diff --git a/src/components/Dashboard/context/AppUpdateContext.jsx b/src/components/Dashboard/context/AppUpdateContext.jsx
index 1203906..7589525 100644
--- a/src/components/Dashboard/context/AppUpdateContext.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Dashboard/context/AppUpdateContext.jsx
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ export const AppUpdateProvider = ({ children }) => {
     setAppSettings,
     getAppEngine,
     startAppUpdate,
-    onAppUpdateProgress
+    onAppUpdateProgress,
+    onCheckForUpdatesRequest
   } = useContext(ElectronContext)
   const [checking, setChecking] = useState(false)
   const [noUpdateOpen, setNoUpdateOpen] = useState(false)
@@ -300,6 +301,14 @@ export const AppUpdateProvider = ({ children }) => {
     })
   }, [isElectron, onAppUpdateProgress])
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!isElectron || !onCheckForUpdatesRequest) return undefined
+
+    return onCheckForUpdatesRequest(() => {
+      void checkForUpdates()
+    })
+  }, [isElectron, onCheckForUpdatesRequest, checkForUpdates])
+
   const dismissUpdatePrompt = () => {
     if (availableUpdate) {
       saveDismissedUpdate(availableUpdate)
diff --git a/src/components/Dashboard/context/ElectronContext.jsx b/src/components/Dashboard/context/ElectronContext.jsx
index 28b0a78..0e3b6eb 100644
--- a/src/components/Dashboard/context/ElectronContext.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Dashboard/context/ElectronContext.jsx
@@ -321,6 +321,31 @@ const ElectronProvider = ({ children }) => {
     [electronAvailable, useElectrobun]
   )
 
+  const onCheckForUpdatesRequest = useCallback(
+    (handler) => {
+      if (!electronAvailable || typeof handler !== 'function') {
+        return () => {}
+      }
+
+      if (useElectrobun) {
+        return desktopBridge.onMessage('checkForUpdates', handler)
+      }
+
+      if (!ipcRenderer) return () => {}
+
+      const checkHandler = () => {
+        handler()
+      }
+
+      ipcRenderer.on('check-for-updates', checkHandler)
+
+      return () => {
+        ipcRenderer.removeListener('check-for-updates', checkHandler)
+      }
+    },
+    [electronAvailable, useElectrobun]
+  )
+
   const getToken = async () => {
     const session = await getAuthSession()
     return session?.token || null
@@ -395,6 +420,7 @@ const ElectronProvider = ({ children }) => {
         setAppSettings,
         startAppUpdate,
         onAppUpdateProgress,
+        onCheckForUpdatesRequest,
         getToken,
         setToken,
         resizeSpotlightWindow,
diff --git a/src/desktop/menu.js b/src/desktop/menu.js
index 4589185..ef02e6c 100644
--- a/src/desktop/menu.js
+++ b/src/desktop/menu.js
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ function buildMacAppMenu() {
         action: `${SIDEBAR_MENU_ACTION_PREFIX}/dashboard/management/about`,
       },
       { type: "separator" },
+      {
+        label: "Check For Updates...",
+        action: "check-for-updates",
+      },
+      { type: "separator" },
       { role: "hide" },
       { role: "hideOthers" },
       { role: "showAll" },
@@ -143,6 +148,7 @@ export function setSidebarViewMenu(sections) {
 export function setupApplicationMenuEvents({
   onNavigate,
   onToggleDevTools,
+  onCheckForUpdates,
 }) {
   navigateHandler = onNavigate;
 
@@ -155,6 +161,11 @@ export function setupApplicationMenuEvents({
       return;
     }
 
+    if (action === "check-for-updates") {
+      onCheckForUpdates?.();
+      return;
+    }
+
     if (action.startsWith(SIDEBAR_MENU_ACTION_PREFIX)) {
       const path = action.slice(SIDEBAR_MENU_ACTION_PREFIX.length);
       navigateHandler?.(path || "/");
diff --git a/src/desktop/window.js b/src/desktop/window.js
index cd05d52..fb46118 100644
--- a/src/desktop/window.js
+++ b/src/desktop/window.js
@@ -266,6 +266,9 @@ export async function createMainWindow(rpc) {
     onNavigate: sendNavigateToRenderer,
     onToggleDevTools: () => {
       mainWindow?.webview?.toggleDevTools?.()
+    },
+    onCheckForUpdates: () => {
+      sendToRenderer('checkForUpdates')
     }
   })