diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index 6faca4d95..d317d8683 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -121,4 +121,6 @@ dependencies {
 
     testImplementation(libs.androidx.junit)
     androidTestImplementation(libs.androidx.junit)
+
+    implementation(libs.app.update)
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/team/aliens/dms/android/app/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/team/aliens/dms/android/app/MainActivity.kt
index 06dd942d5..90d69ce6d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/team/aliens/dms/android/app/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/team/aliens/dms/android/app/MainActivity.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ import androidx.compose.material3.windowsizeclass.ExperimentalMaterial3WindowSiz
 import androidx.compose.material3.windowsizeclass.calculateWindowSizeClass
 import androidx.core.view.WindowCompat
 import com.google.accompanist.adaptive.calculateDisplayFeatures
+import com.google.android.play.core.appupdate.AppUpdateManagerFactory
+import com.google.android.play.core.install.model.AppUpdateType
+import com.google.android.play.core.install.model.UpdateAvailability
 import dagger.hilt.android.AndroidEntryPoint
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.StateFlow
 import team.aliens.dms.android.core.designsystem.DmsTheme
@@ -30,6 +33,7 @@ class MainActivity : ComponentActivity() {
             WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_NO_LIMITS,
         )
 
+        checkAppUpdate()
         setContent {
             val windowSizeClass = calculateWindowSizeClass(activity = this)
             val displayFeatures = calculateDisplayFeatures(activity = this)
@@ -43,4 +47,23 @@ class MainActivity : ComponentActivity() {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    private fun checkAppUpdate() {
+        val appUpdateManager = AppUpdateManagerFactory.create(this)
+        val appUpdateInfoTask = appUpdateManager.appUpdateInfo
+
+        appUpdateInfoTask.addOnSuccessListener { appUpdateInfo ->
+            val isUpdateAvailable =
+                appUpdateInfo.updateAvailability() == UpdateAvailability.UPDATE_AVAILABLE
+
+            if (isUpdateAvailable && appUpdateInfo.isUpdateTypeAllowed(AppUpdateType.IMMEDIATE)) {
+                appUpdateManager.startUpdateFlowForResult(
+                    appUpdateInfo,
+                    AppUpdateType.IMMEDIATE,
+                    this,
+                    0,
+                )
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 3863c9049..1d7124e6f 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ accompanist = "0.34.0"
 androidx-window = "1.3.0-alpha02"
 activity = "1.8.2"
 appcompat = "1.6.1"
+appUpdate = "2.1.0"
 core = "1.12.0"
 datastorePreferences = "1.0.0"
 espresso = "3.5.1"
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ androidx-compose-material = { group = "androidx.compose.material3", name = "mate
 androidx-compose-material-window = { group = "androidx.compose.material3", name = "material3-window-size-class-android", version.ref = "materialCompose" }
 androidx-navigation-compose = { module = "androidx.navigation:navigation-compose", version.ref = "navigation" }
 androidx-hilt-navigation-compose = { module = "androidx.hilt:hilt-navigation-compose", version.ref = "hiltNavigation" }
+app-update = { module = "com.google.android.play:app-update-ktx", version.ref = "appUpdate" }
 composeDestinations = { group = "io.github.raamcosta.compose-destinations", name = "animations-core", version.ref = "composeDestination" }
 composeDestinations-ksp = { group = "io.github.raamcosta.compose-destinations", name = "ksp", version.ref = "composeDestination" }
 javax-inject = { module = "javax.inject:javax.inject", version.ref = "javaxInject" }