diff --git a/packages/web/package.json b/packages/web/package.json
index bb4bfcea..1a5fc43b 100644
--- a/packages/web/package.json
+++ b/packages/web/package.json
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     "@types/react": "^17.0.0",
     "@types/react-dom": "^17.0.0",
     "clipboard-copy": "^4.0.1",
+    "compare-versions": "^4.1.3",
     "graphql": "^15.6.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "luxon": "^2.3.1",
diff --git a/packages/web/src/components/Drawer/index.tsx b/packages/web/src/components/Drawer/index.tsx
index 2e6daf5b..3728c96a 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/components/Drawer/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/src/components/Drawer/index.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import Toolbar from '@mui/material/Toolbar';
 import List from '@mui/material/List';
 import Divider from '@mui/material/Divider';
 import useMediaQuery from '@mui/material/useMediaQuery';
+import Badge from '@mui/material/Badge';
 
 import ListItemLink from 'components/ListItemLink';
 import HideOnScroll from 'components/HideOnScroll';
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ type DrawerLink = {
   Icon: React.ElementType;
   primary: string;
   to: string;
+  badgeContent?: React.ReactNode;
 };
 
 type DrawerProps = {
@@ -65,10 +67,14 @@ export default function Drawer(props: DrawerProps): React.ReactElement {
       </div>
 
       <List sx={{ py: 0, mt: 3 }}>
-        {bottomLinks.map(({ Icon, primary, to }, index) => (
+        {bottomLinks.map(({ Icon, badgeContent, primary, to }, index) => (
           <ListItemLink
             key={`${to}-${index}`}
-            icon={<Icon htmlColor={theme.palette.primary.main} />}
+            icon={(
+              <Badge badgeContent={badgeContent} color="secondary" max={99}>
+                <Icon htmlColor={theme.palette.primary.main} />
+              </Badge>
+            )}
             primary={formatMessage(primary)}
             to={to}
             onClick={closeOnClick}
diff --git a/packages/web/src/components/Layout/index.tsx b/packages/web/src/components/Layout/index.tsx
index 43fb2500..a04271e5 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/components/Layout/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/src/components/Layout/index.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import HistoryIcon from '@mui/icons-material/History';
 import NotificationsIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Notifications';
 
 import * as URLS from 'config/urls';
+import useVersion from 'hooks/useVersion';
 import AppBar from 'components/AppBar';
 import Drawer from 'components/Drawer';
 
@@ -34,15 +35,17 @@ const drawerLinks = [
   },
 ];
 
-const drawerBottomLinks = [
+const generateDrawerBottomLinks = ({ notificationBadgeContent = 0 }) => [
   {
     Icon: NotificationsIcon,
     primary: 'settingsDrawer.notifications',
     to: URLS.UPDATES,
+    badgeContent: notificationBadgeContent,
   },
 ]
 
 export default function PublicLayout({ children }: PublicLayoutProps): React.ReactElement {
+  const version = useVersion();
   const theme = useTheme();
   const matchSmallScreens = useMediaQuery(theme.breakpoints.down('lg'), { noSsr: true });
   const [isDrawerOpen, setDrawerOpen] = React.useState(!matchSmallScreens);
@@ -50,6 +53,10 @@ export default function PublicLayout({ children }: PublicLayoutProps): React.Rea
   const openDrawer = () => setDrawerOpen(true);
   const closeDrawer = () => setDrawerOpen(false);
 
