diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e23b72de..16660bd1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustc-demangle",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64"
+version = "0.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "904dfeac50f3cdaba28fc6f57fdcddb75f49ed61346676a78c4ffe55877802fd"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "binread"
 version = "2.2.0"
@@ -142,6 +148,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bumpalo"
+version = "3.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "37ccbd214614c6783386c1af30caf03192f17891059cecc394b4fb119e363de3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bytemuck"
 version = "1.11.0"
@@ -231,6 +243,12 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "chunked_transfer"
+version = "1.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fff857943da45f546682664a79488be82e69e43c1a7a2307679ab9afb3a66d2e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
 version = "3.2.16"
@@ -417,6 +435,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "crypto-common",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "directories"
+version = "4.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f51c5d4ddabd36886dd3e1438cb358cdcb0d7c499cb99cb4ac2e38e18b5cb210"
+dependencies = [
+ "dirs-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "directories-next"
 version = "2.0.0"
@@ -427,6 +454,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "dirs-sys-next",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs-sys"
+version = "0.3.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1b1d1d91c932ef41c0f2663aa8b0ca0342d444d842c06914aa0a7e352d0bada6"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "redox_users",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dirs-sys-next"
 version = "0.1.2"
@@ -480,6 +518,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "strum_macros",
  "thiserror",
  "toml",
+ "update-informer",
  "xmas-elf",
 ]
 
