diff --git a/report-viewer/src/App.vue b/report-viewer/src/App.vue
index a76889ad25..58b62b9de5 100644
--- a/report-viewer/src/App.vue
+++ b/report-viewer/src/App.vue
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@
           :icon="store().uiState.useDarkMode ? ['fas', 'sun'] : ['fas', 'moon']"
         />
       </Button>
+      <ToastComponent v-if="showToast" :time-to-live="10000">
+        You are using an outdated version of the JPlag Report Viewer ({{
+          reportViewerVersion.toString()
+        }}).<br />
+        Version {{ newestVersion.toString() }} is available on
+        <a href="https://github.com/jplag/JPlag/releases/latest" class="text-link underline"
+          >GitHub</a
+        >.
+      </ToastComponent>
     </div>
   </div>
 </template>
@@ -25,7 +34,47 @@ import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/vue-fontawesome'
 import { library } from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core'
 import { faMoon, faSun } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons'
 import { store } from './stores/store'
+import ToastComponent from './components/ToastComponent.vue'
+import { Version, reportViewerVersion } from './model/Version'
+import { computed, ref } from 'vue'
 
 library.add(faMoon)
 library.add(faSun)
+
+const newestVersion = ref(new Version(-1, -1, -1))
+const isDemo = import.meta.env.MODE == 'demo'
+const hasShownToast = ref(sessionStorage.getItem('hasShownToast') == 'true')
+
+const showToast = computed(() => {
+  const value =
+    !isDemo &&
+    !newestVersion.value.isInvalid() &&
+    !reportViewerVersion.isDevVersion() &&
+    newestVersion.value.compareTo(reportViewerVersion) > 0 &&
+    !hasShownToast.value
+
+  if (value) {
+    sessionStorage.setItem('hasShownToast', 'true')
+  } else {
+    sessionStorage.removeItem('hasShownToast')
+  }
+
+  return value
+})
+
+fetch('https://api.github.com/repos/jplag/JPlag/releases/latest')
+  .then((response) => response.json())
+  .then((data) => {
+    const versionString = data.tag_name
+    // remove the 'v' from the version string and split it into an array
+    const versionArray = versionString.substring(1).split('.')
+    newestVersion.value = new Version(
+      parseInt(versionArray[0]),
+      parseInt(versionArray[1]),
+      parseInt(versionArray[2])
+    )
+  })
+  .catch(() => {
+    newestVersion.value = new Version(-1, -1, -1)
+  })
 </script>
diff --git a/report-viewer/src/components/RepositoryReference.vue b/report-viewer/src/components/RepositoryReference.vue
deleted file mode 100644
index c05d85bd21..0000000000
--- a/report-viewer/src/components/RepositoryReference.vue
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<template>
-  <div
-    :class="{
-      'absolute bottom-1 left-5 text-xs text-black dark:text-white print:hidden': overrideStyle
-    }"
-  >
-    JPlag is open source. Bug reports and feature requests can be submitted on
-    <a href="https://github.com/jplag/JPlag/issues" class="text-link-dark underline dark:text-link"
-      ><FontAwesomeIcon :icon="faGithub" /> GitHub</a
-    >
-  </div>
-</template>
-
-<script setup lang="ts">
-import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/vue-fontawesome'
-import { faGithub } from '@fortawesome/free-brands-svg-icons'
-
-defineProps({
-  overrideStyle: {
-    type: Boolean,
-    required: false,
-    default: true
-  }
-})
-</script>
diff --git a/report-viewer/src/components/ToastComponent.vue b/report-viewer/src/components/ToastComponent.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d2ff857801
--- /dev/null
+++ b/report-viewer/src/components/ToastComponent.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<template>
+  <div
+    class="absolute bottom-5 left-5 max-w-96 rounded-md border-2 border-accent-dark bg-container-light dark:bg-container-dark"
+    v-if="timePassed < timeToLive && visible"
+  >
+    <div class="flex">
+      <div class="flex-grow p-2">
+        <slot></slot>
+      </div>
+      <div class="cursor-pointer p-1" @click="visible = false">
+        <FontAwesomeIcon :icon="faTimes" />
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    <div
+      class="h-1 bg-accent"
+      :style="{ width: `${100 - (timePassed / timeToLive) * 100}%` }"
+    ></div>
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/vue-fontawesome'
+import { ref } from 'vue'
+import { faTimes } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons'
+
+const props = defineProps({
+  timeToLive: {
+    type: Number,
+    required: false,
+    default: 5000
+  }
+})
+
+const timePassed = ref(0)
+const visible = ref(true)
+
+const intervalTime = 20
+
+const intervalID = setInterval(() => {
+  timePassed.value += intervalTime
+  if (timePassed.value >= props.timeToLive) {
+    clearInterval(intervalID)
+  }
+}, intervalTime)
+</script>
diff --git a/report-viewer/src/components/VersionInfoComponent.vue b/report-viewer/src/components/VersionInfoComponent.vue
index 4463cc94b4..bc6d6b9e0a 100644
--- a/report-viewer/src/components/VersionInfoComponent.vue
+++ b/report-viewer/src/components/VersionInfoComponent.vue
@@ -7,17 +7,7 @@
       </div>
 
