diff --git a/.github/scripts/generate_new_version_issue.sh b/.github/scripts/generate_new_version_issue.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c35711d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/generate_new_version_issue.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+package_list=$(spack maintainers --by-user vvolkl mirguest tmadlener)
+
+# todo: add packages by hep/key4hep label also?
+
+# prune duplicates (needed if package list is appended to)
+#package_list=$(echo ${package_list} | tr ' ' '\n' | sort | uniq | tr '\n' ' ' | sed -e 's/[[:space:]]*$//')
+
+for p in ${package_list}; do
+  v=$(spack versions --new $p)
+  # ignore pre and rc versions
+  v=$(echo $v | sed 's/\S*\(rc\|pre\|alpha\)\S*//g')
+  if [[ ! -z "$v" ]]; then
+    echo $p: $v >> gh-new-version.log
+  fi
+done
+
diff --git a/.github/scripts/post_new_version_issue.sh b/.github/scripts/post_new_version_issue.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c69f3410
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/post_new_version_issue.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+generate_new_version_data()
+{
+  cat <<EOF
+{
+  "title": "[bot] Found new package versions to checksum",
+  "body": "$(cat gh-new-version.log | sed -z 's/\n/\\n/g')",
+  "labels:" "new-version"
+}
+EOF
+}
+curl -s -H "Authorization: token ${KEY4HEP_COMMENT_BOT_TOKEN}" \
+ -X POST -d "$(generate_post_data)"  \
+ "https://api.github.com/repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/issues/"
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-new-versions.yaml b/.github/workflows/check-new-versions.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..80dc0ae9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-new-versions.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name: concretize-ubuntu
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+  - cron: "0 13 * * 1" # Every Monday at 1PM UTC (9AM EST)
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Setup spack
+      run: |
+        mkdir ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/../spack
+        cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/../spack
+        git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/key4hep/spack .
+        cp -r ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE} var/spack/repos/
+        cp var/spack/repos/$(basename ${GITHUB_REPOSITORY})/config/packages.yaml etc/spack
+        source share/spack/setup-env.sh
+        spack repo add --scope site ${PWD}/var/spack/repos/$(basename ${GITHUB_REPOSITORY})
+    - name: Check for new versions
+      run: |
+        cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/../spack
+        source share/spack/setup-env.sh
+
+    - name: Check for New Versions and Create Issue 
+      env:
+        KEY4HEP_COMMENT_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.KEY4HEP_COMMENT_BOT_TOKEN }}
+      run: |
+        cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/../spack
+        source share/spack/setup-env.sh
+        ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/.github/scripts/generate_new_version_issue.sh
+        ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/.github/scripts/post__new_version_issue.sh
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 17cde716..91b3528c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 *.pyc
+*.log
 *.swp
 *.lock
 .spack-env