diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 2a608e28..9fedd2ba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ jobs:
       set-meta-annotations: true
       build-args: |
         "VERSION=${{ github.ref_name }}"
+        "GIT_COMMIT=${{ github.sha }}"
+        "BUILD_DATE=${{ github.event.head_commit.timestamp }}"
       meta-images: |
         ghcr.io/score-spec/score-compose
         scorespec/score-compose
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
index 085dbc11..90afb750 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ builds:
     main: ./cmd/score-compose
     ldflags:
       - -X github.com/score-spec/score-compose/internal/version.Version={{ .Version }}
+      - -X github.com/score-spec/score-compose/internal/version.GitCommit={{ .Commit }}
+      - -X github.com/score-spec/score-compose/internal/version.BuildDate={{ .Date }}
     env:
       - CGO_ENABLED=0
     targets:
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index fb542e4d..b80f69c6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 FROM dhi.io/golang:1.26.2-alpine3.23-dev@sha256:0d916bcd9ca2060863389d96c8ea686d72e03ccc48ebf498be2150f21f720999 AS builder
 
 ARG VERSION=0.0.0
+ARG GIT_COMMIT=unknown
+ARG BUILD_DATE=unknown
 
 # Set the current working directory inside the container.
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/score-spec/score-compose
@@ -11,7 +13,12 @@ RUN go mod download
 
 # Copy the entire project and build it.
 COPY . .
-RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -ldflags="-s -w -X github.com/score-spec/score-compose/internal/version.Version=${VERSION}" -o /usr/local/bin/score-compose ./cmd/score-compose
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux \
+    go build -ldflags="-s -w \
+        -X github.com/score-spec/score-compose/internal/version.Version=${VERSION} \
+        -X github.com/score-spec/score-compose/internal/version.GitCommit=${GIT_COMMIT} \
+        -X github.com/score-spec/score-compose/internal/version.BuildDate=${BUILD_DATE}" \
+    -o /usr/local/bin/score-compose ./cmd/score-compose
 
 # We can use static since we don't rely on any linux libs or state, but we need ca-certificates to connect to https/oci with the init command.
 FROM dhi.io/static:20251003-alpine3.23@sha256:a08d9a53a4758b4006d56341aa88b1edf583ddebd93e620a32acd5135535573c
diff --git a/internal/command/root.go b/internal/command/root.go
index 94f57109..ed918cc4 100644
--- a/internal/command/root.go
+++ b/internal/command/root.go
@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/score-spec/score-compose/internal/version"
 )
 
+var ScoreImplementationName = "score-compose"
+
 var (
 	rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "score-compose",
+		Use:   ScoreImplementationName,
 		Short: "SCORE to docker-compose translator",
 		Long: `SCORE is a specification for defining environment agnostic configuration for cloud based workloads.
 This tool produces a docker-compose configuration file from the SCORE specification.
diff --git a/internal/command/root_test.go b/internal/command/root_test.go
index 80bc5644..f4ed7234 100644
--- a/internal/command/root_test.go
+++ b/internal/command/root_test.go
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ Available Commands:
   init          Initialise a new score-compose project with local state directory and score file
   provisioners  Subcommands related to provisioners
   resources     Subcommands related to provisioned resources
+  version       Show the version for score-compose and new version to update if available.
 
