diff --git a/server/Cargo.toml b/server/Cargo.toml
index e061ded1c..cdb125071 100644
--- a/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "parseable"
-version = "0.0.1"
+version = "0.0.3"
 authors = [
     "NitishTiwari <nitish@parseable.io>", 
     "AdheipSingh <adheip@parseable.io>",
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ async-trait = "0.1"
 aws-sdk-s3 = "0.17"
 bytes = "1"
 chrono = "0.4.19"
+chrono-humanize = "0.2.2"
 crossterm = "0.23.2"
 datafusion = "11.0"
 object_store = { version = "0.4", features=["aws"] }
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ os_info = "3.0.7"
 hostname = "0.3"
 rand = "0.8.4"
 rust-flatten-json = "0.2.0"
+semver = "1.0.14"
 serde = "^1.0.8"
 serde_derive = "^1.0.8"
 serde_json = "^1.0.8"
@@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ clokwerk = "0.4.0-rc1"
 actix-web-static-files = "4.0"
 static-files = "0.2.1"
 walkdir = "2"
-ureq = "2.5.0"
+ureq = { version = "2.5.0", features = ["json"] }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 static-files = "0.2.1"
diff --git a/server/src/banner.rs b/server/src/banner.rs
index 2df5d4e28..e99cf1a55 100644
--- a/server/src/banner.rs
+++ b/server/src/banner.rs
@@ -43,3 +43,60 @@ pub fn warning_line() {
         "Warning:".to_string().red().bold(),
     );
 }
+
+pub mod version {
+    use chrono::Duration;
+    use chrono_humanize::{Accuracy, Tense};
+    use crossterm::style::Stylize;
+    use semver::Version;
+
+    use crate::utils::github;
+
+    pub fn print() {
+        // print current version
+        let current_version = current_version();
+        // not eprintln because if it is old release then time passed with be displayed beside it
+        eprint!(
+            "
+    {} {} ",
+            "Current Version:".to_string().blue().bold(),
+            current_version
+        );
+
+        // check for latest release, if it cannot be fetched then print error as warn and return
+        let latest_release = match github::get_latest() {
+            Ok(latest_release) => latest_release,
+            Err(e) => {
+                log::warn!("{}", e);
+                return;
+            }
+        };
+
+        if latest_release.version > current_version {
+            let time_since_latest_release = chrono::Utc::now() - latest_release.date;
+            let time_since_latest_release = humanize_time(time_since_latest_release);
+
+            let fmt_latest_version = format!(
+                "( v{} released {} ago )",
+                latest_release.version, time_since_latest_release
+            );
+
+            eprint!("{}", fmt_latest_version.yellow().bold());
+            eprintln!(
+                "
+    Download latest version from https://github.com/parseablehq/parseable/releases/latest"
+            );
+        } else {
+            eprintln!();
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn current_version() -> Version {
+        let current_version = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
+        semver::Version::parse(current_version).expect("CARGO_PKG_VERSION is always valid semver")
+    }
+
+    fn humanize_time(time_passed: Duration) -> String {
+        chrono_humanize::HumanTime::from(time_passed).to_text_en(Accuracy::Rough, Tense::Present)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/server/src/option.rs b/server/src/option.rs
index b1adc65fc..4478cc124 100644
--- a/server/src/option.rs
+++ b/server/src/option.rs
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ impl Config {
     pub fn print(&self) {
         let scheme = CONFIG.parseable.get_scheme();
         self.status_info(&scheme);
+        banner::version::print();
         self.warning();
         self.storage_info();
         banner::system_info();
diff --git a/server/src/utils.rs b/server/src/utils.rs
index dcdd3d92d..021eba995 100644
--- a/server/src/utils.rs
+++ b/server/src/utils.rs
@@ -129,6 +129,39 @@ pub fn hostname_unchecked() -> String {
     hostname::get().unwrap().into_string().unwrap()
 }
 
+pub mod github {
+    use anyhow::anyhow;
+    use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
+
+    pub struct LatestRelease {
+        pub version: semver::Version,
+        pub date: DateTime<Utc>,
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_latest() -> Result<LatestRelease, anyhow::Error> {
+        let json: serde_json::Value =
+            ureq::get("https://api.github.com/repos/parseablehq/parseable/releases/latest")
+                .call()?
+                .into_json()?;
+
+        let version = json["tag_name"]
+            .as_str()
+            .and_then(|ver| ver.strip_prefix('v'))
+            .and_then(|ver| semver::Version::parse(ver).ok())
+            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("Bad parse when parsing verison"))?;
+
+        let date = json["published_at"]
+            .as_str()
+            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("Bad parse when parsing published date"))?;
+
+        let date = chrono::DateTime::parse_from_rfc3339(date)
+            .expect("date-time from github is in rfc3339 format")
+            .into();
+
+        Ok(LatestRelease { version, date })
+    }
+}
+
 /// Convert minutes to a slot range
 /// e.g. given minute = 15 and OBJECT_STORE_DATA_GRANULARITY = 10 returns "10-19"
 pub fn minute_to_slot(minute: u32, data_granularity: u32) -> Option<String> {