diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1a332aa..7acd94e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [Unreleased]
 
 - SHA-256 checksums are now provided for all artifact downloads (#101)
+- Added self updater (#102)
 - Use `clap-markdown` fork that enables formatting by display name (#103)
 
 ## [0.2.1]
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c3a82ce..30fd1d5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,12 +2,30 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 3
 
+[[package]]
+name = "addr2line"
+version = "0.19.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a76fd60b23679b7d19bd066031410fb7e458ccc5e958eb5c325888ce4baedc97"
+dependencies = [
+ "gimli",
+]
+
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 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f26201604c87b1e01bd3d98f8d5d9a8fcbb815e8cedb41ffccbeb4bf593a35fe"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aho-corasick"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "43f6cb1bf222025340178f382c426f13757b2960e89779dfcb319c32542a5a41"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "aligned"
 version = "0.4.1"
@@ -17,6 +35,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "as-slice",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "android-tzdata"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e999941b234f3131b00bc13c22d06e8c5ff726d1b6318ac7eb276997bbb4fef0"
+
+[[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "819e7219dbd41043ac279b19830f2efc897156490d7fd6ea916720117ee66311"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
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 version = "0.3.2"
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+version = "1.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bddcadddf5e9015d310179a59bb28c4d4b9920ad0f11e8e14dbadf654890c9a6"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "as-slice"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -116,11 +155,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "humantime-serde",
  "include_dir",
  "indicatif",
+ "itertools",
+ "octocrab",
  "once_cell",
  "open",
  "remove_dir_all",
  "reqwest",
  "rstest",
+ "self-replace",
+ "semver_rs",
  "serde",
  "serde_yaml",
  "sha2",
@@ -141,7 +184,7 @@ checksum = "f8175979259124331c1d7bf6586ee7e0da434155e4b2d48ec2c8386281d8df39"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "axum-core",
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "bytes",
  "futures-util",
  "http",
@@ -182,6 +225,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "tower-service",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "backtrace"
+version = "0.3.67"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "233d376d6d185f2a3093e58f283f60f880315b6c60075b01f36b3b85154564ca"
+dependencies = [
+ "addr2line",
+ "cc",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "miniz_oxide 0.6.2",
+ "object",
+ "rustc-demangle",
+]
+
+[[package]]
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+version = "0.13.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9e1b586273c5702936fe7b7d6896644d8be71e6314cfe09d3167c95f712589e8"
+
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@@ -194,6 +258,12 @@ version = "1.3.2"
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+version = "2.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "630be753d4e58660abd17930c71b647fe46c27ea6b63cc59e1e3851406972e42"
+
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ec837a71355b28f6556dbd569b37b3f363091c0bd4b2e735674521b4c5fd9bc5"
+dependencies = [
+ "android-tzdata",
+ "iana-time-zone",
+ "num-traits",
+ "serde",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
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@@ -254,7 +337,7 @@ checksum = "4f423e341edefb78c9caba2d9c7f7687d0e72e89df3ce3394554754393ac3990"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
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  "strsim",
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "194a7a9e6de53fa55116934067c844d9d749312f75c6f6d0980e8c252f8c2146"
+dependencies = [
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+ "libc",
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e496a50fda8aacccc86d7529e2c1e0892dbd0f898a6b5645b5561b89c3210efa"
+
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+checksum = "7fcaabb2fef8c910e7f4c7ce9f67a1283a1715879a7c230ca9d6d1ae31f16d91"
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 dependencies = [
  "crc32fast",
- "miniz_oxide",
+ "miniz_oxide 0.7.1",
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+version = "0.27.3"
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+checksum = "b6c80984affa11d98d1b88b66ac8853f143217b399d3c74116778ff8fdb4ed2e"
+
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+
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@@ -734,11 +857,48 @@ checksum = "0646026eb1b3eea4cd9ba47912ea5ce9cc07713d105b1a14698f4e6433d348b7"
 dependencies = [
  "http",
  "hyper",
+ "log",
  "rustls",
+ "rustls-native-certs",
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+dependencies = [
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+ "pin-project-lite",
