diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0313273..f9c1400 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ num-bigint = "0.4.4"
 num-traits = "0.2.17"
 rand = "0.8.5"
 rand_chacha = "0.3.1"
-reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = ["stream"] }
+reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = ["stream", "json"] }
 secp256k1 = "0.28.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0" }
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ tokio = { version = "1.34", features = [
     "macros",
 ] }
 tokio-stream = "0.1.14"
+versions = "6.1.0"
 xml = "0.8.10"
 fancy-regex = "0.13.0"
 chrono = "0.4.33"
diff --git a/src/bin/zkbtc-admin.rs b/src/bin/zkbtc-admin.rs
index a2c7e46..08057cd 100644
--- a/src/bin/zkbtc-admin.rs
+++ b/src/bin/zkbtc-admin.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use zkbitcoin::{
     committee::orchestrator::{CommitteeConfig, Member},
     constants::{ZKBITCOIN_FEE_PUBKEY, ZKBITCOIN_PUBKEY},
     frost, taproot_addr_from,
+    utils::version,
 };
 
 #[derive(Parser)]
@@ -77,6 +78,9 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
         taproot_addr_from(ZKBITCOIN_FEE_PUBKEY).unwrap().to_string()
     );
 
+    // ignore if there is any error
+    let _ = version::check_version().await;
+
     // parse CLI
     let cli = Cli::parse();
     match &cli.command {
diff --git a/src/bin/zkbtc.rs b/src/bin/zkbtc.rs
index 95601ec..3d979cd 100644
--- a/src/bin/zkbtc.rs
+++ b/src/bin/zkbtc.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use zkbitcoin::{
     },
     snarkjs::{self, CompilationResult},
     taproot_addr_from,
+    utils::version,
 };
 
 #[derive(Parser)]
@@ -140,6 +141,9 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
         taproot_addr_from(ZKBITCOIN_FEE_PUBKEY).unwrap().to_string()
     );
 
+    // ignore if there is any error
+    let _ = version::check_version().await;
+
     // parse CLI
     let cli = Cli::parse();
     match &cli.command {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index afc8536..a1d3f4b 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ pub mod json_rpc_stuff;
 pub mod plonk;
 pub mod snarkjs;
 pub mod srs;
+pub mod utils;
 
 /// 1. Alice signs a transaction to deploy a smart contract.
 pub mod alice_sign_tx;
diff --git a/src/utils/mod.rs b/src/utils/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6db76a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub mod version;
diff --git a/src/utils/version.rs b/src/utils/version.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a076fd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/version.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+use anyhow::Result;
+use log::warn;
+use reqwest::Client;
+use serde::Deserialize;
+use versions::Versioning;
+
+const RELEASES_URL: &str = "https://api.github.com/repos/sigma0-xyz/zkbitcoin/releases/latest";
+
+#[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
+struct Release {
+    url: String,
+    tag_name: String,
+}
+
+async fn fetch_latest_version() -> Result<Release> {
+    let client = Client::new();
+
+    let release = client
+        .get(RELEASES_URL)
+        .header("User-Agent", "zkbitcoin cli")
+        .send()
+        .await?
+        .json::<Release>()
+        .await?;
+
+    Ok(release)
+}
+
+pub async fn check_version() -> Result<()> {
+    let current_version = Versioning::new(env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"));
+    let latest_release = fetch_latest_version().await?;
+    let latest_version = Versioning::new(&latest_release.tag_name.replace('v', ""));
+
+    if current_version < latest_version {
+        warn!(
+            "You are using an old version. Please download the latest version: {}",
+            latest_release.url
+        )
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}