diff --git a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/xml/XmlDateWithTimezoneAdapter.java b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/xml/XmlUTCDateAdapter.java
similarity index 95%
rename from scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/xml/XmlDateWithTimezoneAdapter.java
rename to scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/xml/XmlUTCDateAdapter.java
index 97097b395b..f9f8e13bb6 100644
--- a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/xml/XmlDateWithTimezoneAdapter.java
+++ b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/xml/XmlUTCDateAdapter.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters.XmlAdapter;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Date;
 
-public class XmlDateWithTimezoneAdapter extends XmlAdapter<String, Date> {
+public class XmlUTCDateAdapter extends XmlAdapter<String, Date> {
   @Override
   public Date unmarshal(String date) throws Exception {
     SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss zzz");
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/public/locales/de/admin.json b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/public/locales/de/admin.json
index 620228df0b..6f8de6c7df 100644
--- a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/public/locales/de/admin.json
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/public/locales/de/admin.json
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
     "info": {
       "title": "Administration",
       "currentAppVersion": "Aktuelle Software-Versionsnummer",
+      "newAppVersion": "Neue SCM-Manager Version verfügbar",
+      "newRelease": {
+        "title": "Neue SCM-Manager Version verfügbar",
+        "description": "Die neueste SCM-Manager Version {{version}} steht auf der offiziellen Webseite zum Download bereit.",
+        "downloadButton": "Neueste Version herunterladen"
+      },
       "communityTitle": "Community Support",
       "communityIconAlt": "Community Support Icon",
       "communityInfo": "Das SCM-Manager Support-Team steht für allgemeine Fragen, die Meldung von Fehlern sowie Anfragen für Features gerne für Sie über die offiziellen Kanäle bereit.",
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/public/locales/en/admin.json b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/public/locales/en/admin.json
index eae79e3a9c..ae404117fe 100644
--- a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/public/locales/en/admin.json
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/public/locales/en/admin.json
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
     "info": {
       "title": "Administration",
       "currentAppVersion": "Current Application Version",
+      "newAppVersion": "New SCM-Manager version available",
+      "newRelease": {
+        "title": "New SCM-Manager version available",
+        "description": "Download the latest SCM-Manager version {{version}} from the official homepage.",
+        "downloadButton": "Get latest version"
+      },
       "communityTitle": "Community Support",
       "communityIconAlt": "Community Support Icon",
       "communityInfo": "Contact the SCM-Manager support team for questions about SCM-Manager, to report bugs or to request features through the official channels.",
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/admin/containers/Admin.tsx b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/admin/containers/Admin.tsx
index 98a308e4e3..e4a23dd7e6 100644
--- a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/admin/containers/Admin.tsx
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/admin/containers/Admin.tsx
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ import {
   SecondaryNavigation,
   SecondaryNavigationColumn,
   StateMenuContextProvider,
-  SubNavigation
+  SubNavigation,
+  urls
 } from "@scm-manager/ui-components";
 import { getAvailablePluginsLink, getInstalledPluginsLink, getLinks } from "../../modules/indexResource";
 import AdminDetails from "./AdminDetails";
@@ -45,7 +46,6 @@ import GlobalConfig from "./GlobalConfig";
 import RepositoryRoles from "../roles/containers/RepositoryRoles";
 import SingleRepositoryRole from "../roles/containers/SingleRepositoryRole";
 import CreateRepositoryRole from "../roles/containers/CreateRepositoryRole";
-import { urls } from "@scm-manager/ui-components";
 
 type Props = RouteComponentProps &
   WithTranslation & {
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ type Props = RouteComponentProps &
   };
 
 class Admin extends React.Component<Props> {
-
   matchesRoles = (route: any) => {
     const url = urls.matchedUrl(this.props);
     const regex = new RegExp(`${url}/role/`);
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/admin/containers/AdminDetails.tsx b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/admin/containers/AdminDetails.tsx
index 86eed31c49..d7db2b4c3a 100644
--- a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/admin/containers/AdminDetails.tsx
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/admin/containers/AdminDetails.tsx
@@ -25,18 +25,24 @@ import React from "react";
 import { connect } from "react-redux";
 import { WithTranslation, withTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import styled from "styled-components";
-import { Image, Loading, Subtitle, Title } from "@scm-manager/ui-components";
-import { getAppVersion } from "../../modules/indexResource";
+import { apiClient, ErrorNotification, Image, Loading, Subtitle, Title } from "@scm-manager/ui-components";
+import { getAppVersion, getReleaseInfoLink } from "../../modules/indexResource";
 
 type Props = WithTranslation & {
-  loading: boolean;
-  error: Error;
   version: string;
+  releaseInfoLink?: string;
 };
 
