJ9ZKM=
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+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
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diff --git a/docs/development.md b/docs/development.md
index a53fa46a..1ed3e544 100644
--- a/docs/development.md
+++ b/docs/development.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ queries. After changing an sqlc `.sql` file, generate Go with:
 ```shell
 git checkout master && git pull --rebase
 VERSION=v0.0.x
+git tag cmd/river/$VERSION -m "release cmd/river/$VERSION"
 git tag riverdriver/VERSION -m "release riverdriver/VERSION"
 git tag riverdriver/riverpgxv5/$VERSION -m "release riverdriver/riverpgxv5/$VERSION"
 git tag riverdriver/riverdatabasesql/$VERSION -m "release riverdriver/riverdatabasesql/$VERSION"