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+dependencies = [
+ "android_system_properties",
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "iana-time-zone-haiku",
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+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "windows",
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+
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+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
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@@ -858,6 +1018,15 @@ dependencies = [
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b0fd2260e829bddf4cb6ea802289de2f86d6a7a690192fbe91b3f46e0f2c8473"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+]
+
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+[[package]]
+name = "jsonwebtoken"
+version = "8.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6971da4d9c3aa03c3d8f3ff0f4155b534aad021292003895a469716b2a230378"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.21.1",
+ "pem",
+ "ring",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "simple_asn1",
+]
+
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+checksum = "b275950c28b37e794e8c55d88aeb5e139d0ce23fdbbeda68f8d7174abdf9e8fa"
+dependencies = [
+ "adler",
+]
+
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 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
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@@ -989,6 +1181,36 @@ dependencies = [
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f93ab6289c7b344a8a9f60f88d80aa20032336fe78da341afc91c8a2341fc75f"
+dependencies = [
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+ "num-integer",
+ "num-traits",
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+dependencies = [
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+dependencies = [
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+
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+ "async-trait",
+ "base64 0.21.1",
+ "bytes",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "chrono",
+ "either",
+ "futures",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "hyper",
+ "hyper-rustls",
+ "hyper-timeout",
+ "jsonwebtoken",
+ "once_cell",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project",
+ "secrecy",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "serde_path_to_error",
+ "serde_urlencoded",
+ "snafu",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower",
+ "tower-http",
+ "tracing",
+ "url",
+]
+
 [[package]]
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@@ -1022,6 +1290,12 @@ dependencies = [
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ff011a302c396a5197692431fc1948019154afc178baf7d8e37367442a4601cf"
+
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a8835c273a76a90455d7344889b0964598e3316e2a79ede8e36f16bdcf2228b8"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.13.1",
+]
+
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 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
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 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
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 checksum = "d1a59b5d8e97dee33696bf13c5ba8ab85341c002922fba050069326b9c498974"
 dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
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 dependencies = [
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+ "base64 0.21.1",
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  "encoding_rs",
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@@ -1282,6 +1567,12 @@ dependencies = [
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+[[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d626bb9dae77e28219937af045c257c28bfd3f69333c512553507f5f9798cb76"
+
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 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
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@@ -1317,13 +1608,25 @@ dependencies = [
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+[[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+dependencies = [
+ "openssl-probe",
+ "rustls-pemfile",
+ "schannel",
+ "security-framework",
+]
+
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 dependencies = [
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+ "base64 0.21.1",
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+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9bd1c54ea06cfd2f6b63219704de0b9b4f72dcc2b8fdef820be6cd799780e91e"
+dependencies = [
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+
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "core-foundation",
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+ "security-framework-sys",
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+dependencies = [
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+
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+checksum = "a0e7c919783db74b5995f13506069227e4721d388bea4a8ac3055acac864ac16"
+dependencies = [
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+ "tempfile",
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+]
