diff --git a/check-version.sh b/check-version.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e009cda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/check-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Github repository
+REPO="jasper-software/jasper"
+
+# 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 prefix
+VERSION=${TAG_NAME//version-/}
+
+echo "$VERSION"
diff --git a/pkg.info b/pkg.info
index 96c2e83..c9b2d04 100644
--- a/pkg.info
+++ b/pkg.info
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: jasper
 description: Free software-based reference implementation of the codec specified in the JPEG-2000 Part-1 standard
-version: 4.2.4
+version: 4.2.8
 url: https://www.ece.uvic.ca/~frodo/jasper/
 license: JasPer-2.0
 architecture: any