 Flags:
   -h, --help            help for score-compose
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ Use "score-compose [command] --help" for more information about a command.
 func TestRootVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	stdout, stderr, err := executeAndResetCommand(context.Background(), rootCmd, []string{"--version"})
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	pattern := regexp.MustCompile(`^score-compose 0.0.0 \(build: \S+, sha: \S+\)\n$`)
+	pattern := regexp.MustCompile(`^score-compose 0\.0\.0 \(go\S+ - \S+/\S+\)\ngit commit: \S+\nbuild date: \S+\n$`)
 	assert.Truef(t, pattern.MatchString(stdout), "%s does not match: '%s'", pattern.String(), stdout)
 	assert.Equal(t, "", stderr)
 }
diff --git a/internal/command/version.go b/internal/command/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b109ba2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/command/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+// Copyright 2024 The Score Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package command
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/score-spec/score-compose/internal/version"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+const (
+	versionCmdFileNoLogo         = "no-logo"
+	versionCmdFileNoUpdatesCheck = "no-updates-check"
+	logo                         = `
+                   ...    .............           
+               .......   .............            
+           .........     ............             
+       .........        .....                     
+      .......           ....   ..                 
+       ..........      .....   ......             
+           ........   ......   ..........         
+              .....   .....       ..........      
+                      ....          ........      
+              ...........       .........         
+           ..............    .........            
+         ................   ......                
+         ...............    ..                    
+          ............
+	`
+)
+
+var versionCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "version",
+	Short: "Show the version for " + ScoreImplementationName + " and new version to update if available.",
+	Args:  cobra.NoArgs,
+	CompletionOptions: cobra.CompletionOptions{
+		HiddenDefaultCmd: true,
+	},
+	SilenceErrors: true,
+	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		cmd.SilenceUsage = true
+
+		if noLogo, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool(versionCmdFileNoLogo); !noLogo {
+			fmt.Println(logo)
+		}
+
+		fmt.Println(ScoreImplementationName, version.BuildVersionString())
+
+		if noUpdateCheck, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool(versionCmdFileNoUpdatesCheck); !noUpdateCheck {
+			if newer, err := checkForNewerVersion(version.Version); err == nil && newer != "" {
+				_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(cmd.OutOrStdout(), "\nA newer version is available: %s\nUpdate at: https://github.com/score-spec/%s/releases/tag/%s\n", newer, ScoreImplementationName, newer)
+			}
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	},
+}
+
+// checkForNewerVersion queries the GitHub releases API and returns the tag name of the latest
+// release if it is newer than currentVersion. Returns an empty string if no newer version is found
+// or if the current version cannot be parsed.
+func checkForNewerVersion(currentVersion string) (string, error) {
+	client := &http.Client{Timeout: 5 * time.Second}
+	resp, err := client.Get("https://api.github.com/repos/score-spec/" + ScoreImplementationName + "/releases/latest")
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	defer func() { _ = resp.Body.Close() }()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("unexpected status from releases API: %s", resp.Status)
+	}
+
+	var release struct {
+		TagName string `json:"tag_name"`
+	}
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&release); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	if isNewerVersion(currentVersion, release.TagName) {
+		return release.TagName, nil
+	}
+	return "", nil
+}
+
+// isNewerVersion reports whether latestVersion is strictly greater than currentVersion.
+// Both versions may optionally start with a "v" prefix and are expected to follow semver
+// (MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH). Non-numeric or unparseable segments are treated as 0.
+func isNewerVersion(currentVersion, latestVersion string) bool {
+	current := parseSemver(currentVersion)
+	latest := parseSemver(latestVersion)
+	for i := range current {
+		if latest[i] > current[i] {
+			return true
+		}
+		if latest[i] < current[i] {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// parseSemver splits a version string (with an optional leading "v") into its three numeric
+// components [major, minor, patch]. Components that cannot be parsed are treated as 0.
+func parseSemver(v string) [3]int {
+	v = strings.TrimPrefix(v, "v")
+	parts := strings.SplitN(v, ".", 3)
+	var out [3]int
+	for i := 0; i < 3 && i < len(parts); i++ {
+		n, _ := strconv.Atoi(parts[i])
+		out[i] = n
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+func init() {
+	versionCmd.Flags().Bool(versionCmdFileNoLogo, false, "Do not show the Score logo")
+	versionCmd.Flags().Bool(versionCmdFileNoUpdatesCheck, false, "Do not check for a new version")
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(versionCmd)
+}
diff --git a/internal/version/version.go b/internal/version/version.go
index 27a1e296..eef2906e 100644
--- a/internal/version/version.go
+++ b/internal/version/version.go
@@ -10,35 +10,21 @@ package version
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"regexp"
-	"runtime/debug"
+	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 )
 
 var (
 	Version             string = "0.0.0"
+	GitCommit           string = "unknown"
+	BuildDate           string = "unknown"
 	semverPattern              = regexp.MustCompile(`^(?:v?)(\d+)(?:\.(\d+))?(?:\.(\d+))?$`)
 	constraintAndSemver        = regexp.MustCompile("^(>|>=|=)?" + semverPattern.String()[1:])
 )
 
 // BuildVersionString constructs a version string by looking at the build metadata injected at build time.
-// This is particularly useful when score-compose is stilled from the go module using go install.
 func BuildVersionString() string {
-	versionNumber, buildTime, gitSha, isDirtySuffix := Version, "local", "unknown", ""
-	if info, ok := debug.ReadBuildInfo(); ok {
-		for _, setting := range info.Settings {
-			switch setting.Key {
-			case "vcs.time":
-				buildTime = setting.Value
-			case "vcs.revision":
-				gitSha = setting.Value
-			case "vcs.modified":
-				if setting.Value == "true" {
-					isDirtySuffix = "-dirty"
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s (build: %s, sha: %s%s)", versionNumber, buildTime, gitSha, isDirtySuffix)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s (%s - %s/%s)\ngit commit: %s\nbuild date: %s", Version, runtime.Version(), runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH, GitCommit, BuildDate)
 }
 
 func semverToI(x string) (int, error) {