diff --git a/check-version.sh b/check-version.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f8c42c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/check-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Github repository
+REPO="npm/nopt"
+
+# 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 b5e8938..0138c49 100644
--- a/pkg.info
+++ b/pkg.info
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: nodejs-nopt
 description: Node/npm Option Parsing
-version: 7.2.1
+version: 8.1.0
 url: https://github.com/npm/nopt
 license: ISC
 architecture: any