       <div v-else>
-        <div v-if="newestVersion.compareTo(reportViewerVersion) > 0" class="text-left text-error">
-          You are using an outdated version of the JPlag Report Viewer ({{
-            reportViewerVersion.toString()
-          }}).<br />
-          Version {{ newestVersion.toString() }} is available on
-          <a href="https://github.com/jplag/JPlag/releases/latest" class="text-link underline"
-            >GitHub</a
-          >.
-        </div>
-
-        <div v-else>JPlag v{{ reportViewerVersion.toString() }}</div>
+        JPlag v{{ reportViewerVersion.toString() }}
 
         <div v-if="!minimalReportVersion.isInvalid()">
           The minimal version of JPlag that is supported by the viewer is v{{
@@ -32,31 +22,13 @@
       <div v-else>Demo of JPlag v{{ reportViewerVersion.toString() }}</div>
       <div>Displays the result of JPlag on the Progpedia dataset.</div>
     </div>
-    <RepositoryReference :override-style="false" />
+    <VersionRepositoryReference :show-version="false" :override-style="false" />
   </div>
 </template>
 
 <script setup lang="ts">
-import { ref } from 'vue'
-import { minimalReportVersion, reportViewerVersion, Version } from '@/model/Version'
-import RepositoryReference from './RepositoryReference.vue'
+import { minimalReportVersion, reportViewerVersion } from '@/model/Version'
+import VersionRepositoryReference from './VersionRepositoryReference.vue'
 
-const newestVersion = ref(new Version(-1, -1, -1))
 const isDemo = import.meta.env.MODE == 'demo'
-
-fetch('https://api.github.com/repos/jplag/JPlag/releases/latest')
-  .then((response) => response.json())
-  .then((data) => {
-    const versionString = data.tag_name
-    // remove the 'v' from the version string and split it into an array
-    const versionArray = versionString.substring(1).split('.')
-    newestVersion.value = new Version(
-      parseInt(versionArray[0]),
-      parseInt(versionArray[1]),
-      parseInt(versionArray[2])
-    )
-  })
-  .catch(() => {
-    newestVersion.value = new Version(-1, -1, -1)
-  })
 </script>
diff --git a/report-viewer/src/components/VersionRepositoryReference.vue b/report-viewer/src/components/VersionRepositoryReference.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..11f504c072
--- /dev/null
+++ b/report-viewer/src/components/VersionRepositoryReference.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<template>
+  <div
+    :class="{
+      'absolute bottom-1 left-5 space-x-2 text-xs text-black dark:text-white print:hidden':
+        overrideStyle
+    }"
+  >
+    <span
+      v-if="!reportViewerVersion.isDevVersion() && !reportViewerVersion.isInvalid() && showVersion"
+      >JPlag v{{ reportViewerVersion.toString() }}</span
+    >
+    <span>
+      JPlag is open source. Bug reports and feature requests can be submitted on
+      <a
+        href="https://github.com/jplag/JPlag/issues"
+        class="text-link-dark underline dark:text-link"
+        ><FontAwesomeIcon :icon="faGithub" /> GitHub</a
+      >
+    </span>
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/vue-fontawesome'
+import { faGithub } from '@fortawesome/free-brands-svg-icons'
+import { reportViewerVersion } from '@/model/Version'
+
+defineProps({
+  overrideStyle: {
+    type: Boolean,
+    required: false,
+    default: true
+  },
+  showVersion: {
+    type: Boolean,
+    required: false,
+    default: true
+  }
+})
+</script>
diff --git a/report-viewer/src/version.json b/report-viewer/src/version.json
index 9134088500..d03da50710 100644
--- a/report-viewer/src/version.json
+++ b/report-viewer/src/version.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "report_viewer_version": {
-    "major": 0,
+    "major": 5,
     "minor": 0,
     "patch": 0
   },
diff --git a/report-viewer/src/viewWrapper/ClusterViewWrapper.vue b/report-viewer/src/viewWrapper/ClusterViewWrapper.vue
index 234569c676..51876a6f08 100644
--- a/report-viewer/src/viewWrapper/ClusterViewWrapper.vue
+++ b/report-viewer/src/viewWrapper/ClusterViewWrapper.vue
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       <LoadingCircle class="mx-auto" />
     </div>
 