-const NoBottomMarginSubtitle = styled(Subtitle)`
-  margin-bottom: 0.25rem !important;
-`;
+type State = {
+  loading: boolean;
+  error?: Error;
+  releaseInfo?: ReleaseInfo;
+};
+
+type ReleaseInfo = {
+  version: string;
+  link: string;
+};
 
 const BottomMarginDiv = styled.div`
   margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
@@ -46,13 +52,43 @@ const BoxShadowBox = styled.div`
   box-shadow: 0 2px 3px rgba(40, 177, 232, 0.1), 0 0 0 2px rgba(40, 177, 232, 0.2);
 `;
 
+const NoBottomMarginSubtitle = styled(Subtitle)`
+  margin-bottom: 0.25rem !important;
+`;
+
 const ImageWrapper = styled.div`
   padding: 0.2rem 0.4rem;
 `;
 
-class AdminDetails extends React.Component<Props> {
+class AdminDetails extends React.Component<Props, State> {
+  constructor(props: Props) {
+    super(props);
+
+    this.state = {
+      loading: false
+    };
+  }
+
+  componentDidMount() {
+    const { releaseInfoLink } = this.props;
+
+    if (releaseInfoLink) {
+      apiClient
+        .get(releaseInfoLink)
+        .then(r => r.json())
+        .then(releaseInfo => this.setState({ releaseInfo }))
+        .then(() => this.setState({ loading: false }))
+        .catch(error => this.setState({ error }));
+    }
+  }
+
   render() {
-    const { loading, t } = this.props;
+    const { version, t } = this.props;
+    const { loading, error, releaseInfo } = this.state;
+
+    if (error) {
+      return <ErrorNotification error={error} />;
+    }
 
     if (loading) {
       return <Loading />;
@@ -62,7 +98,33 @@ class AdminDetails extends React.Component<Props> {
       <>
         <Title title={t("admin.info.title")} />
         <NoBottomMarginSubtitle subtitle={t("admin.info.currentAppVersion")} />
-        <BottomMarginDiv>{this.props.version}</BottomMarginDiv>
+        <BottomMarginDiv>{version}</BottomMarginDiv>
+        {releaseInfo && (
+          <>
+            <BoxShadowBox className="box">
+              <article className="media">
+                <ImageWrapper className="media-left image is-96x96">
+                  <Image src="/images/blib.jpg" alt={t("admin.info.logo")} />
+                </ImageWrapper>
+                <div className="media-content">
+                  <div className="content">
+                    <h3 className="has-text-weight-medium">{t("admin.info.newRelease.title")}</h3>
+                    <p>
+                      {t("admin.info.newRelease.description", {
+                        version: releaseInfo?.version
+                      })}
+                    </p>
+                    <a className="button is-info is-pulled-right" target="_blank" href={releaseInfo?.link}>
+                      {t("admin.info.newRelease.downloadButton")}
+                    </a>
+                  </div>
+                </div>
+              </article>
+            </BoxShadowBox>
+            <hr />
+          </>
+        )}
+
         <BoxShadowBox className="box">
           <article className="media">
             <ImageWrapper className="media-left">
@@ -110,8 +172,10 @@ class AdminDetails extends React.Component<Props> {
 
 const mapStateToProps = (state: any) => {
   const version = getAppVersion(state);
+  const releaseInfoLink = getReleaseInfoLink(state);
   return {
-    version
+    version,
+    releaseInfoLink
   };
 };
 
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/modules/indexResource.ts b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/modules/indexResource.ts
index b204e5600f..5dd417e756 100644
--- a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/modules/indexResource.ts
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/modules/indexResource.ts
@@ -158,6 +158,10 @@ export function getAppVersion(state: object) {
   return state.indexResources.version;
 }
 
