diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cx/plugin/cli/utils/CxConfigHelper.java b/src/main/java/com/cx/plugin/cli/utils/CxConfigHelper.java
index ea5d2e7..791e27c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cx/plugin/cli/utils/CxConfigHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cx/plugin/cli/utils/CxConfigHelper.java
@@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@ public static void printConfig(CommandLine commandLine) {
         log.info("--------------------");
 
         String pluginVersion = CxConfigHelper.class.getPackage()!=null ? CxConfigHelper.class.getPackage().getImplementationVersion() : "";
-        log.info("plugin version: {}", pluginVersion);
+        VersionChecker.checkForUpdates(pluginVersion);
         for (Option param : commandLine.getOptions()) {
             String name = param.getLongOpt() != null ? param.getLongOpt() : param.getOpt();
             String value;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cx/plugin/cli/utils/VersionChecker.java b/src/main/java/com/cx/plugin/cli/utils/VersionChecker.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d043bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cx/plugin/cli/utils/VersionChecker.java
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+package com.cx.plugin.cli.utils;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Scanner;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+
+public class VersionChecker {
+    private static final Logger log = LogManager.getLogger(VersionChecker.class);
+    private static final String API_URL = "https://api.github.com/repos/checkmarx-ltd/CLI/releases/latest";
+
+    public static void checkForUpdates(String currentVersion) {
+        if (currentVersion == null || currentVersion.isEmpty()) {
+            log.warn("Failed to determine the current version.");
+            return;
+        }
+        currentVersion = sanitizeVersion(currentVersion);
+
+        try {
+            String latestVersion = fetchLatestVersion();
+            if (latestVersion == null) {
+                log.warn("Failed to fetch the latest version.");
+                return;
+            }
+            latestVersion = sanitizeVersion(latestVersion);
+
+            log.info("Current version: {}", currentVersion);
+            log.info("Latest version: {}", latestVersion);
+
+            int comparison = compareVersions(currentVersion, latestVersion);
+            if (comparison < 0) {
+                log.warn("A new version is available: {}. Please visit checkmarx.com/plugins and download the latest version.", latestVersion);
+            } else {
+                log.info("You are running the latest version.");
+            }
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            log.error("Error checking for updates: {}", e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static String fetchLatestVersion() throws IOException {
+        URL url = new URL(API_URL);
+        HttpURLConnection.setFollowRedirects(false);
+        HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
+        conn.setRequestMethod("GET");
+        conn.setRequestProperty("Accept", "application/vnd.github.v3+json");
+        conn.setConnectTimeout(5000);
+
+        int responseCode = conn.getResponseCode();
+        if (responseCode != 200) {
+            log.error("Failed to fetch latest release. HTTP Response Code: {}", responseCode);
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        Scanner scanner = new Scanner(conn.getInputStream());
+        StringBuilder response = new StringBuilder();
+        while (scanner.hasNext()) {
+            response.append(scanner.nextLine());
+        }
+        scanner.close();
+
+        JSONObject json = new JSONObject(response.toString());
+        return json.optString("tag_name"); // GitHub releases store the version in "tag_name"
+    }
+
+    private static int compareVersions(String v1, String v2) {
+        String[] v1Parts = v1.split("\\.");
+        String[] v2Parts = v2.split("\\.");
+
+        int length = Math.max(v1Parts.length, v2Parts.length);
+        for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+            int num1 = (i < v1Parts.length) ? Integer.parseInt(v1Parts[i]) : 0;
+            int num2 = (i < v2Parts.length) ? Integer.parseInt(v2Parts[i]) : 0;
+
+            if (num1 < num2) return -1;
+            if (num1 > num2) return 1;
+        }
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    private static String sanitizeVersion(String version) {
+        if (version == null) return "0.0.0";
+        Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+)");
+        Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(version);
+        return matcher.find() ? matcher.group(1) : "0.0.0"; // Extracts only major.minor.patch
+    }
+}