diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 92ff15e..b6172fc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ Exceptions are acceptable depending on the circumstances (critical bug fixes tha
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- added automatic version check on CLI startup using `CheckForUpdates`
+
 ## [0.5.0] - 2026-04-03
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/cmd/devforge/main.go b/cmd/devforge/main.go
index 2ee29e2..93c187c 100644
--- a/cmd/devforge/main.go
+++ b/cmd/devforge/main.go
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ func main() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(newVersionCmd())
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(newSelfUpdateCmd())
 
+	selfupdate.NewCommand(repoOwner, repoName, binaryName, version).CheckForUpdates()
+
 	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
 		logger.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e302164..46b6dbf 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.26.1
 
 require (
 	github.com/google/go-github/v66 v66.0.0
-	github.com/rios0rios0/cliforge v0.1.1-0.20260402173400-cd7225c728db
+	github.com/rios0rios0/cliforge v0.2.1-0.20260404230949-b9683f7eded2
 	github.com/rios0rios0/gitforge v0.9.1
 	github.com/rios0rios0/langforge v0.5.0
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.4
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fc5b469..def458b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
-github.com/rios0rios0/cliforge v0.1.1-0.20260402173400-cd7225c728db h1:uplUAe01ckRMX7GzquWtdmnYweYLh0yLr7UFZfjQ2nI=
-github.com/rios0rios0/cliforge v0.1.1-0.20260402173400-cd7225c728db/go.mod h1:xqHRf5C15as2KOOTXdyNZQnfExtXOpSkRljkhZ4hVsQ=
+github.com/rios0rios0/cliforge v0.2.1-0.20260404230949-b9683f7eded2 h1:cRuv/NTZ7B7UzTzO3JQy8VQlYxo45xC0RPhnVN6Ar7k=
+github.com/rios0rios0/cliforge v0.2.1-0.20260404230949-b9683f7eded2/go.mod h1:Ma0C18zImHW305Ezt+XCsmUmtSj3BM1mcBk7G5lttv0=
 github.com/rios0rios0/gitforge v0.9.1 h1:HykXcbckOwiMhOKvtJ1ICEry9pEq8/2gMIJcjqjIr6A=
 github.com/rios0rios0/gitforge v0.9.1/go.mod h1:1ts/2K9iVaMYBk4b/XWPN5vfjt7A6ktWxXSgm0ox2FU=
 github.com/rios0rios0/langforge v0.5.0 h1:mRXfvgna9PGc4S2iYBztmYmwTW9o8MHj0Ne1W8pAy80=