diff --git a/internal/testing/integration/postgres_locking_test.go b/internal/testing/integration/postgres_locking_test.go
index bfced40e0..465bac9f4 100644
--- a/internal/testing/integration/postgres_locking_test.go
+++ b/internal/testing/integration/postgres_locking_test.go
@@ -410,30 +410,37 @@ func TestPostgresProviderLocking(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
-func TestPostgresHasPending(t *testing.T) {
+func TestPostgresPending(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	if testing.Short() {
 		t.Skip("skipping test in short mode.")
 	}
+	const testDir = "testdata/migrations/postgres"
 
 	db, cleanup, err := testdb.NewPostgres()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	t.Cleanup(cleanup)
 
+	files, err := os.ReadDir(testDir)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
 	workers := 15
 
-	run := func(want bool) {
+	run := func(t *testing.T, want bool, wantCurrent, wantTarget int) {
+		t.Helper()
 		var g errgroup.Group
 		boolCh := make(chan bool, workers)
 		for i := 0; i < workers; i++ {
 			g.Go(func() error {
-				p, err := goose.NewProvider(goose.DialectPostgres, db, os.DirFS("testdata/migrations/postgres"))
+				p, err := goose.NewProvider(goose.DialectPostgres, db, os.DirFS(testDir))
 				check.NoError(t, err)
 				hasPending, err := p.HasPending(context.Background())
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
+				check.NoError(t, err)
 				boolCh <- hasPending
+				current, target, err := p.CheckPending(context.Background())
+				check.NoError(t, err)
+				check.Number(t, current, int64(wantCurrent))
+				check.Number(t, target, int64(wantTarget))
 				return nil
 
 			})
@@ -446,7 +453,7 @@ func TestPostgresHasPending(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 	t.Run("concurrent_has_pending", func(t *testing.T) {
-		run(true)
+		run(t, true, 0, len(files))
 	})
 
 	// apply all migrations
@@ -456,12 +463,12 @@ func TestPostgresHasPending(t *testing.T) {
 	check.NoError(t, err)
 
 	t.Run("concurrent_no_pending", func(t *testing.T) {
-		run(false)
+		run(t, false, len(files), len(files))
 	})
 
 	// Add a new migration file
-	last := p.ListSources()[len(p.ListSources())-1]
-	newVersion := fmt.Sprintf("%d_new_migration.sql", last.Version+1)
+	lastVersion := len(files)
+	newVersion := fmt.Sprintf("%d_new_migration.sql", lastVersion+1)
 	fsys := fstest.MapFS{
 		newVersion: &fstest.MapFile{Data: []byte(`
 -- +goose Up
@@ -476,7 +483,7 @@ SELECT pg_sleep_for('4 seconds');
 	check.NoError(t, err)
 	check.Number(t, len(newProvider.ListSources()), 1)
 	oldProvider := p
-	check.Number(t, len(oldProvider.ListSources()), 6)
+	check.Number(t, len(oldProvider.ListSources()), len(files))
 
 	var g errgroup.Group
 	g.Go(func() error {
@@ -485,6 +492,12 @@ SELECT pg_sleep_for('4 seconds');
 			return err
 		}
 		check.Bool(t, hasPending, true)
+		current, target, err := newProvider.CheckPending(context.Background())
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		check.Number(t, current, lastVersion)
+		check.Number(t, target, lastVersion+1)
 		return nil
 	})
 	g.Go(func() error {
@@ -493,6 +506,12 @@ SELECT pg_sleep_for('4 seconds');
 			return err
 		}
 		check.Bool(t, hasPending, false)
+		current, target, err := oldProvider.CheckPending(context.Background())
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		check.Number(t, current, lastVersion)
+		check.Number(t, target, lastVersion)
 		return nil
 	})
 	check.NoError(t, g.Wait())
@@ -512,16 +531,24 @@ SELECT pg_sleep_for('4 seconds');
 	hasPending, err := oldProvider.HasPending(context.Background())
 	check.NoError(t, err)
 	check.Bool(t, hasPending, false)
+	current, target, err := oldProvider.CheckPending(context.Background())
+	check.NoError(t, err)
+	check.Number(t, current, lastVersion)
+	check.Number(t, target, lastVersion)
 	// Wait for the long running migration to finish
 	check.NoError(t, g.Wait())
 	// Check that the new migration was applied
 	hasPending, err = newProvider.HasPending(context.Background())
 	check.NoError(t, err)
 	check.Bool(t, hasPending, false)
+	current, target, err = newProvider.CheckPending(context.Background())
+	check.NoError(t, err)
+	check.Number(t, current, lastVersion+1)
+	check.Number(t, target, lastVersion+1)
 	// The max version should be the new migration
 	currentVersion, err := newProvider.GetDBVersion(context.Background())
 	check.NoError(t, err)
-	check.Number(t, currentVersion, last.Version+1)
+	check.Number(t, currentVersion, lastVersion+1)
 }
 
 func existsPgLock(ctx context.Context, db *sql.DB, lockID int64) (bool, error) {
diff --git a/provider.go b/provider.go
index 65674d566..5099789a1 100644
--- a/provider.go
+++ b/provider.go
@@ -162,6 +162,15 @@ func (p *Provider) HasPending(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
 	return p.hasPending(ctx)
 }
 
