diff --git a/etc/db-config.yaml b/etc/db-config.yaml
index 665a48a6e8..41e45a15d7 100644
--- a/etc/db-config.yaml
+++ b/etc/db-config.yaml
@@ -392,6 +392,11 @@
             description: Time in seconds after an external contest source reader last checked in before showing its status as `critical`.
             regex: /^\d+$/
             error_message: A non-negative number is required.
+        -   name: check_new_version
+            type: bool
+            default_value: false
+            public: false
+            description: Automatically check and notify for new DOMjudge releases?
         -   name: adminer_enabled
             type: bool
             default_value: false
diff --git a/webapp/src/Service/DOMJudgeService.php b/webapp/src/Service/DOMJudgeService.php
index 8571dfa81f..3bc82a8936 100644
--- a/webapp/src/Service/DOMJudgeService.php
+++ b/webapp/src/Service/DOMJudgeService.php
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 use Doctrine\ORM\NoResultException;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Query\Expr\Join;
 use Doctrine\ORM\QueryBuilder;
+use Exception;
 use InvalidArgumentException;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
 use ReflectionClass;
@@ -107,6 +108,8 @@ public function __construct(
         protected string $projectDir,
         #[Autowire('%domjudge.vendordir%')]
         protected string $vendorDir,
+        #[Autowire('%domjudge.version%')]
+        protected readonly string $domjudgeVersion,
     ) {}
 
     /**
@@ -1671,4 +1674,42 @@ public function getAllowedLanguagesForContest(?Contest $contest) : array {
             ->getQuery()
             ->getResult();
     }
+
+    public function checkNewVersion(): string|false {
+        if (!$this->config->get('check_new_version')) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        $versionLocalString = explode("/", $this->domjudgeVersion)[0];
+        $patch = "/" . substr($this->domjudgeVersion, 0, strrpos($this->domjudgeVersion, '.')) . ".\d/";
+        $minor = "/" . substr($this->domjudgeVersion, 0, strpos($this->domjudgeVersion, '.')) . ".\d.\d/";
+        $major = "/\d.\d.\d/";
+
+        $versionUrl = 'https://versions.domjudge.org';
+        $options = ['http' => ['method' => 'GET', 'header' => "User-Agent: tarball/" . $versionLocalString . "\r\n"]];
+        $context = stream_context_create($options);
+        $response = @file_get_contents($versionUrl, false, $context);
+        if ($response === false) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        $versions = json_decode($response, true);
+        /* Steer towards to the latest patch first
+         * the user can see on the website if there is a new Major/minor themselves
+         * otherwise the latest minor, or Major release. So the user might make the upgrade path:
+         * DJ6.0.0 -> DJ6.0.6 -> DJ6.6.0 -> DJ9.0.0 instead of
+         *         -> DJ6.0.[1..6] -> DJ6.[1..6] -> DJ[7..9].0.0
+         */
+        $newer_releases = [];
+        foreach ([$patch, $minor, $major] as $regex) {
+            foreach ($versions as $release) {
+                if (preg_match($regex, $release)) {
+                    $newer_releases[] = $release;
+                }
+            }
+            if (count($newer_releases) > 0) {
+                natsort($newer_releases);
+                return end($newer_releases);
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/webapp/src/Twig/TwigExtension.php b/webapp/src/Twig/TwigExtension.php
index aed9adf2ae..2dd3ebc81b 100644
--- a/webapp/src/Twig/TwigExtension.php
+++ b/webapp/src/Twig/TwigExtension.php
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ public function getGlobals(): array
             'doc_links'                     => $this->dj->getDocLinks(),
             'allow_registration'            => $selfRegistrationCategoriesCount !== 0,
             'enable_ranking'                => $this->config->get('enable_ranking'),
+            'new_version_available'         => $this->dj->checkNewVersion(),
             'editor_themes'                 => [
                 'vs'                        => ['name' => 'Visual Studio (light)'],
                 'vs-dark'                   => ['name' => 'Visual Studio (dark)'],
diff --git a/webapp/templates/jury/menu.html.twig b/webapp/templates/jury/menu.html.twig
index 12bddba889..1f8a5d4353 100644
--- a/webapp/templates/jury/menu.html.twig
+++ b/webapp/templates/jury/menu.html.twig
@@ -93,6 +93,13 @@
                 </li>
             </ul>
         {% endif %}
+        {% if new_version_available %}
+            <ul class="navbar-nav">
+                <li class="nav-item nav-link">
+                    <i class="fa-solid fa-ship fa-2x"></i> New release {{ new_version_available }} available.
+                </li>
+            </ul>
+        {% endif %}
 
         <ul class="navbar-nav ml-auto">