diff --git a/prospero-cli/src/main/java/org/wildfly/prospero/cli/commands/UpdateCommand.java b/prospero-cli/src/main/java/org/wildfly/prospero/cli/commands/UpdateCommand.java
index d1cdc898e..8bc1b8545 100644
--- a/prospero-cli/src/main/java/org/wildfly/prospero/cli/commands/UpdateCommand.java
+++ b/prospero-cli/src/main/java/org/wildfly/prospero/cli/commands/UpdateCommand.java
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.VersionRangeResolutionException;
+import org.eclipse.aether.version.Version;
 import org.jboss.galleon.ProvisioningException;
 import org.jboss.galleon.diff.FsDiff;
 import org.jboss.galleon.diff.FsEntry;
@@ -117,9 +119,9 @@ public Integer call() throws Exception {
                 log.tracef("Perform full update");
 
                 console.println(CliMessages.MESSAGES.updateHeader(installationDir));
-
+                InstallationMetadata installationMetadata = InstallationMetadata.loadInstallation(installationDir);
                 try (UpdateAction updateAction = actionFactory.update(installationDir, mavenOptions, console, repositories)) {
-                    performUpdate(updateAction, yes, console, installationDir);
+                    performUpdate(updateAction, yes, console, installationDir, repositories);
                 }
             }
 
@@ -129,10 +131,16 @@ public Integer call() throws Exception {
             return ReturnCodes.SUCCESS;
         }
 
-        private boolean performUpdate(UpdateAction updateAction, boolean yes, CliConsole console, Path installDir) throws OperationException, ProvisioningException {
+        private boolean performUpdate(UpdateAction updateAction, boolean yes, CliConsole console, Path installDir, List<Repository> repositories) throws OperationException, ProvisioningException {
             Path targetDir = null;
             try {
                 targetDir = Files.createTempDirectory("update-candidate");
+                final List<Version> manifestUpdates = updateAction.findManifestUpdates(repositories.get(0));
+                if(!manifestUpdates.isEmpty()){
+                    for(Version version: manifestUpdates){
+                        console.println("Manifest version update detected: Version ["+ version + "]is now available.");
+                    }
+                }
                 if (buildUpdate(updateAction, targetDir, yes, console, () -> console.confirmUpdates())) {
                     console.println("");
                     console.buildUpdatesComplete();
@@ -151,7 +159,7 @@ private boolean performUpdate(UpdateAction updateAction, boolean yes, CliConsole
                 } else {
                     return false;
                 }
-            } catch (IOException e) {
+            } catch (IOException | VersionRangeResolutionException e) {
                 throw ProsperoLogger.ROOT_LOGGER.unableToCreateTemporaryDirectory(e);
             } finally {
                 if (targetDir != null) {
@@ -422,17 +430,17 @@ private FeaturePackLocation getFpl(InstallationProfile knownFeaturePack, String
     public UpdateCommand(CliConsole console, ActionFactory actionFactory) {
         super(console, actionFactory, CliConstants.Commands.UPDATE,
                 List.of(
-                    new UpdateCommand.PrepareCommand(console, actionFactory),
-                    new UpdateCommand.ApplyCommand(console, actionFactory),
-                    new UpdateCommand.PerformCommand(console, actionFactory),
-                    new UpdateCommand.ListCommand(console, actionFactory),
+                    new PrepareCommand(console, actionFactory),
+                    new ApplyCommand(console, actionFactory),
+                    new PerformCommand(console, actionFactory),
+                    new ListCommand(console, actionFactory),
                     new SubscribeCommand(console, actionFactory))
         );
+
     }
 
-    private static boolean buildUpdate(UpdateAction updateAction, Path updateDirectory, boolean yes, CliConsole console, Supplier<Boolean> confirmation) throws OperationException, ProvisioningException {
+    private static boolean buildUpdate(UpdateAction updateAction, Path updateDirectory, boolean yes, CliConsole console, Supplier<Boolean> confirmation) throws OperationException, ProvisioningException, VersionRangeResolutionException {
         final UpdateSet updateSet = updateAction.findUpdates();
-
         console.updatesFound(updateSet.getArtifactUpdates());
         if (updateSet.isEmpty()) {
             return false;
@@ -470,5 +478,4 @@ public static Path detectProsperoInstallationPath() throws ArgumentParsingExcept
         }
         return Paths.get(modulePath).toAbsolutePath().getParent();
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/prospero-common/src/main/java/org/wildfly/prospero/actions/UpdateAction.java b/prospero-common/src/main/java/org/wildfly/prospero/actions/UpdateAction.java
index 7b1e5c4c1..5a6fa30d4 100644
--- a/prospero-common/src/main/java/org/wildfly/prospero/actions/UpdateAction.java
+++ b/prospero-common/src/main/java/org/wildfly/prospero/actions/UpdateAction.java
@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.eclipse.aether.DefaultRepositorySystemSession;
+import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystem;
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.DefaultArtifact;
+import org.eclipse.aether.repository.RemoteRepository;
+import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.VersionRangeRequest;
+import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.VersionRangeResolutionException;
+import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.VersionRangeResult;
+import org.eclipse.aether.version.Version;
 import org.jboss.galleon.util.PathsUtils;
 import org.wildfly.channel.Channel;
 import org.wildfly.channel.Repository;
@@ -171,4 +179,17 @@ private ProsperoConfig addTemporaryRepositories(List<Repository> repositories) {
 
         return new ProsperoConfig(channels, prosperoConfig.getMavenOptions());
     }
+
+    public List<Version> findManifestUpdates(Repository repository) throws VersionRangeResolutionException {
+        final RepositorySystem system = mavenSessionManager.newRepositorySystem();
+        final DefaultRepositorySystemSession session = mavenSessionManager.newRepositorySystemSession(system);
+        final List<RemoteRepository> repositories = List.of(new RemoteRepository.Builder("repo", "default", repository.getUrl()).build());
+
+        VersionRangeRequest versionRangeRequest = new VersionRangeRequest(new DefaultArtifact("org.jboss.eap.channels", "eap-8.0", "manifest", "yaml", "(,)"),
+                repositories, null);
+        VersionRangeResult versionRangeResult = system.resolveVersionRange(session, versionRangeRequest);
+
+        return versionRangeResult.getVersions(); // discovered versions
+    }
+
 }