diff --git a/check-version.sh b/check-version.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b337720
--- /dev/null
+++ b/check-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Github repository
+REPO="git/git"
+
+# 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"/tags | jq -r '.[].name' | grep -v '-' | head -n1)
+
+# 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 815da24..cca5efb 100644
--- a/pkg.info
+++ b/pkg.info
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: git
 description: A free and open source distributed version control system
-version: 2.49.0
+version: 2.51.0
 url: https://git-scm.com/
 license: GPL2-only
 architecture: any