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+dependencies = [
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+ "regex",
+ "thiserror",
+ "unicase",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
 version = "1.0.163"
@@ -1479,6 +1846,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "simple_asn1"
+version = "0.6.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "adc4e5204eb1910f40f9cfa375f6f05b68c3abac4b6fd879c8ff5e7ae8a0a085"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-bigint",
+ "num-traits",
+ "thiserror",
+ "time",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
 version = "0.4.8"
@@ -1494,6 +1873,29 @@ version = "1.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a507befe795404456341dfab10cef66ead4c041f62b8b11bbb92bffe5d0953e0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "snafu"
+version = "0.7.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e4de37ad025c587a29e8f3f5605c00f70b98715ef90b9061a815b9e59e9042d6"
+dependencies = [
+ "backtrace",
+ "doc-comment",
+ "snafu-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "snafu-derive"
+version = "0.7.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "990079665f075b699031e9c08fd3ab99be5029b96f3b78dc0709e8f77e4efebf"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "socket2"
 version = "0.4.9"
@@ -1610,6 +2012,33 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "time"
+version = "0.3.23"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "59e399c068f43a5d116fedaf73b203fa4f9c519f17e2b34f63221d3792f81446"
+dependencies = [
+ "itoa",
+ "serde",
+ "time-core",
+ "time-macros",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "time-core"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7300fbefb4dadc1af235a9cef3737cea692a9d97e1b9cbcd4ebdae6f8868e6fb"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "time-macros"
+version = "0.2.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "96ba15a897f3c86766b757e5ac7221554c6750054d74d5b28844fce5fb36a6c4"
+dependencies = [
+ "time-core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tinyvec"
 version = "1.6.0"
@@ -1644,6 +2073,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-io-timeout"
+version = "1.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "30b74022ada614a1b4834de765f9bb43877f910cc8ce4be40e89042c9223a8bf"
+dependencies = [
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-macros"
 version = "2.1.0"
@@ -1724,6 +2163,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tower-http"
+version = "0.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7ac8060a61f8758a61562f6fb53ba3cbe1ca906f001df2e53cccddcdbee91e7c"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.3.3",
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "http-range-header",
+ "pin-project-lite",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
@@ -1829,6 +2288,15 @@ version = "1.16.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "497961ef93d974e23eb6f433eb5fe1b7930b659f06d12dec6fc44a8f554c0bba"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicase"
+version = "2.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "50f37be617794602aabbeee0be4f259dc1778fabe05e2d67ee8f79326d5cb4f6"
+dependencies = [
+ "version_check",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-bidi"
 version = "0.3.13"
@@ -2044,6 +2512,15 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows"
+version = "0.48.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e686886bc078bc1b0b600cac0147aadb815089b6e4da64016cbd754b6342700f"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.48.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.45.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3e8ba68..9fbb034 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,10 +27,14 @@ humantime = "2.1.0"
 humantime-serde = "1.1.1"
 include_dir = { version = "0.7.3" }
 indicatif = "0.17.5"
+itertools = "0.10.5"
+octocrab = "0.25.0"
 once_cell = { version = "1.17.1" }
 open = "4.1.0"
 remove_dir_all = { version = "0.8.2" }
 reqwest = { version = "0.11.18", default-features = false, features = ["json", "rustls-tls", "stream"] }
+self-replace = "1.3.5"
+semver_rs = "0.2.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0.163", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_yaml = { version = "0.9.21" }
 sha2 = "0.10.6"
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..845194c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+use std::env::var;
+
+fn main() {
+    // https://stackoverflow.com/a/51311222/11494565
+    println!("cargo:rustc-env=TARGET={}", var("TARGET").unwrap());
+}
diff --git a/files/autometrics-shared b/files/autometrics-shared
index f6f084a..79d53e9 160000
--- a/files/autometrics-shared
+++ b/files/autometrics-shared
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit f6f084ad1391ed1ad9de5c484cfa836a8311fcf6
+Subproject commit 79d53e9a1932633b25f77f704a23244330b7ac5a
diff --git a/src/bin/am/commands.rs b/src/bin/am/commands.rs
index 65dc457..303f4f3 100644
--- a/src/bin/am/commands.rs
+++ b/src/bin/am/commands.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use tracing::info;
 mod explore;
 pub mod start;
 pub mod system;
+pub mod update;
 
