diff --git a/backend/main.py b/backend/main.py
index f9b1f75f2..ee3033613 100644
--- a/backend/main.py
+++ b/backend/main.py
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ from utils.auth import (
     CustomCSRFMiddleware,
     create_default_admin_user,
 )
-from utils import get_version
+from utils import get_version, check_new_version
 from config.config_loader import config, ConfigDict
 
-app = FastAPI(title="RomM API", version="0.1.0")
+app = FastAPI(title="RomM API", version=get_version())
 
 app.add_middleware(
     CORSMiddleware,
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ class SchedulerDict(TypedDict):
 
 class HeartbeatReturn(TypedDict):
     VERSION: str
+    NEW_VERSION: str | None
     ROMM_AUTH_ENABLED: bool
     WATCHER: WatcherDict
     SCHEDULER: SchedulerDict
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ class HeartbeatReturn(TypedDict):
 def heartbeat() -> HeartbeatReturn:
     return {
         "VERSION": get_version(),
+        "NEW_VERSION": check_new_version(),
         "ROMM_AUTH_ENABLED": ROMM_AUTH_ENABLED,
         "WATCHER": {
             "ENABLED": ENABLE_RESCAN_ON_FILESYSTEM_CHANGE,
diff --git a/backend/utils/__init__.py b/backend/utils/__init__.py
index 27bf5936d..14a51f879 100644
--- a/backend/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/backend/utils/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import re
+import requests
 import subprocess as sp
+from packaging.version import parse, InvalidVersion
 from __version__ import __version__
 
 LANGUAGES = [
@@ -143,3 +145,17 @@ def get_version() -> str | None:
             return None
         branch = [a for a in output.split("\n") if a.find("*") >= 0][0]
         return branch[branch.find("*") + 2 :]
+    
+
+def check_new_version() -> str | None:
+    response = requests.get("https://api.github.com/repos/zurdi15/romm/releases/latest")
+    try:
+        last_version = response.json()["name"][1:] # remove leading 'v' from 'vX.X.X'
+    except KeyError: # rate limit reached
+        return None
+    try:
+        if parse(get_version()) < parse(last_version):
+            return last_version
+    except InvalidVersion:
+        pass
+    return None
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Drawer/Footer.vue b/frontend/src/components/Drawer/Footer.vue
index d87347412..6b8ce4d04 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Drawer/Footer.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Drawer/Footer.vue
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
-import { inject } from "vue";
+import { inject, ref } from "vue";
 import { useRouter } from "vue-router";
 import type { Emitter } from "mitt";
 import type { Events } from "@/types/emitter";
-
 import storeAuth from "@/stores/auth";
-import { defaultAvatarPath } from "@/utils"
+import storeHeartbeat from "@/stores/heartbeat";
+import { defaultAvatarPath } from "@/utils";
 import { api } from "@/services/api";
 
 // Props
@@ -13,8 +13,17 @@ defineProps<{ rail?: boolean }>();
 const router = useRouter();
 const emitter = inject<Emitter<Events>>("emitter");
 const auth = storeAuth();
+const heartbeat = storeHeartbeat();
+const newVersion = heartbeat.data.NEW_VERSION;
+localStorage.setItem("newVersion", newVersion)
+const newVersionDismissed = ref(localStorage.getItem("dismissNewVersion") === newVersion);
 
 // Functions
+function dismissNewVersion() {
+  localStorage.setItem("dismissNewVersion", newVersion);
+  newVersionDismissed.value = true;
+}
+
 async function logout() {
   api
     .post("/logout", {})
@@ -38,8 +47,12 @@ async function logout() {
 <template>
   <v-list-item height="60" class="bg-primary text-button" rounded="0">
     <template v-if="!rail">
-      <div class="text-no-wrap text-truncate text-subtitle-1">{{ auth.user?.username }}</div>
-      <div class="text-no-wrap text-truncate text-caption text-romm-accent-1">{{ auth.user?.role }}</div>
+      <div class="text-no-wrap text-truncate text-subtitle-1">
+        {{ auth.user?.username }}
+      </div>
+      <div class="text-no-wrap text-truncate text-caption text-romm-accent-1">
+        {{ auth.user?.role }}
+      </div>
     </template>
     <template v-slot:prepend>
       <v-avatar :class="{ 'my-2': rail }">
@@ -69,4 +82,18 @@ async function logout() {
     block
     @click="logout()"
   ></v-btn>
+  <v-list-item
+    class="bg-terciary py-3"
+    v-if="newVersion && !newVersionDismissed"
+  >
+    <v-col class="px-0 py-1">
+      <span
+        >New version available <span class="text-romm-accent-1">{{ newVersion }}</span></span
+      >
+    </v-col>
+    <v-col class="px-0 py-1">
+      <span><a target="_blank" :href="`https://github.com/zurdi15/romm/releases/tag/v${newVersion}`">See what's new!</a></span>
+    </v-col>
+    <template v-slot:append><v-icon title="Dismiss" @click="dismissNewVersion()">mdi-close</v-icon></template>
+  </v-list-item>
 </template>