+export function getReleaseInfoLink(state: object) {
+  return getLink(state, "releaseInfo");
+}
+
 export function getUiPluginsLink(state: object) {
   return getLink(state, "uiPlugins");
 }
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/admin/ReleaseFeedDto.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/admin/ReleaseFeedDto.java
index 0eb8f1f963..293ddf2cb8 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/admin/ReleaseFeedDto.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/admin/ReleaseFeedDto.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.Setter;
-import sonia.scm.xml.XmlDateWithTimezoneAdapter;
+import sonia.scm.xml.XmlUTCDateAdapter;
 
 import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
 import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public final class ReleaseFeedDto {
     private String description;
     private String link;
     private String generator;
-    @XmlJavaTypeAdapter(XmlDateWithTimezoneAdapter.class)
+    @XmlJavaTypeAdapter(XmlUTCDateAdapter.class)
     private Date lastBuildDate;
     @XmlElement(name = "item")
     private List<Release> releases;
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public final class ReleaseFeedDto {
     private String description;
     private String link;
     private String guid;
-    @XmlJavaTypeAdapter(XmlDateWithTimezoneAdapter.class)
+    @XmlJavaTypeAdapter(XmlUTCDateAdapter.class)
     private Date pubDate;
   }
 }
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/admin/ReleaseFeedParser.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/admin/ReleaseFeedParser.java
index ad909d010a..3976ac0e13 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/admin/ReleaseFeedParser.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/admin/ReleaseFeedParser.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import sonia.scm.net.ahc.AdvancedHttpClient;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ public class ReleaseFeedParser {
     Optional<ReleaseFeedDto.Release> latestRelease = filterForLatestRelease(releaseFeed);
     if (latestRelease.isPresent()) {
       ReleaseFeedDto.Release release = latestRelease.get();
-      return Optional.of(new ReleaseInfo(release.getTitle(), release.getLink(), Instant.now()));
+      return Optional.of(new ReleaseInfo(release.getTitle(), release.getLink()));
     }
     return Optional.empty();
   }
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/admin/ReleaseInfo.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/admin/ReleaseInfo.java
index fc0cc8b6ac..cb37703746 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/admin/ReleaseInfo.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/admin/ReleaseInfo.java
@@ -27,12 +27,9 @@ package sonia.scm.admin;
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.Getter;
 
-import java.time.Instant;
-
 @AllArgsConstructor
 @Getter
 public class ReleaseInfo {
-  private final String title;
+  private final String version;
   private final String link;
-  private final Instant releaseDate;
 }
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/admin/ReleaseVersionChecker.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/admin/ReleaseVersionChecker.java
index 371f4daef1..b83e590c5b 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/admin/ReleaseVersionChecker.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/admin/ReleaseVersionChecker.java
@@ -82,11 +82,12 @@ public class ReleaseVersionChecker {
       LOG.info("No newer version found for SCM-Manager");
       return Optional.empty();
     }
+    LOG.info("No newer version found for SCM-Manager");
     return Optional.empty();
   }
 
   private boolean isNewerVersion(ReleaseInfo releaseInfo) {
-    Version versionFromReleaseFeed = Version.parse(releaseInfo.getTitle());
+    Version versionFromReleaseFeed = Version.parse(releaseInfo.getVersion());
     return versionFromReleaseFeed.isNewer(scmContextProvider.getVersion());
   }
 }
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/AdminInfoResource.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/AdminInfoResource.java
index 03a703440d..1f6bc8619d 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/AdminInfoResource.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/AdminInfoResource.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public class AdminInfoResource {
   @GET
   @Path("releaseInfo")
   @Produces(VndMediaType.ADMIN_INFO)
-  @Operation(summary = "Returns release info.", description = "Returns a release info if a newer version of SCM-Manager is available.", tags = "AdminInfo")
+  @Operation(summary = "Returns release info.", description = "Returns information about the latest release if a newer version of SCM-Manager is available.", tags = "AdminInfo")
   @ApiResponse(responseCode = "200", description = "success")
   @ApiResponse(responseCode = "401", description = "not authenticated / invalid credentials")
   @ApiResponse(responseCode = "403", description = "not authorized, the current user has no privileges to read the information")
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/ReleaseInfoDto.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/ReleaseInfoDto.java
index 1f3e2c92e3..c4d241d2f5 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/ReleaseInfoDto.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/ReleaseInfoDto.java
@@ -29,15 +29,12 @@ import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.Setter;
 
-import java.time.Instant;
-
 @NoArgsConstructor
 @Setter
 @Getter
 @SuppressWarnings("squid:S2160") // we do not need equals for dto
 public class ReleaseInfoDto extends HalRepresentation {
-  private String title;
+  private String version;
   private String link;
-  private Instant releaseDate;
 }
 
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/resources/config/gcache.xml b/scm-webapp/src/main/resources/config/gcache.xml
index 68bc7a2e9d..d2dc79d8f0 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/resources/config/gcache.xml
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/resources/config/gcache.xml
@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@
     expireAfterWrite="3600"
   />
 