-    <RepositoryReference />
+    <VersionRepositoryReference />
   </div>
 </template>
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import ClusterView from '@/views/ClusterView.vue'
 import LoadingCircle from '@/components/LoadingCircle.vue'
 import type { Overview } from '@/model/Overview'
 import { redirectOnError } from '@/router'
-import RepositoryReference from '@/components/RepositoryReference.vue'
+import VersionRepositoryReference from '@/components/VersionRepositoryReference.vue'
 
 const props = defineProps({
   clusterIndex: {
diff --git a/report-viewer/src/viewWrapper/ComparisonViewWrapper.vue b/report-viewer/src/viewWrapper/ComparisonViewWrapper.vue
index 6fd64f83b0..47f04aac03 100644
--- a/report-viewer/src/viewWrapper/ComparisonViewWrapper.vue
+++ b/report-viewer/src/viewWrapper/ComparisonViewWrapper.vue
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
       <LoadingCircle class="mx-auto" />
     </div>
 
-    <RepositoryReference />
+    <VersionRepositoryReference />
   </div>
 </template>
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import { ComparisonFactory } from '@/model/factories/ComparisonFactory'
 import LoadingCircle from '@/components/LoadingCircle.vue'
 import { redirectOnError } from '@/router'
 import type { Language } from '@/model/Language'
-import RepositoryReference from '@/components/RepositoryReference.vue'
+import VersionRepositoryReference from '@/components/VersionRepositoryReference.vue'
 import type { BaseCodeMatch } from '@/model/BaseCodeReport'
 import { BaseCodeReportFactory } from '@/model/factories/BaseCodeReportFactory'
 
diff --git a/report-viewer/src/viewWrapper/InformationViewWrapper.vue b/report-viewer/src/viewWrapper/InformationViewWrapper.vue
index 56d6e79529..fc9e16ef05 100644
--- a/report-viewer/src/viewWrapper/InformationViewWrapper.vue
+++ b/report-viewer/src/viewWrapper/InformationViewWrapper.vue
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       <LoadingCircle class="mx-auto" />
     </div>
 
-    <RepositoryReference />
+    <VersionRepositoryReference />
   </div>
 </template>
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import LoadingCircle from '@/components/LoadingCircle.vue'
 import { redirectOnError } from '@/router'
 import { OptionsFactory } from '@/model/factories/OptionsFactory'
 import type { CliOptions } from '@/model/CliOptions'
-import RepositoryReference from '@/components/RepositoryReference.vue'
+import VersionRepositoryReference from '@/components/VersionRepositoryReference.vue'
 
 const overview: Ref<Overview | null> = ref(null)
 const cliOptions: Ref<CliOptions | undefined> = ref(undefined)
diff --git a/report-viewer/src/viewWrapper/OverviewViewWrapper.vue b/report-viewer/src/viewWrapper/OverviewViewWrapper.vue
index 13c0008439..e73d074db5 100644
--- a/report-viewer/src/viewWrapper/OverviewViewWrapper.vue
+++ b/report-viewer/src/viewWrapper/OverviewViewWrapper.vue
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       <LoadingCircle class="mx-auto" />
     </div>
 
-    <RepositoryReference />
+    <VersionRepositoryReference />
   </div>
 </template>
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import OverviewView from '@/views/OverviewView.vue'
 import type { Overview } from '@/model/Overview'
 import LoadingCircle from '@/components/LoadingCircle.vue'
 import { redirectOnError } from '@/router'
-import RepositoryReference from '@/components/RepositoryReference.vue'
+import VersionRepositoryReference from '@/components/VersionRepositoryReference.vue'
 
 const overview: Ref<Overview | null> = ref(null)
 
diff --git a/report-viewer/tests/unit/components/VersionInfoComponent.test.ts b/report-viewer/tests/unit/components/VersionInfoComponent.test.ts
index 6cbb9966bc..a706ffafe0 100644
--- a/report-viewer/tests/unit/components/VersionInfoComponent.test.ts
+++ b/report-viewer/tests/unit/components/VersionInfoComponent.test.ts
@@ -19,20 +19,6 @@ describe('VersionInfoComponent', () => {
     )
   })
 
-  it('Render outdated version', async () => {
-    vi.spyOn(versionTsFile, 'reportViewerVersion', 'get').mockReturnValue(mockVersionJSON(4, 3, 0))
-    vi.spyOn(versionTsFile, 'minimalReportVersion', 'get').mockReturnValue(mockVersionJSON(4, 0, 0))
-    global.fetch = vi.fn().mockResolvedValueOnce(mockVersionResponse('v4.4.0'))
-
-    const wrapper = mount(VersionInfoComponent)
-    await flushPromises()
-
-    expect(wrapper.text()).toContain('outdated version')
-    expect(wrapper.text()).toContain(
-      'The minimal version of JPlag that is supported by the viewer is v4.0.0.'
-    )
-  })
-
   it('Render latest version', async () => {
     vi.spyOn(versionTsFile, 'reportViewerVersion', 'get').mockReturnValue(mockVersionJSON(4, 3, 0))
     vi.spyOn(versionTsFile, 'minimalReportVersion', 'get').mockReturnValue(mockVersionJSON(4, 0, 0))