diff --git a/.prettierignore b/.prettierignore
index 024b5bf2..1f9b46de 100644
--- a/.prettierignore
+++ b/.prettierignore
@@ -7,4 +7,3 @@ stats.html
 src/python/setup-python/
 src/msvc/msvc-dev-cmd/
 dev/cpp_vcpkg_project
-package.json
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index aecf96ee..64b27807 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@
     "test.unit": "jest --runInBand"
   },
   "prettier": "prettier-config-atomic",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "update-notifier": "^6.0.2"
+  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@actions/core": "^1.10.0",
     "@actions/exec": "^1.1.1",
@@ -153,7 +156,9 @@
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=12.x"
       },
-      "includeNodeModules": true,
+      "includeNodeModules": {
+        "update-notifier": false
+      },
       "optimize": true,
       "outputFormat": "commonjs"
     },
@@ -162,7 +167,9 @@
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=16.x"
       },
-      "includeNodeModules": true,
+      "includeNodeModules": {
+        "update-notifier": false
+      },
       "optimize": true,
       "outputFormat": "commonjs"
     }
diff --git a/src/check-updates.ts b/src/check-updates.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..94b8c9ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/check-updates.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { warning } from "ci-log"
+import { readFile } from "fs/promises"
+import { join } from "path"
+
+// auto self update notifier
+export async function checkUpdates() {
+  try {
+    const updateNotifier = (await import("update-notifier")).default
+    const packageJsonString = await readFile(join(__dirname, "..", "package.json"), "utf8")
+    const packageJson = JSON.parse(packageJsonString)
+    updateNotifier({ pkg: packageJson }).notify()
+  } catch (err) {
+    warning(`Failed to check for updates: ${err}`)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 40e6c71f..242eeda8 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { untildifyUser } from "untildify-user"
 import { setupBazel } from "./bazel/bazel"
 import { setupBrew } from "./brew/brew"
 import { setupCcache } from "./ccache/ccache"
+import { checkUpdates } from "./check-updates"
 import { setupChocolatey } from "./chocolatey/chocolatey"
 import { setupCmake } from "./cmake/cmake"
 import { setupConan } from "./conan/conan"
@@ -89,7 +90,9 @@ const inputs: Array<Inputs> = ["compiler", "architecture", ...tools]
 
 /** The main entry function */
 export async function main(args: string[]): Promise<number> {
+  let checkUpdatePromise = Promise.resolve()
   if (!GITHUB_ACTIONS) {
+    checkUpdatePromise = checkUpdates()
     process.env.ACTIONS_ALLOW_UNSECURE_COMMANDS = "true"
   }
 
@@ -297,8 +300,11 @@ export async function main(args: string[]): Promise<number> {
     }
   }
 
+  await checkUpdatePromise
+
   return errorMessages.length === 0 ? 0 : 1 // exit with non-zero if any error message
 }
+
 // Run main
 main(process.argv)
   .then((ret) => {