diff --git a/check-version.sh b/check-version.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac357e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/check-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+URL="https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/"
+
+# Get version number from tag name
+VERSION=$(curl -s -L "$URL" | grep 'The latest release of GNU binutils is ' | grep -o -E '([0-9]\.[0-9]*)')
+
+echo "$VERSION"
diff --git a/pkg.info b/pkg.info
index 1d8a638..b0d4425 100644
--- a/pkg.info
+++ b/pkg.info
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: binutils
 description: The GNU Binutils are a collection of binary tools
-version: 2.44
+version: 2.45
 url: https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/
 license: GPL
 architecture: any