diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4bb26c0f9e..f8349682ef 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -55,10 +55,7 @@ clean-back: ## Remove Python bytecode files (*.pyc)
 	find . -name '*.pyc' -exec rm {} \;
 
 list-outdated-back: ## List outdated Python packages
-	@echo 'Info: You need to check `easy-thumbnails` version manually!'
-	@echo "Package                 Version   Latest    Type"
-	@echo "----------------------- --------- --------- -----"
-	@pip list --outdated | grep "`awk -F== '{ print $$1 }' requirements*.txt | tr -s '\n' '\n' | sort`"
+	python scripts/check_requirements_versions.py requirements*.txt
 
 ##
 ## ~ Frontend
diff --git a/scripts/check_requirements_versions.py b/scripts/check_requirements_versions.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..353923ac15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check_requirements_versions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import re
+import requests
+from packaging import version
+from pathlib import Path
+
+print_red = lambda x: print("\33[91m", x, "\33[0m")
+print_green = lambda x: print("\33[92m", x, "\33[0m")
+print_yellow = lambda x: print("\33[93m", x, "\33[0m")
+
+# Regex matching some_weird_package2[full]==4.3.2abcd
+regex = re.compile(r"^[a-zA-Z0-9_\-\[\]]+==[a-zA-Z0-9.]+")
+
+
+def check_requirements_versions(requirements_files):
+    for requirements_file in requirements_files:
+        requirements_path = Path(requirements_file)
+
+        if not requirements_path.exists():
+            print(f"{requirements_path.name} does not exists.")
+            print()
+            continue
+
+        with open(requirements_path) as f:
+            requirements = f.readlines()
+
+        print(f" #### {requirements_path.name}")
+        print()
+        print(" Package                       Version        Latest         ")
+        print(" ----------------------------- -------------- ---------------")
+
+        for line in requirements:
+            match = regex.match(line)
+            if not match:
+                continue
+
+            # Extract package and version from regex match (e.g. some_weird_package2[full] and 4.3.2abcd)
+            # and remove the extras requirements if present (e.g. remove [full] leaving only some_weird_package2)
+            package, requirements_version = match.group().split("==")
+            if "[" in package:
+                package = package[: package.index("[")]
+
+            # Retrieve package info from Pypi and extract latest version
+            response = requests.get(f"https://pypi.org/pypi/{package}/json")
+            latest_version = response.json().get("info").get("version")
+
+            # Print with colors:
+            # - green if versions are exactly equal (no update available)
+            # - yellow if major versions are equal (minor or patch update available)
+            # - red otherwise (major update available or another issue)
+            print_with_colors = print_red
+            if version.parse(latest_version) == version.parse(requirements_version):
+                print_with_colors = print_green
+            elif version.parse(latest_version).major == version.parse(requirements_version).major:
+                print_with_colors = print_yellow
+
+            print_with_colors(f"{package:30}{requirements_version:15}{latest_version:15}")
+
+        print()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import argparse
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("requirements_file", nargs="+", help="requirements file")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    try:
+        check_requirements_versions(args.requirements_file)
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        pass