+  const drawerBottomLinks = generateDrawerBottomLinks({
+    notificationBadgeContent: version.newVersionCount,
+  });
+
   return (
     <>
       <AppBar drawerOpen={isDrawerOpen} onDrawerOpen={openDrawer} onDrawerClose={closeDrawer} />
diff --git a/packages/web/src/graphql/queries/healthcheck.ts b/packages/web/src/graphql/queries/healthcheck.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2fa4536c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/web/src/graphql/queries/healthcheck.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { gql } from '@apollo/client';
+
+export const HEALTHCHECK = gql`
+  query Healthcheck {
+    healthcheck {
+      version
+    }
+  }
+`;
diff --git a/packages/web/src/hooks/useNotifications.ts b/packages/web/src/hooks/useNotifications.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7f0a396b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/web/src/hooks/useNotifications.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import * as React from 'react';
+import appConfig from 'config/app';
+
+interface INotification {
+  name: string;
+  createdAt: string;
+  documentationUrl: string;
+  description: string;
+}
+
+export default function useNotifications(): INotification[] {
+  const [notifications, setNotifications] = React.useState<INotification[]>([]);
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    fetch(`${appConfig.notificationsUrl}/notifications.json`)
+      .then((response) => response.json())
+      .then((notifications) => {
+        if (Array.isArray(notifications) && notifications.length) {
+          setNotifications(notifications);
+        }
+      })
+      .catch(console.error);
+  }, []);
+
+  return notifications;
+}
diff --git a/packages/web/src/hooks/useVersion.ts b/packages/web/src/hooks/useVersion.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d3302daa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/web/src/hooks/useVersion.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { useQuery } from '@apollo/client';
+import { compare } from 'compare-versions';
+
+
+import { HEALTHCHECK } from 'graphql/queries/healthcheck';
+import useNotifications from 'hooks/useNotifications';
+
+type TVersionInfo = {
+  version: string;
+  newVersionCount: number;
+}
+
+export default function useVersion(): TVersionInfo {
+  const notifications = useNotifications();
+  const { data } = useQuery(HEALTHCHECK, { fetchPolicy: 'cache-and-network' });
+  const version = data?.healthcheck.version;
+
+  const newVersionCount = notifications.reduce((count, notification) => {
+    if (!version) return 0;
+
+    // an unexpectedly invalid version would throw and thus, try-catch.
+    try {
+      const isNewer = compare(version, notification.name, '<');
+
+      return isNewer ? count + 1 : count;
+    } catch {
+      return count;
+    }
+  }, 0);
+
+  return {
+    version,
+    newVersionCount,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/packages/web/src/pages/Notifications/index.tsx b/packages/web/src/pages/Notifications/index.tsx
index d451681b..80bd5301 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/pages/Notifications/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/src/pages/Notifications/index.tsx
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 import Box from '@mui/material/Box';
 import Stack from '@mui/material/Stack';
 
-import appConfig from 'config/app';
+import useNotifications from 'hooks/useNotifications';
 import Container from 'components/Container';
 import NotificationCard from 'components/NotificationCard';
 import PageTitle from 'components/PageTitle';
 import useFormatMessage from 'hooks/useFormatMessage';
 
-interface IUpdate {
+interface INotification {
   name: string;
   createdAt: string;
   documentationUrl: string;
@@ -17,18 +17,7 @@ interface IUpdate {
 
 export default function Updates(): React.ReactElement {
   const formatMessage = useFormatMessage();
-  const [updates, setUpdates] = React.useState<IUpdate[]>([]);
-
-  React.useEffect(() => {
-    fetch(`${appConfig.notificationsUrl}/notifications.json`)
-      .then((response) => response.json())
-      .then((updates) => {
-        if (Array.isArray(updates) && updates.length) {
-          setUpdates(updates);
-        }
-      })
-      .catch(console.error);
-  }, []);
+  const notifications = useNotifications();
 
   return (
     <Box sx={{ py: 3 }}>
@@ -40,13 +29,13 @@ export default function Updates(): React.ReactElement {
         <Stack
           gap={2}
         >
-          {updates.map((update: IUpdate) => (
+          {notifications.map((notification: INotification) => (
             <NotificationCard
-              key={update.name}
-              name={`Version ${update.name}`}
-              description={update.description}
-              createdAt={update.createdAt}
-              documentationUrl={update.documentationUrl}
+              key={notification.name}
+              name={`Version ${notification.name}`}
+              description={notification.description}
+              createdAt={notification.createdAt}
+              documentationUrl={notification.documentationUrl}
             />
           ))}
         </Stack>
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 977ec379..6dea5066 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7184,6 +7184,11 @@ compare-func@^2.0.0:
     array-ify "^1.0.0"
     dot-prop "^5.1.0"
 
+compare-versions@^4.1.3:
+  version "4.1.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/compare-versions/-/compare-versions-4.1.3.tgz#8f7b8966aef7dc4282b45dfa6be98434fc18a1a4"
+  integrity sha512-WQfnbDcrYnGr55UwbxKiQKASnTtNnaAWVi8jZyy8NTpVAXWACSne8lMD1iaIo9AiU6mnuLvSVshCzewVuWxHUg==
+
 component-emitter@^1.2.0:
   version "1.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/component-emitter/-/component-emitter-1.3.0.tgz#16e4070fba8ae29b679f2215853ee181ab2eabc0"