diff --git a/check-version.sh b/check-version.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf19a71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/check-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Github repository
+REPO="containers/image"
+
+# Get tag name using Github Rest API
+TAG_NAME=$(curl -s -L -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" -H "Authorization: token ${GITHUB_API_TOKEN}" https://api.github.com/repos/"$REPO"/releases/latest | jq -r '.tag_name')
+
+# Trim 'v' character in TAG_NAME variable
+VERSION=$(echo "$TAG_NAME" | tr -d 'v')
+
+echo "$VERSION"
diff --git a/pkg.info b/pkg.info
index 55a2cc6..b93068b 100644
--- a/pkg.info
+++ b/pkg.info
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: containers-image
 description: Set of go libraries aimed at working in various way with container images and registries
-version: 5.33.0
+version: 5.36.0
 url: https://github.com/containers/image
 license: Apache-2.0
 architecture: any