+  <!--
+  ReleaseInfo cache
+  average: 30K
+-->
+  <cache
+    name="sonia.cache.releaseInfo"
+    maximumSize="1"
+    expireAfterWrite="3600"
+  />
+
   <!-- 
     Search cache for users
     average: 0.5K
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/admin/ReleaseFeedParserTest.java b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/admin/ReleaseFeedParserTest.java
index 7dab58f2fd..5ca681cb21 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/admin/ReleaseFeedParserTest.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/admin/ReleaseFeedParserTest.java
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ class ReleaseFeedParserTest {
     Optional<ReleaseInfo> release = releaseFeedParser.findLatestRelease(url);
 
     assertThat(release).isPresent();
-    assertThat(release.get().getTitle()).isEqualTo("3");
-    assertThat(release.get().getTitle()).isEqualTo("download-3");
+    assertThat(release.get().getVersion()).isEqualTo("3");
+    assertThat(release.get().getLink()).isEqualTo("download-3");
   }
 
   private ReleaseFeedDto createReleaseFeedDto() {
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/admin/ReleaseInfoMapperTest.java b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/admin/ReleaseInfoMapperTest.java
index 82abd6ce74..ec58828a88 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/admin/ReleaseInfoMapperTest.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/admin/ReleaseInfoMapperTest.java
@@ -37,12 +37,10 @@ class ReleaseInfoMapperTest {
 
   @Test
   void shouldMapToDto() {
-    Instant releaseDate = Instant.now();
-    ReleaseInfo releaseInfo = new ReleaseInfo("1.2.3", "download-link", releaseDate);
+    ReleaseInfo releaseInfo = new ReleaseInfo("1.2.3", "download-link");
     ReleaseInfoDto dto = mapper.map(releaseInfo);
 
     assertThat(dto.getLink()).isEqualTo(releaseInfo.getLink());
-    assertThat(dto.getReleaseDate()).isEqualTo(releaseDate);
-    assertThat(dto.getTitle()).isEqualTo(releaseInfo.getTitle());
+    assertThat(dto.getVersion()).isEqualTo(releaseInfo.getVersion());
   }
 }
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/admin/ReleaseVersionCheckerTest.java b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/admin/ReleaseVersionCheckerTest.java
index 87a607a9cb..c5f412f0f4 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/admin/ReleaseVersionCheckerTest.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/admin/ReleaseVersionCheckerTest.java
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ import sonia.scm.cache.MapCacheManager;
 import sonia.scm.config.ScmConfiguration;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ class ReleaseVersionCheckerTest {
 
   @Test
   void shouldReturnReleaseInfoFromCache() {
-    ReleaseInfo cachedReleaseInfo = new ReleaseInfo("1.42.9", "download-link", Instant.now());
+    ReleaseInfo cachedReleaseInfo = new ReleaseInfo("1.42.9", "download-link");
     Cache<String, ReleaseInfo> cache = new MapCacheManager().getCache("sonia.cache.releaseInfo");
     cache.put("latest", cachedReleaseInfo);
     checker.setCache(cache);
@@ -80,13 +79,13 @@ class ReleaseVersionCheckerTest {
     Optional<ReleaseInfo> releaseInfo = checker.checkForNewerVersion();
 
     assertThat(releaseInfo).isPresent();
-    assertThat(releaseInfo.get().getTitle()).isEqualTo("1.42.9");
+    assertThat(releaseInfo.get().getVersion()).isEqualTo("1.42.9");
     assertThat(releaseInfo.get().getLink()).isEqualTo("download-link");
   }
 
   @Test
   void shouldReturnReleaseInfo() throws IOException {
-    ReleaseInfo releaseInfo = new ReleaseInfo("2.0.0", "download-link", Instant.now());
+    ReleaseInfo releaseInfo = new ReleaseInfo("2.5.0", "download-link");
     when(scmConfiguration.getReleaseFeedUrl()).thenReturn("releaseFeed");
     when(feedReader.findLatestRelease("releaseFeed")).thenReturn(Optional.of(releaseInfo));
     when(contextProvider.getVersion()).thenReturn("1.9.0");
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ class ReleaseVersionCheckerTest {
     Optional<ReleaseInfo> latestRelease = checker.checkForNewerVersion();
 
     assertThat(latestRelease).isPresent();
-    assertThat(latestRelease.get().getTitle()).isEqualTo("2.0.0");
+    assertThat(latestRelease.get().getVersion()).isEqualTo("2.5.0");
     assertThat(latestRelease.get().getLink()).isEqualTo("download-link");
   }
 }