diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/de/jplag/cli/CLI.java b/cli/src/main/java/de/jplag/cli/CLI.java
index a5be41742..c60dcf0ee 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/de/jplag/cli/CLI.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/de/jplag/cli/CLI.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ public CLI(String[] args) {
      */
     public void executeCli() throws ExitException, IOException {
         logger.debug("Your version of JPlag is {}", JPlag.JPLAG_VERSION);
+        JPlagVersionChecker.printVersionNotification();
 
         if (!this.inputHandler.parse()) {
             CollectedLogger.setLogLevel(this.inputHandler.getCliOptions().advanced.logLevel);
diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/de/jplag/cli/JPlagVersionChecker.java b/cli/src/main/java/de/jplag/cli/JPlagVersionChecker.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f8a3ce5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/de/jplag/cli/JPlagVersionChecker.java
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+package de.jplag.cli;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URLConnection;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import javax.json.Json;
+import javax.json.JsonArray;
+import javax.json.JsonObject;
+import javax.json.JsonReader;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import de.jplag.JPlag;
+import de.jplag.reporting.reportobject.model.Version;
+
+/**
+ * Handles the check for newer versions.
+ */
+public class JPlagVersionChecker {
+    private static final String API_URL = "https://api.github.com/repos/jplag/JPlag/releases";
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(JPlagVersionChecker.class);
+    private static final String EXPECTED_VERSION_FORMAT = "v\\d\\.\\d\\.\\d+";
+    private static final String WARNING_UNABLE_TO_FETCH = "Unable to fetch version information. New version notification will not work.";
+    private static final String NEWER_VERSION_AVAILABLE = "There is a newer version ({}) available. You can download the newest version here: https://github.com/jplag/JPlag/releases";
+    private static final String UNEXPECTED_ERROR = "There was an unexpected error, when checking for new versions. Please report this on: https://github.com/jplag/JPlag/issues";
+
+    private JPlagVersionChecker() {
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Prints a warning if a newer version is available on GitHub.
+     */
+    public static void printVersionNotification() {
+        Optional<Version> newerVersion = checkForNewVersion();
+        newerVersion.ifPresent(version -> logger.warn(NEWER_VERSION_AVAILABLE, version));
+    }
+
+    private static Optional<Version> checkForNewVersion() {
+        try {
+            JsonArray array = fetchApi();
+            Version newest = getNewestVersion(array);
+            Version current = JPlag.JPLAG_VERSION;
+
+            if (newest.compareTo(current) > 0) {
+                return Optional.of(newest);
+            }
+        } catch (IOException | URISyntaxException e) {
+            logger.info(WARNING_UNABLE_TO_FETCH);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            logger.warn(UNEXPECTED_ERROR, e);
+        }
+
+        return Optional.empty();
+    }
+
+    private static JsonArray fetchApi() throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
+        URL url = new URI(API_URL).toURL();
+        URLConnection connection = url.openConnection();
+
+        try (JsonReader reader = Json.createReader(connection.getInputStream())) {
+            return reader.readArray();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static Version getNewestVersion(JsonArray apiResult) {
+        return apiResult.stream().map(JsonObject.class::cast).map(version -> version.getString("name"))
+                .filter(versionName -> versionName.matches(EXPECTED_VERSION_FORMAT)).limit(1).map(JPlagVersionChecker::parseVersion).findFirst()
+                .orElse(JPlag.JPLAG_VERSION);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Parses the version name.
+     * @param versionName The version name. The expected format is: v[major].[minor].[patch]
+     * @return The parsed version
+     */
+    private static Version parseVersion(String versionName) {
+        String withoutPrefix = versionName.substring(1);
+        String[] parts = withoutPrefix.split("\\.");
+        return parseVersionParts(parts);
+    }
+
+    private static Version parseVersionParts(String[] parts) {
+        return new Version(Integer.parseInt(parts[0]), Integer.parseInt(parts[1]), Integer.parseInt(parts[2]));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/de/jplag/reporting/reportobject/model/Version.java b/core/src/main/java/de/jplag/reporting/reportobject/model/Version.java
index ddf0fe1a9..7442e310d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/de/jplag/reporting/reportobject/model/Version.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/de/jplag/reporting/reportobject/model/Version.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package de.jplag.reporting.reportobject.model;
 
+import java.util.Comparator;
+
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -12,7 +14,8 @@
  * @param minor MINOR version when you add functionality in a backwards compatible manner
  * @param patch PATCH version when you make backwards compatible bug fixes
  */
-public record Version(@JsonProperty("major") int major, @JsonProperty("minor") int minor, @JsonProperty("patch") int patch) {
+public record Version(@JsonProperty("major") int major, @JsonProperty("minor") int minor, @JsonProperty("patch") int patch)
+        implements Comparable<Version> {
 
     /**
      * The default version for development (0.0.0).
@@ -42,4 +45,9 @@ public static Version parseVersion(String version) {
     public String toString() {
         return String.format("%d.%d.%d", major, minor, patch);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public int compareTo(Version other) {
+        return Comparator.comparing(Version::major).thenComparing(Version::minor).thenComparing(Version::patch).compare(this, other);
+    }
 }