diff --git a/check-version.sh b/check-version.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17bbfef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/check-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Git repository
+REPO="git://git.sv.gnu.org/coreutils"
+
+# Get tag name using 'git ls-remote'
+TAG_NAME=$(git ls-remote --exit-code --refs --tags --sort='v:refname' "$REPO" | tail -1 | cut -d'/' -f3)
+
+# Trim 'v' character in VERSION variable
+VERSION=$(echo "$TAG_NAME" | tr -d 'v')
+
+echo "$VERSION"
diff --git a/pkg.info b/pkg.info
index e337358..412793f 100644
--- a/pkg.info
+++ b/pkg.info
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 name: gnu-coreutils
 description: The GNU core utilities
-version: 9.6
-revision: 2
+version: 9.7
 url: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
 license: GPL3-or-later
 architecture: any