@@ -525,6 +564,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "miniz_oxide",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "form_urlencoded"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5fc25a87fa4fd2094bffb06925852034d90a17f0d1e05197d4956d3555752191"
+dependencies = [
+ "matches",
+ "percent-encoding",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "generic-array"
 version = "0.14.6"
@@ -578,6 +627,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "idna"
+version = "0.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "418a0a6fab821475f634efe3ccc45c013f742efe03d853e8d3355d5cb850ecf8"
+dependencies = [
+ "matches",
+ "unicode-bidi",
+ "unicode-normalization",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "1.9.1"
@@ -635,6 +695,15 @@ version = "1.0.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6c8af84674fe1f223a982c933a0ee1086ac4d4052aa0fb8060c12c6ad838e754"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "js-sys"
+version = "0.3.59"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "258451ab10b34f8af53416d1fdab72c22e805f0c92a1136d59470ec0b11138b2"
+dependencies = [
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lazy_static"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -710,6 +779,12 @@ version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3e2e65a1a2e43cfcb47a895c4c8b10d1f4a61097f9f254f183aee60cad9c651d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "matches"
+version = "0.1.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a3e378b66a060d48947b590737b30a1be76706c8dd7b8ba0f2fe3989c68a853f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "maybe-uninit"
 version = "2.0.0"
@@ -891,6 +966,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "percent-encoding"
+version = "2.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d4fd5641d01c8f18a23da7b6fe29298ff4b55afcccdf78973b24cf3175fee32e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pkg-config"
 version = "0.3.25"
@@ -991,12 +1072,39 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ring"
+version = "0.16.20"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3053cf52e236a3ed746dfc745aa9cacf1b791d846bdaf412f60a8d7d6e17c8fc"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "once_cell",
+ "spin",
+ "untrusted",
+ "web-sys",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-demangle"
 version = "0.1.21"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7ef03e0a2b150c7a90d01faf6254c9c48a41e95fb2a8c2ac1c6f0d2b9aefc342"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls"
+version = "0.20.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5aab8ee6c7097ed6057f43c187a62418d0c05a4bd5f18b3571db50ee0f9ce033"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "ring",
+ "sct",
+ "webpki",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustversion"
 version = "1.0.9"
@@ -1015,6 +1123,16 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d29ab0c6d3fc0ee92fe66e2d99f700eab17a8d57d1c1d3b748380fb20baa78cd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sct"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d53dcdb7c9f8158937a7981b48accfd39a43af418591a5d008c7b22b5e1b7ca4"
+dependencies = [
+ "ring",
+ "untrusted",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "semver"
 version = "1.0.13"
@@ -1202,6 +1320,12 @@ version = "0.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f67ad224767faa3c7d8b6d91985b78e70a1324408abcb1cfcc2be4c06bc06043"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "spin"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6e63cff320ae2c57904679ba7cb63280a3dc4613885beafb148ee7bf9aa9042d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "stable_deref_trait"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -1345,6 +1469,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tinyvec"
+version = "1.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "87cc5ceb3875bb20c2890005a4e226a4651264a5c75edb2421b52861a0a0cb50"
+dependencies = [
+ "tinyvec_macros",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tinyvec_macros"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cda74da7e1a664f795bb1f8a87ec406fb89a02522cf6e50620d016add6dbbf5c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "toml"
 version = "0.5.9"
@@ -1360,6 +1499,12 @@ version = "1.15.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dcf81ac59edc17cc8697ff311e8f5ef2d99fcbd9817b34cec66f90b6c3dfd987"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-bidi"
+version = "0.3.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "099b7128301d285f79ddd55b9a83d5e6b9e97c92e0ea0daebee7263e932de992"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.3"
@@ -1375,12 +1520,71 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-normalization"
+version = "0.1.21"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "854cbdc4f7bc6ae19c820d44abdc3277ac3e1b2b93db20a636825d9322fb60e6"
+dependencies = [
+ "tinyvec",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-width"
 version = "0.1.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3ed742d4ea2bd1176e236172c8429aaf54486e7ac098db29ffe6529e0ce50973"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "untrusted"
+version = "0.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a156c684c91ea7d62626509bce3cb4e1d9ed5c4d978f7b4352658f96a4c26b4a"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "update-informer"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f154aee470c0882ea0f3b1cc2a46c5f4d24f282655f7b0cec065614fe24c447f"
+dependencies = [
+ "directories",
+ "semver",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "ureq",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ureq"
+version = "2.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b97acb4c28a254fd7a4aeec976c46a7fa404eac4d7c134b30c75144846d7cb8f"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64",
+ "chunked_transfer",
+ "flate2",
+ "log",
+ "once_cell",
+ "rustls",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "url",
+ "webpki",
+ "webpki-roots",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "url"
+version = "2.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a507c383b2d33b5fc35d1861e77e6b383d158b2da5e14fe51b83dfedf6fd578c"
+dependencies = [
+ "form_urlencoded",
+ "idna",
+ "matches",
+ "percent-encoding",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
@@ -1393,6 +1597,89 @@ version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9c8d87e72b64a3b4db28d11ce29237c246188f4f51057d65a7eab63b7987e423"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen"
+version = "0.2.82"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fc7652e3f6c4706c8d9cd54832c4a4ccb9b5336e2c3bd154d5cccfbf1c1f5f7d"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "wasm-bindgen-macro",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen-backend"
+version = "0.2.82"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "662cd44805586bd52971b9586b1df85cdbbd9112e4ef4d8f41559c334dc6ac3f"
+dependencies = [
+ "bumpalo",
+ "log",
+ "once_cell",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+ "wasm-bindgen-shared",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen-macro"
+version = "0.2.82"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b260f13d3012071dfb1512849c033b1925038373aea48ced3012c09df952c602"
+dependencies = [
+ "quote",
+ "wasm-bindgen-macro-support",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen-macro-support"
+version = "0.2.82"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5be8e654bdd9b79216c2929ab90721aa82faf65c48cdf08bdc4e7f51357b80da"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+ "wasm-bindgen-backend",
+ "wasm-bindgen-shared",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen-shared"
+version = "0.2.82"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6598dd0bd3c7d51095ff6531a5b23e02acdc81804e30d8f07afb77b7215a140a"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "web-sys"
+version = "0.3.59"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ed055ab27f941423197eb86b2035720b1a3ce40504df082cac2ecc6ed73335a1"
+dependencies = [
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "webpki"
+version = "0.22.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f095d78192e208183081cc07bc5515ef55216397af48b873e5edcd72637fa1bd"
+dependencies = [
+ "ring",
+ "untrusted",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "webpki-roots"
+version = "0.22.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f1c760f0d366a6c24a02ed7816e23e691f5d92291f94d15e836006fd11b04daf"
+dependencies = [
+ "webpki",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
 version = "0.3.9"
diff --git a/cargo-espflash/src/main.rs b/cargo-espflash/src/main.rs
index 56562577..23ca6fd8 100644
--- a/cargo-espflash/src/main.rs
+++ b/cargo-espflash/src/main.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ use cargo_metadata::Message;
 use clap::Parser;
 use espflash::{
     cli::{
-        board_info, connect, flash_elf_image, monitor::monitor, partition_table, save_elf_as_image,
-        serial_monitor, ConnectOpts, FlashConfigOpts, FlashOpts, PartitionTableOpts,
+        board_info, check_for_updates, connect, flash_elf_image, monitor::monitor, partition_table,
+        save_elf_as_image, serial_monitor, ConnectOpts, FlashConfigOpts, FlashOpts,
+        PartitionTableOpts,
     },
     Chip, Config, ImageFormatId,
 };
@@ -122,6 +123,8 @@ pub struct SaveImageOpts {
 fn main() -> Result<()> {
     miette::set_panic_hook();
 
