diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index b8d8083..b7713e5 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ const plugin: Plugin = (async (ctx) => {
 
     // Check for updates after a delay
     setTimeout(() => {
-        checkForUpdates(ctx.client, logger).catch(() => { })
+        checkForUpdates(ctx.client, logger, {
+            showToast: config.showUpdateToasts ?? true,
+            autoUpdate: config.autoUpdate ?? false
+        }).catch(() => { })
     }, 5000)
 
     // Show migration toast if there were config migrations
diff --git a/lib/config.ts b/lib/config.ts
index 73e7060..02084d5 100644
--- a/lib/config.ts
+++ b/lib/config.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ export interface PluginConfig {
     protectedTools: string[]
     model?: string
     showModelErrorToasts?: boolean
+    showUpdateToasts?: boolean
+    autoUpdate?: boolean
     strictModelSelection?: boolean
     pruning_summary: "off" | "minimal" | "detailed"
     nudge_freq: number
@@ -32,6 +34,8 @@ const defaultConfig: PluginConfig = {
     debug: false,
     protectedTools: ['task', 'todowrite', 'todoread', 'prune', 'batch', 'edit', 'write'],
     showModelErrorToasts: true,
+    showUpdateToasts: true,
+    autoUpdate: false,
     strictModelSelection: false,
     pruning_summary: 'detailed',
     nudge_freq: 10,
@@ -47,6 +51,8 @@ const VALID_CONFIG_KEYS = new Set([
     'protectedTools',
     'model',
     'showModelErrorToasts',
+    'showUpdateToasts',
+    'autoUpdate',
     'strictModelSelection',
     'pruning_summary',
     'nudge_freq',
@@ -110,6 +116,10 @@ function createDefaultConfig(): void {
   // "model": "anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5",
   // Show toast notifications when model selection fails
   "showModelErrorToasts": true,
+  // Show toast notifications when a new version is available
+  "showUpdateToasts": true,
+  // Automatically update to new versions (restart required to apply)
+  "autoUpdate": false,
   // Only run AI analysis with session model or configured model (disables fallback models)
   "strictModelSelection": false,
   // AI analysis strategies (deduplication runs automatically on every request)
@@ -199,6 +209,8 @@ export function getConfig(ctx?: PluginInput): ConfigResult {
                     protectedTools: [...new Set([...config.protectedTools, ...(globalConfig.protectedTools ?? [])])],
                     model: globalConfig.model ?? config.model,
                     showModelErrorToasts: globalConfig.showModelErrorToasts ?? config.showModelErrorToasts,
+                    showUpdateToasts: globalConfig.showUpdateToasts ?? config.showUpdateToasts,
+                    autoUpdate: globalConfig.autoUpdate ?? config.autoUpdate,
                     strictModelSelection: globalConfig.strictModelSelection ?? config.strictModelSelection,
                     strategies: mergeStrategies(config.strategies, globalConfig.strategies as any),
                     pruning_summary: globalConfig.pruning_summary ?? config.pruning_summary,
@@ -230,6 +242,8 @@ export function getConfig(ctx?: PluginInput): ConfigResult {
                     protectedTools: [...new Set([...config.protectedTools, ...(projectConfig.protectedTools ?? [])])],
                     model: projectConfig.model ?? config.model,
                     showModelErrorToasts: projectConfig.showModelErrorToasts ?? config.showModelErrorToasts,
+                    showUpdateToasts: projectConfig.showUpdateToasts ?? config.showUpdateToasts,
+                    autoUpdate: projectConfig.autoUpdate ?? config.autoUpdate,
                     strictModelSelection: projectConfig.strictModelSelection ?? config.strictModelSelection,
                     strategies: mergeStrategies(config.strategies, projectConfig.strategies as any),
                     pruning_summary: projectConfig.pruning_summary ?? config.pruning_summary,
diff --git a/lib/version-checker.ts b/lib/version-checker.ts
index 191a85c..7e2bf71 100644
--- a/lib/version-checker.ts
+++ b/lib/version-checker.ts
@@ -109,8 +109,11 @@ export function updateConfigVersion(newVersion: string, logger?: { info: (compon
 
 export async function checkForUpdates(
     client: any,
-    logger?: { info: (component: string, message: string, data?: any) => void }
+    logger?: { info: (component: string, message: string, data?: any) => void },
+    options: { showToast?: boolean; autoUpdate?: boolean } = {}
 ): Promise<void> {
+    const { showToast = true, autoUpdate = false } = options
+
     try {
         const local = getLocalVersion()
         const npm = await getNpmVersion()
@@ -125,22 +128,33 @@ export async function checkForUpdates(
             return
         }
 
-        logger?.info("version", "Update available", { local, npm })
-
-        // Update any configs found
-        const updated = updateConfigVersion(npm, logger)
-
-        if (updated) {
-            await client.tui.showToast({
-                body: {
-                    title: "DCP: Update available",
-                    message: `v${local} → v${npm}\nRestart OpenCode to apply`,
-                    variant: "info",
-                    duration: 6000
-                }
-            })
-        } else {
-            // Config update failed or plugin not found in config, show manual instructions
+        logger?.info("version", "Update available", { local, npm, autoUpdate })
+
+        if (autoUpdate) {
+            // Attempt config update
+            const updated = updateConfigVersion(npm, logger)
+
+            if (updated && showToast) {
+                await client.tui.showToast({
+                    body: {
+                        title: "DCP: Updated!",
+                        message: `v${local} → v${npm}\nRestart OpenCode to apply`,
+                        variant: "success",
+                        duration: 6000
+                    }
+                })
+            } else if (!updated && showToast) {
+                 // Config update failed or plugin not found in config, show manual instructions
+                await client.tui.showToast({
+                    body: {
+                        title: "DCP: Update available",
+                        message: `v${local} → v${npm}\nUpdate opencode.jsonc:\n"${PACKAGE_NAME}@${npm}"`,
+                        variant: "info",
+                        duration: 8000
+                    }
+                })
+            }
+        } else if (showToast) {
             await client.tui.showToast({
                 body: {
                     title: "DCP: Update available",
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 218e35d..bea7dfb 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@tarquinen/opencode-dcp",
-  "version": "0.4.9",
+  "version": "0.4.10",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@tarquinen/opencode-dcp",
-      "version": "0.4.9",
+      "version": "0.4.10",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible": "^1.0.28",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 709930f..02cb8ce 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/package.json",
   "name": "@tarquinen/opencode-dcp",
-  "version": "0.4.9",
+  "version": "0.4.10",
   "type": "module",
   "description": "OpenCode plugin that optimizes token usage by pruning obsolete tool outputs from conversation context",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",