diff --git a/check-version.sh b/check-version.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb3b748
--- /dev/null
+++ b/check-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Git repository
+REPO="git://git.gnupg.org/npth.git"
+
+# Get tag name using 'git ls-remote'
+TAG_NAME=$(git ls-remote --exit-code --refs --tags --sort='v:refname' "$REPO" | cut -d'/' -f3 | grep -E '^npth-[0-9]{1,}\.[0-9]{1,}' | tail -n1)
+
+# Trim prefix
+VERSION=${TAG_NAME//npth-/}
+
+echo "$VERSION"
diff --git a/pkg.info b/pkg.info
index 3362938..cc1fdec 100644
--- a/pkg.info
+++ b/pkg.info
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: npth
 description: The New GNU Portable Threads Library
-version: 1.6
+version: 1.8
 url: https://www.gnupg.org/software/npth/index.html
 license: LGPL2.1-or-later
 architecture: any