 #[derive(Parser)]
 #[command(author, version, about, long_about = None, display_name = "am")]
@@ -47,6 +48,9 @@ pub enum SubCommands {
     /// discuss various things related to Autometrics and the `am` CLI
     Discord,
 
+    /// Run the updater
+    Update(update::Arguments),
+
     #[clap(hide = true)]
     MarkdownHelp,
 }
@@ -65,6 +69,7 @@ pub async fn handle_command(app: Application, config: AmConfig, mp: MultiProgres
 
             Ok(())
         }
+        SubCommands::Update(args) => update::handle_command(args, mp).await,
         SubCommands::MarkdownHelp => {
             clap_markdown::print_help_markdown::<Application>();
             Ok(())
diff --git a/src/bin/am/commands/update.rs b/src/bin/am/commands/update.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..783987d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin/am/commands/update.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+use crate::commands::start::CLIENT;
+use crate::downloader::download_github_release;
+use anyhow::{anyhow, bail, Context, Result};
+use clap::Parser;
+use directories::ProjectDirs;
+use indicatif::MultiProgress;
+use itertools::Itertools;
+use octocrab::models::repos::{Asset, Release};
+use self_replace::self_replace;
+use semver_rs::Version;
+use std::fs::{File, OpenOptions};
+use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime};
+use std::{env, fs};
+use tracing::{debug, error, info, trace, warn};
+
+const AUTOMETRICS_GITHUB_ORG: &str = "autometrics-dev";
+const AUTOMETRICS_AM_REPO: &str = "am";
+
+#[derive(Parser)]
+pub struct Arguments {
+    /// Whenever to ignore Homebrew checks and forcefully update
+    #[clap(long, short)]
+    force: bool,
+}
+
+pub(crate) async fn handle_command(args: Arguments, mp: MultiProgress) -> Result<()> {
+    let release = latest_release().await?;
+
+    if !update_needed(&release)? {
+        info!("Already on the latest version");
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
+    let new_tag = release.tag_name;
+
+    if is_homebrew() && !args.force {
+        info!("A new version of `am` is available: {new_tag}");
+        info!("You can update by running `brew upgrade am` (or use `am update --force`)");
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
+    info!("Updating to {new_tag}");
+
+    let asset_needed = asset_needed()?;
+
+    let assets: Option<(&Asset, &Asset)> = release
+        .assets
+        .iter()
+        .filter(|a| a.name.starts_with(asset_needed))
+        .sorted_by(|a, b| a.name.cmp(&b.name))
+        .collect_tuple();
+
+    if assets.is_none() {
+        error!("Could not find release for your target platform.");
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
+    // .unwrap is safe because we checked above if its none
+    // because of .sorted_by above (which sorts by name), the .sha256 file will be the second one *guaranteed*
+    let (binary_asset, sha256_asset) = assets.unwrap();
+
+    let executable = env::current_exe()?;
+    let temp_exe = executable
+        .parent()
+        .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("Parent directory not found"))?
+        .join("am_update.part");
+
+    let file = File::create(&temp_exe)?;
+
+    let calculated_checksum = download_github_release(
+        &file,
+        AUTOMETRICS_GITHUB_ORG,
+        AUTOMETRICS_AM_REPO,
+        new_tag.strip_prefix('v').unwrap_or(&new_tag),
+        &binary_asset.name,
+        &mp,
+    )
+    .await?;
+
+    let checksum_line = CLIENT
+        .get(sha256_asset.browser_download_url.clone())
+        .send()
+        .await?
+        .text()
+        .await?;
+
+    let remote_checksum = checksum_line
+        .split_once(' ')
+        .map(|(checksum, _)| checksum)
+        .unwrap_or(&checksum_line);
+
+    if calculated_checksum != remote_checksum {
+        debug!(
+            %remote_checksum,
+            %calculated_checksum, "Calculated sha256 hash does not match the remote sha256 hash"
+        );
+
+        fs::remove_file(&temp_exe).context("Failed to delete file that failed checksum match")?;
+        drop(temp_exe);
+
+        bail!("Calculated sha256 hash does not match the remote sha256 hash");
+    }
+
+    self_replace(&temp_exe).context("failed to replace self")?;
+    fs::remove_file(&temp_exe).context("failed to delete updater file")?;
+
+    info!("Successfully updated to {new_tag}");
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+pub(crate) async fn update_check() {
+    let Some(project_dirs) = ProjectDirs::from("", "autometrics", "am") else {
+        warn!("failed to run update checker: home directory does not exist");
+        return;
+    };
+
+    let config_dir = project_dirs.config_dir();
+
+    if let Err(err) = fs::create_dir_all(config_dir) {
