diff --git a/internal/boxcli/list.go b/internal/boxcli/list.go
index 48c33707b79..bac642d58e5 100644
--- a/internal/boxcli/list.go
+++ b/internal/boxcli/list.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2024 Jetify Inc. and contributors. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright 2025 Jetify Inc. and contributors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by the license in the LICENSE file.
 
 package boxcli
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 type listCmdFlags struct {
-	config configFlags
+	config   configFlags
+	outdated bool
 }
 
 func listCmd() *cobra.Command {
@@ -34,6 +35,10 @@ func listCmd() *cobra.Command {
 				return errors.WithStack(err)
 			}
 
+			if flags.outdated {
+				return printOutdatedPackages(cmd, box)
+			}
+
 			for _, pkg := range box.AllPackagesIncludingRemovedTriggerPackages() {
 				resolvedVersion, err := pkg.ResolvedVersion()
 				if err != nil {
@@ -57,6 +62,28 @@ func listCmd() *cobra.Command {
 			return nil
 		},
 	}
+
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&flags.outdated, "outdated", false, "List outdated packages")
 	flags.config.register(cmd)
 	return cmd
 }
+
+// printOutdatedPackages prints a list of outdated packages.
+func printOutdatedPackages(cmd *cobra.Command, box *devbox.Devbox) error {
+	results, err := box.Outdated(cmd.Context())
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.WithStack(err)
+	}
+
+	if len(results) == 0 {
+		cmd.Println("Your packages are up to date!")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	cmd.Println("The following packages can be updated:")
+	for pkg, version := range results {
+		cmd.Printf(" * %-30s %s -> %s\n", pkg, version.Current, version.Latest)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/devbox/packages.go b/internal/devbox/packages.go
index 83d1fba7450..890ae06d307 100644
--- a/internal/devbox/packages.go
+++ b/internal/devbox/packages.go
@@ -43,6 +43,37 @@ const StateOutOfDateMessage = "Your devbox environment may be out of date. Run %
 // packages.go has functions for adding, removing and getting info about nix
 // packages
 
+type UpdateVersion struct {
+	Current string
+	Latest  string
+}
+
+// Outdated returns a map of package names to their available latest version.
+func (d *Devbox) Outdated(ctx context.Context) (map[string]UpdateVersion, error) {
+	lockfile := d.Lockfile()
+	outdatedPackages := map[string]UpdateVersion{}
+
+	for _, pkg := range d.AllPackages() {
+		// For non-devbox packages, like flakes or runx, we can skip for now
+		if !pkg.IsDevboxPackage {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		lockPackage, err := lockfile.FetchResolvedPackage(pkg.Versioned())
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to fetch resolved package")
+		}
+		existingLockPackage := lockfile.Packages[pkg.Raw]
+		if lockPackage.Version == existingLockPackage.Version {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		outdatedPackages[pkg.Versioned()] = UpdateVersion{Current: existingLockPackage.Version, Latest: lockPackage.Version}
+	}
+
+	return outdatedPackages, nil
+}
+
 // Add adds the `pkgs` to the config (i.e. devbox.json) and nix profile for this
 // devbox project
 func (d *Devbox) Add(ctx context.Context, pkgsNames []string, opts devopt.AddOpts) error {