+// CheckPending returns the current database version and the target version to migrate to. If there
+// are no pending migrations, the target version will be the same as the current version.
+//
+// Note, this method will not use a SessionLocker if one is configured. This allows callers to check
+// for pending migrations without blocking or being blocked by other operations.
+func (p *Provider) CheckPending(ctx context.Context) (current, target int64, err error) {
+	return p.checkPending(ctx)
+}
+
 // GetDBVersion returns the highest version recorded in the database, regardless of the order in
 // which migrations were applied. For example, if migrations were applied out of order (1,4,2,3),
 // this method returns 4. If no migrations have been applied, it returns 0.
@@ -465,6 +474,41 @@ func (p *Provider) apply(
 	return p.runMigrations(ctx, conn, []*Migration{m}, d, true)
 }
 
+func (p *Provider) checkPending(ctx context.Context) (current, target int64, retErr error) {
+	conn, cleanup, err := p.initialize(ctx, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		return -1, -1, fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		retErr = multierr.Append(retErr, cleanup())
+	}()
+
+	// If versioning is disabled, we always have pending migrations and the target version is the
+	// last migration.
+	if p.cfg.disableVersioning {
+		return -1, p.migrations[len(p.migrations)-1].Version, nil
+	}
+	// optimize(mf): we should only fetch the max version from the database, no need to fetch all
+	// migrations only to get the max version when we're not using out-of-order migrations.
+	res, err := p.store.ListMigrations(ctx, conn)
+	if err != nil {
+		return -1, -1, err
+	}
+	dbVersions := make([]int64, 0, len(res))
+	for _, m := range res {
+		dbVersions = append(dbVersions, m.Version)
+	}
+	sort.Slice(dbVersions, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return dbVersions[i] < dbVersions[j]
+	})
+	if len(dbVersions) == 0 {
+		return -1, -1, errMissingZeroVersion
+	} else {
+		current = dbVersions[len(dbVersions)-1]
+	}
+	return current, p.migrations[len(p.migrations)-1].Version, nil
+}
+
 func (p *Provider) hasPending(ctx context.Context) (_ bool, retErr error) {
 	conn, cleanup, err := p.initialize(ctx, false)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/provider_run_test.go b/provider_run_test.go
index 59ec62323..5a7dd63ed 100644
--- a/provider_run_test.go
+++ b/provider_run_test.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/fs"
 	"math"
 	"math/rand"
 	"os"
@@ -775,11 +774,12 @@ func TestProviderApply(t *testing.T) {
 	check.Bool(t, errors.Is(err, goose.ErrNotApplied), true)
 }
 
-func TestHasPending(t *testing.T) {
+func TestPending(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	t.Run("allow_out_of_order", func(t *testing.T) {
 		ctx := context.Background()
-		p, err := goose.NewProvider(goose.DialectSQLite3, newDB(t), newFsys(),
+		fsys := newFsys()
+		p, err := goose.NewProvider(goose.DialectSQLite3, newDB(t), fsys,
 			goose.WithAllowOutofOrder(true),
 		)
 		check.NoError(t, err)
@@ -791,6 +791,10 @@ func TestHasPending(t *testing.T) {
 		hasPending, err := p.HasPending(ctx)
 		check.NoError(t, err)
 		check.Bool(t, hasPending, true)
+		current, target, err := p.CheckPending(ctx)
+		check.NoError(t, err)
+		check.Number(t, current, 3)
+		check.Number(t, target, len(fsys))
 		// Apply the missing migrations.
 		_, err = p.Up(ctx)
 		check.NoError(t, err)
@@ -798,10 +802,14 @@ func TestHasPending(t *testing.T) {
 		hasPending, err = p.HasPending(ctx)
 		check.NoError(t, err)
 		check.Bool(t, hasPending, false)
+		current, target, err = p.CheckPending(ctx)
+		check.NoError(t, err)
+		check.Number(t, current, target)
 	})
 	t.Run("disallow_out_of_order", func(t *testing.T) {
 		ctx := context.Background()
-		p, err := goose.NewProvider(goose.DialectSQLite3, newDB(t), newFsys(),
+		fsys := newFsys()
+		p, err := goose.NewProvider(goose.DialectSQLite3, newDB(t), fsys,
 			goose.WithAllowOutofOrder(false),
 		)
 		check.NoError(t, err)
@@ -813,12 +821,19 @@ func TestHasPending(t *testing.T) {
 		hasPending, err := p.HasPending(ctx)
 		check.NoError(t, err)
 		check.Bool(t, hasPending, true)
+		current, target, err := p.CheckPending(ctx)
+		check.NoError(t, err)
+		check.Number(t, current, 2)
+		check.Number(t, target, len(fsys))
 		_, err = p.Up(ctx)
 		check.NoError(t, err)
 		// All migrations have been applied.
 		hasPending, err = p.HasPending(ctx)
 		check.NoError(t, err)
 		check.Bool(t, hasPending, false)
+		current, target, err = p.CheckPending(ctx)
+		check.NoError(t, err)
+		check.Number(t, current, target)
 	})
 }
 
@@ -1089,7 +1104,7 @@ func newMapFile(data string) *fstest.MapFile {
 	}
 }
 
-func newFsys() fs.FS {
+func newFsys() fstest.MapFS {
 	return fstest.MapFS{
 		"00001_users_table.sql":    newMapFile(runMigration1),
 		"00002_posts_table.sql":    newMapFile(runMigration2),