diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/EngineVersionCheck.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/EngineVersionCheck.java
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+/*
+ * This file is part of dependency-check-core.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+package org.owasp.dependencycheck.data.update;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.data.nvdcve.CveDB;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.data.nvdcve.DatabaseException;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.data.nvdcve.DatabaseProperties;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.data.update.exception.UpdateException;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.DateUtil;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.DependencyVersion;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.Settings;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.URLConnectionFactory;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.URLConnectionFailureException;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Jeremy Long <jeremy.long@owasp.org>
+ */
+public class EngineVersionCheck implements CachedWebDataSource {
+
+    /**
+     * Static logger.
+     */
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(EngineVersionCheck.class.getName());
+    /**
+     * The property key indicating when the last version check occurred.
+     */
+    public static final String ENGINE_VERSION_CHECKED_ON = "VersionCheckOn";
+    /**
+     * The property key indicating when the last version check occurred.
+     */
+    public static final String CURRENT_ENGINE_RELEASE = "CurrentEngineRelease";
+    /**
+     * Reference to the Cve Database.
+     */
+    private CveDB cveDB = null;
+
+    @Override
+    public void update() throws UpdateException {
+        try {
+            openDatabase();
+            final DatabaseProperties properties = cveDB.getDatabaseProperties();
+            final long lastChecked = Long.parseLong(properties.getProperty(ENGINE_VERSION_CHECKED_ON, "0"));
+            final long now = (new Date()).getTime();
+            String updateToVersion = properties.getProperty(CURRENT_ENGINE_RELEASE, "");
+            String currentVersion = Settings.getString(Settings.KEYS.APPLICATION_VERSION, "0.0.0");
+            //check every 30 days if we know there is an update, otherwise check every 7 days
+            int checkRange = 30;
+            if (updateToVersion.isEmpty()) {
+                checkRange = 7;
+            }
+            if (!DateUtil.withinDateRange(lastChecked, now, checkRange)) {
+                final String currentRelease = getCurrentReleaseVersion();
+                if (currentRelease != null) {
+                    DependencyVersion v = new DependencyVersion(currentRelease);
+                    if (v.getVersionParts() != null && v.getVersionParts().size() >= 3) {
+                        if (!currentRelease.equals(updateToVersion)) {
+                            properties.save(CURRENT_ENGINE_RELEASE, v.toString());
+                        }
+                        properties.save(ENGINE_VERSION_CHECKED_ON, Long.toString(now));
+                        updateToVersion = v.toString();
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            DependencyVersion running = new DependencyVersion(currentVersion);
+            DependencyVersion released = new DependencyVersion(updateToVersion);
+            if (running.compareTo(released) < 0) {
+                final String msg = String.format("A new version of dependency-check is available. Consider updating to version %s.",
+                        released.toString());
+                LOGGER.warning(msg);
+            }
+        } catch (DatabaseException ex) {
+            LOGGER.log(Level.FINE, "Database Exception opening databases to retrieve properties", ex);
+            throw new UpdateException("Error occured updating database properties.");
+        } finally {
+            closeDatabase();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Opens the CVE and CPE data stores.
+     *
+     * @throws UpdateException thrown if a data store cannot be opened
+     */
+    protected final void openDatabase() throws DatabaseException {
+        if (cveDB != null) {
+            return;
+        }
+        cveDB = new CveDB();
+        cveDB.open();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Closes the CVE and CPE data stores.
+     */
+    protected void closeDatabase() {
+        if (cveDB != null) {
+            try {
+                cveDB.close();
+            } catch (Throwable ignore) {
+                LOGGER.log(Level.FINEST, "Error closing the cveDB", ignore);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected String getCurrentReleaseVersion() {
+        HttpURLConnection conn = null;
+        try {
+            final String str = Settings.getString(Settings.KEYS.ENGINE_VERSION_CHECK_URL, "http://jeremylong.github.io/DependencyCheck/current.txt");
+            final URL url = new URL(str);
+            conn = URLConnectionFactory.createHttpURLConnection(url);
+            conn.connect();
+            if (conn.getResponseCode() != 200) {
+                return null;
+            }
+            String releaseVersion = IOUtils.toString(conn.getInputStream(), "UTF-8");
+            if (releaseVersion != null) {
+                return releaseVersion.trim();
+            }
+        } catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
+            LOGGER.log(Level.FINE, "unable to retrieve current release version of dependency-check", ex);
+        } catch (URLConnectionFailureException ex) {
+            LOGGER.log(Level.FINE, "unable to retrieve current release version of dependency-check", ex);
+        } catch (IOException ex) {
+            LOGGER.log(Level.FINE, "unable to retrieve current release version of dependency-check", ex);
+        } finally {
+            if (conn != null) {
+                conn.disconnect();
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+}