+    check_for_updates(env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"), env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"));
+
     let CargoSubCommand::Espflash(opts) = Opts::parse().subcommand;
 
     let config = Config::load()?;
diff --git a/espflash/Cargo.toml b/espflash/Cargo.toml
index 9f5826cb..0e51fa3e 100644
--- a/espflash/Cargo.toml
+++ b/espflash/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ pkg-url = "{ repo }/releases/download/v{ version }/{ name }-{ target }.{ archive
 bin-dir = "{ bin }{ binary-ext }"
 pkg-fmt = "zip"
 
-[[bin]]
-name = "espflash"
-path = "src/main.rs"
-
 [dependencies]
 binread = "2.2"
 bytemuck = { version = "1.11", features = ["derive"] }
@@ -59,4 +55,5 @@ strum = "0.24"
 strum_macros = "0.24"
 thiserror = "1.0"
 toml = "0.5"
+update-informer = "0.5"
 xmas-elf = "0.8"
diff --git a/espflash/src/cli/mod.rs b/espflash/src/cli/mod.rs
index 5b9f7971..5335313c 100644
--- a/espflash/src/cli/mod.rs
+++ b/espflash/src/cli/mod.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use std::{
     io::{Read, Write},
     num::ParseIntError,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
+    time::Duration,
 };
 
 use clap::Parser;
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ use config::Config;
 use miette::{IntoDiagnostic, Result, WrapErr};
 use serialport::{FlowControl, SerialPortType, UsbPortInfo};
 use strum::VariantNames;
+use update_informer::{registry, Check};
 
 use crate::{
     cli::monitor::monitor,
@@ -364,3 +366,13 @@ pub fn write_bin_to_flash(opts: WriteBinToFlashOpts) -> Result<()> {
 
     Ok(())
 }
+
+pub fn check_for_updates(name: &str, version: &str) {
+    const NO_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(0);
+
+    let informer = update_informer::new(registry::Crates, name, version).interval(NO_INTERVAL);
+
+    if let Some(version) = informer.check_version().ok().flatten() {
+        println!("New version of {name} is available: {version}\n");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/espflash/src/main.rs b/espflash/src/main.rs
index 6b8a8293..ae5c1e22 100644
--- a/espflash/src/main.rs
+++ b/espflash/src/main.rs
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ use std::{fs, mem::swap, path::PathBuf, str::FromStr};
 use clap::{IntoApp, Parser};
 use espflash::{
     cli::{
-        board_info, connect, flash_elf_image, monitor::monitor, partition_table, save_elf_as_image,
-        serial_monitor, write_bin_to_flash, ConnectOpts, FlashConfigOpts, FlashOpts,
-        PartitionTableOpts, WriteBinToFlashOpts,
+        board_info, check_for_updates, connect, flash_elf_image, monitor::monitor, partition_table,
+        save_elf_as_image, serial_monitor, write_bin_to_flash, ConnectOpts, FlashConfigOpts,
+        FlashOpts, PartitionTableOpts, WriteBinToFlashOpts,
     },
     Chip, Config, ImageFormatId,
 };
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ pub struct SaveImageOpts {
 fn main() -> Result<()> {
     miette::set_panic_hook();
 
+    check_for_updates(env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"), env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"));
+
     let mut opts = Opts::parse();
     let config = Config::load()?;