diff --git a/app/WYGIWYH/settings.py b/app/WYGIWYH/settings.py
index 79d3e89..f05c8f3 100644
--- a/app/WYGIWYH/settings.py
+++ b/app/WYGIWYH/settings.py
@@ -487,6 +487,8 @@ else:
 
 CACHALOT_UNCACHABLE_TABLES = ("django_migrations", "procrastinate_jobs")
 
+# Procrastinate
+PROCRASTINATE_ON_APP_READY = "apps.common.procrastinate.on_app_ready"
 
 # PWA
 PWA_APP_NAME = SITE_TITLE
diff --git a/app/apps/common/apps.py b/app/apps/common/apps.py
index 76c08b2..213972d 100644
--- a/app/apps/common/apps.py
+++ b/app/apps/common/apps.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from django.apps import AppConfig
+from django.core.cache import cache
 
 
 class CommonConfig(AppConfig):
@@ -18,3 +19,7 @@ class CommonConfig(AppConfig):
         admin.site.unregister(SocialAccount)
         admin.site.unregister(SocialApp)
         admin.site.unregister(SocialToken)
+
+        # Delete the cache for update checks to prevent false-positives when the app is restarted
+        # this will be recreated by the check_for_updates task
+        cache.delete("update_check")
diff --git a/app/apps/common/procrastinate.py b/app/apps/common/procrastinate.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6f3c3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/apps/common/procrastinate.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import procrastinate
+
+
+def on_app_ready(app: procrastinate.App):
+    """This function is ran upon procrastinate initialization."""
+    ...
diff --git a/app/apps/common/tasks.py b/app/apps/common/tasks.py
index 2218d45..b462a38 100644
--- a/app/apps/common/tasks.py
+++ b/app/apps/common/tasks.py
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 import logging
+from packaging.version import parse as parse_version, InvalidVersion
 
 from asgiref.sync import sync_to_async
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core import management
 from django.db import DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS
+from django.core.cache import cache
 
 from procrastinate import builtin_tasks
 from procrastinate.contrib.django import app
 
+import requests
+
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -79,3 +83,46 @@ def reset_demo_data(timestamp=None):
     except Exception as e:
         logger.exception(f"Error during daily demo data reset: {e}")
         raise
+
+
+@app.periodic(cron="0 */12 * * *")  # Every 12 hours
+@app.task(
+    name="check_for_updates",
+)
+def check_for_updates(timestamp=None):
+    url = "https://api.github.com/repos/eitchtee/WYGIWYH/releases/latest"
+
+    try:
+        response = requests.get(url, timeout=60)
+        response.raise_for_status()  # Raise an exception for bad status codes (4xx or 5xx)
+
+        data = response.json()
+        latest_version = data.get("tag_name")
+
+        if latest_version:
+            try:
+                current_v = parse_version(settings.APP_VERSION)
+            except InvalidVersion:
+                current_v = parse_version("0.0.0")
+            try:
+                latest_v = parse_version(latest_version)
+            except InvalidVersion:
+                latest_v = parse_version("0.0.0")
+
+            update_info = {
+                "update_available": False,
+                "current_version": str(current_v),
+                "latest_version": str(latest_v),
+            }
+
+            if latest_v > current_v:
+                update_info["update_available"] = True
+
+            # Cache the entire dictionary
+            cache.set("update_check", update_info, 60 * 60 * 25)
+            logger.info(f"Update check complete. Result: {update_info}")
+        else:
+            logger.warning("Could not find 'tag_name' in GitHub API response.")
+
+    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
+        logger.error(f"Failed to fetch updates from GitHub: {e}")
diff --git a/app/apps/common/templatetags/cache_access.py b/app/apps/common/templatetags/cache_access.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..154986f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/apps/common/templatetags/cache_access.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# core/templatetags/update_tags.py
+from django import template
+from django.core.cache import cache
+
+register = template.Library()
+
+
+@register.simple_tag
+def get_update_check():
+    """
+    Retrieves the update status dictionary from the cache.
+    Returns a default dictionary if nothing is found.
+    """
+    return cache.get("update_check") or {
+        "update_available": False,
+        "latest_version": "N/A",
+    }
diff --git a/app/templates/includes/navbar.html b/app/templates/includes/navbar.html
index d38b920..c0509e7 100644
--- a/app/templates/includes/navbar.html
+++ b/app/templates/includes/navbar.html
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{% load cache_access %}
 {% load settings %}
 {% load static %}
 {% load i18n %}
@@ -162,9 +163,12 @@
         </li>
       </ul>
       <ul class="navbar-nav mb-2 mb-lg-0 gap-3">
+        {% get_update_check as update_check %}
+        {% if update_check.update_available %}
         <li class="nav-item my-auto">
-          <div class="badge text-bg-secondary"><i class="fa-solid fa-circle-info fa-fw me-2"></i>Update available</div>
+          <a class="badge text-bg-secondary text-decoration-none tw:cursor-pointer" href="https://github.com/eitchtee/WYGIWYH/releases/latest" target="_blank"><i class="fa-solid fa-circle-info fa-fw me-2"></i>v.{{ update_check.latest_version }} {% translate 'is available' %}!</a>
         </li>
+        {% endif %}
         <li class="nav-item">
           <div class="nav-link tw:lg:text-2xl! tw:cursor-pointer"
              data-bs-toggle="tooltip" data-bs-placement="left" data-bs-title="{% trans "Calculator" %}"