diff --git a/cli/cmd/tapRunner.go b/cli/cmd/tapRunner.go
index 2015e81ef..dff90fbb8 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/tapRunner.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/tapRunner.go
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ func RunMizuTap(podRegexQuery *regexp.Regexp, tappingOptions *MizuTapOptions) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	mizu.CheckNewerVersion()
 	go portForwardApiPod(ctx, kubernetesProvider, cancel, tappingOptions) // TODO convert this to job for built in pod ttl or have the running app handle this
 	go watchPodsForTapping(ctx, kubernetesProvider, cancel, podRegexQuery, tappingOptions)
 	go syncApiStatus(ctx, cancel, tappingOptions)
@@ -270,7 +271,7 @@ func portForwardApiPod(ctx context.Context, kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.Provi
 				}
 			}
 
-		case <- timeAfter:
+		case <-timeAfter:
 			if !isPodReady {
 				fmt.Printf("error: %s pod was not ready in time", mizu.AggregatorPodName)
 				cancel()
diff --git a/cli/go.mod b/cli/go.mod
index 02730fa71..1ad46fbf1 100644
--- a/cli/go.mod
+++ b/cli/go.mod
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module github.com/up9inc/mizu/cli
 go 1.16
 
 require (
+	github.com/google/go-github/v37 v37.0.0
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.2
 	github.com/romana/rlog v0.0.0-20171115192701-f018bc92e7d7
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.1.3
diff --git a/cli/go.sum b/cli/go.sum
index 9a79ea6a5..eef67ad62 100644
--- a/cli/go.sum
+++ b/cli/go.sum
@@ -203,8 +203,13 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.1/go.mod h1:8QqcDgzrUqlUb/G2PQTWiueGozuR1884gddMyw
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.4.0/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.0/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.4 h1:L8R9j+yAqZuZjsqh/z+F1NCffTKKLShY6zXTItVIZ8M=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.4/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.6 h1:BKbKCqvP6I+rmFHt06ZmyQtvB8xAkWdhFyr0ZUNZcxQ=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.6/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
+github.com/google/go-github/v37 v37.0.0 h1:rCspN8/6kB1BAJWZfuafvHhyfIo5fkAulaP/3bOQ/tM=
+github.com/google/go-github/v37 v37.0.0/go.mod h1:LM7in3NmXDrX58GbEHy7FtNLbI2JijX93RnMKvWG3m4=
+github.com/google/go-querystring v1.0.0 h1:Xkwi/a1rcvNg1PPYe5vI8GbeBY/jrVuDX5ASuANWTrk=
+github.com/google/go-querystring v1.0.0/go.mod h1:odCYkC5MyYFN7vkCjXpyrEuKhc/BUO6wN/zVPAxq5ck=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.1.0 h1:Hsa8mG0dQ46ij8Sl2AYJDUv1oA9/d6Vk+3LG99Oe02g=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.1.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
diff --git a/cli/mizu/versionCheck.go b/cli/mizu/versionCheck.go
index 3211f687d..b9d4f0913 100644
--- a/cli/mizu/versionCheck.go
+++ b/cli/mizu/versionCheck.go
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 package mizu
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v37/github"
+	"github.com/romana/rlog"
 	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/shared"
 	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/shared/semver"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
+	"time"
 )
 
-
 func getApiVersion(port uint16) (string, error) {
 	versionUrl, _ := url.Parse(fmt.Sprintf("http://localhost:%d/mizu/metadata/version", port))
 	req := &http.Request{
@@ -44,3 +48,45 @@ func CheckVersionCompatibility(port uint16) (bool, error) {
 	fmt.Printf(Red, fmt.Sprintf("cli version (%s) is not compatible with api version (%s)\n", SemVer, apiSemVer))
 	return false, nil
 }
+
+func CheckNewerVersion() {
+	rlog.Debugf("Checking for newer version...")
+	start := time.Now()
+	client := github.NewClient(nil)
+	latestRelease, _, err := client.Repositories.GetLatestRelease(context.Background(), "up9inc", "mizu")
+	if err != nil {
+		rlog.Debugf("Failed to get latest release")
+		return
+	}
+
+	versionFileUrl := ""
+	for _, asset := range latestRelease.Assets {
+		if *asset.Name == "version.txt" {
+			versionFileUrl = *asset.BrowserDownloadURL
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if versionFileUrl == "" {
+		rlog.Debugf("Version file not found in the latest release")
+		return
+	}
+
+	res, err := http.Get(versionFileUrl)
+	if err != nil {
+		rlog.Debugf("http.Get version asset -> %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+	res.Body.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		rlog.Debugf("ioutil.ReadAll -> %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+	gitHubVersion := string(data)
+	gitHubVersion = gitHubVersion[:len(gitHubVersion)-1]
+	rlog.Debugf("Finished version validation, took %v", time.Since(start))
+	if SemVer < gitHubVersion {
+		fmt.Printf(Yellow, fmt.Sprintf("Update available! %v -> %v (%v)\n", SemVer, gitHubVersion, *latestRelease.HTMLURL))
+	}
+}