+        error!(?err, "failed to create config directory");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let check_file = config_dir.join("version_check");
+
+    let should_check = match fs::metadata(&check_file) {
+        Ok(metadata) => {
+            if let Ok(date) = metadata.modified() {
+                date < (SystemTime::now() - Duration::from_secs(60 * 60 * 24))
+            } else {
+                false
+            }
+        }
+        Err(err) => {
+            // This will most likely be caused by the file not existing, so we
+            // will just trace it and go ahead with the version check.
+            trace!(%err, "checking the update file check resulted in a error");
+            true
+        }
+    };
+
+    // We've checked the version recently, so just return early indicating that
+    // no update should be done.
+    if !should_check {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let Ok(release) = latest_release().await else { return };
+    let Ok(needs_update) = update_needed(&release) else { return };
+
+    if let Err(err) = OpenOptions::new()
+        .create(true)
+        .write(true)
+        .truncate(true)
+        .open(&check_file)
+    {
+        trace!(?err, "failed to create `version_check` file");
+    }
+
+    if !needs_update {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    info!("New update is available: {}", release.tag_name);
+}
+
+fn update_needed(release: &Release) -> Result<bool> {
+    let current_tag = Version::new(env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")).parse()?;
+    let new_tag = Version::new(
+        release
+            .tag_name
+            .strip_prefix('v')
+            .unwrap_or(&release.tag_name),
+    )
+    .parse()?;
+
+    Ok(new_tag > current_tag)
+}
+
+async fn latest_release() -> Result<Release> {
+    octocrab::instance()
+        .repos(AUTOMETRICS_GITHUB_ORG, AUTOMETRICS_AM_REPO)
+        .releases()
+        .get_latest()
+        .await
+        .context("failed to check latest release from GitHub")
+}
+
+fn asset_needed() -> Result<&'static str> {
+    Ok(match env!("TARGET") {
+        "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu" => "am-linux-x86_64",
+        "aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu" => "am-linux-aarch64",
+        "x86_64-apple-darwin" => "am-macos-aarch64",
+        "aarch64-apple-darwin" => "am-macos-x86_64",
+        target => bail!("unsupported target: {target}"),
+    })
+}
+
+#[inline]
+fn is_homebrew() -> bool {
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    return env::current_exe()
+        .map(|path| path.starts_with("/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew"))
+        .unwrap_or_default();
+
+    #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+    return env::current_exe()
+        .map(|path| path.starts_with("/usr/local") || path.starts_with("/opt/homebrew"))
+        .unwrap_or_default();
+
+    #[cfg(all(not(target_os = "linux"), not(target_os = "macos")))]
+    return false;
+}
diff --git a/src/bin/am/main.rs b/src/bin/am/main.rs
index c33d36a..1ea1e3c 100644
--- a/src/bin/am/main.rs
+++ b/src/bin/am/main.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
+use crate::commands::update;
 use anyhow::{bail, Context, Result};
 use autometrics_am::config::AmConfig;
 use clap::Parser;
 use commands::{handle_command, Application};
 use interactive::IndicatifWriter;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::time::Duration;
+use tokio::time::timeout;
 use tracing::level_filters::LevelFilter;
-use tracing::{debug, error};
+use tracing::{debug, error, warn};
 use tracing_subscriber::fmt::format;
 use tracing_subscriber::layer::SubscriberExt;
 use tracing_subscriber::util::SubscriberInitExt;
@@ -22,11 +25,18 @@ async fn main() {
     let app = Application::parse();
 
     let (writer, multi_progress) = IndicatifWriter::new();
+
     if let Err(err) = init_logging(&app, writer) {
         eprintln!("Unable to initialize logging: {:#}", err);
         std::process::exit(1);
     }
 
+    let task = if std::env::var_os("AM_NO_UPDATE").is_none() {
+        tokio::task::spawn(update::update_check())
+    } else {
+        tokio::task::spawn(async { /* intentionally left empty */ })
+    };
+
     let config = match load_config(app.config_file.clone()).await {
         Ok(config) => config,
         Err(err) => {
@@ -36,6 +46,11 @@ async fn main() {
     };
 
     let result = handle_command(app, config, multi_progress).await;
+
+    if let Err(err) = timeout(Duration::from_secs(1), task).await {
+        warn!(?err, "background update check timed out");
+    }
+
     match result {
         Ok(_) => debug!("Command completed successfully"),
         Err(err) => {