diff --git a/web/app.react.js b/web/app.react.js
index ff1345dae..3cb7a2481 100644
--- a/web/app.react.js
+++ b/web/app.react.js
@@ -1,320 +1,322 @@
 // @flow
 
 import 'basscss/css/basscss.min.css';
 import './theme.css';
 import { config as faConfig } from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core';
 import classnames from 'classnames';
 import _isEqual from 'lodash/fp/isEqual';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { DndProvider } from 'react-dnd';
 import { HTML5Backend } from 'react-dnd-html5-backend';
 import { useDispatch } from 'react-redux';
 import { WagmiConfig } from 'wagmi';
 
 import {
   fetchEntriesActionTypes,
   updateCalendarQueryActionTypes,
 } from 'lib/actions/entry-actions';
 import {
   ModalProvider,
   useModalContext,
 } from 'lib/components/modal-provider.react';
 import {
   createLoadingStatusSelector,
   combineLoadingStatuses,
 } from 'lib/selectors/loading-selectors';
 import { unreadCount } from 'lib/selectors/thread-selectors';
 import { isLoggedIn } from 'lib/selectors/user-selectors';
 import type { LoadingStatus } from 'lib/types/loading-types';
 import type { Dispatch } from 'lib/types/redux-types';
 import { registerConfig } from 'lib/utils/config';
 
 import AppsDirectory from './apps/apps-directory.react';
 import Calendar from './calendar/calendar.react';
 import Chat from './chat/chat.react';
 import { TooltipProvider } from './chat/tooltip-provider';
 import NavigationArrows from './components/navigation-arrows.react';
 import electron from './electron';
 import InputStateContainer from './input/input-state-container.react';
 import LoadingIndicator from './loading-indicator.react';
 import { MenuProvider } from './menu-provider.react';
+import UpdateModalHandler from './modals/update-modal.react';
 import { updateNavInfoActionType } from './redux/action-types';
 import DeviceIDUpdater from './redux/device-id-updater';
 import DisconnectedBar from './redux/disconnected-bar';
 import DisconnectedBarVisibilityHandler from './redux/disconnected-bar-visibility-handler';
 import FocusHandler from './redux/focus-handler.react';
 import PolicyAcknowledgmentHandler from './redux/policy-acknowledgment-handler.js';
 import { useSelector } from './redux/redux-utils';
 import VisibilityHandler from './redux/visibility-handler.react';
 import history from './router-history';
 import AccountSettings from './settings/account-settings.react';
 import DangerZone from './settings/danger-zone.react';
 import LeftLayoutAside from './sidebar/left-layout-aside.react';
 import Splash from './splash/splash.react';
 import './typography.css';
 import css from './style.css';
 import getTitle from './title/getTitle';
 import { type NavInfo } from './types/nav-types';
 import { canonicalURLFromReduxState, navInfoFromURL } from './url-utils';
 import { WagmiENSCacheProvider, wagmiClient } from './utils/wagmi-utils';
 
 // We want Webpack's css-loader and style-loader to handle the Fontawesome CSS,
 // so we disable the autoAddCss logic and import the CSS file. Otherwise every
 // icon flashes huge for a second before the CSS is loaded.
 import '@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core/styles.css';
 faConfig.autoAddCss = false;
 
 registerConfig({
   // We can't securely cache credentials on web, so we have no way to recover
   // from a cookie invalidation
   resolveInvalidatedCookie: null,
   // We use httponly cookies on web to protect against XSS attacks, so we have
   // no access to the cookies from JavaScript
   setCookieOnRequest: false,
   setSessionIDOnRequest: true,
   // Never reset the calendar range
   calendarRangeInactivityLimit: null,
   platformDetails: { platform: 'web' },
 });
 
 type BaseProps = {
   +location: {
     +pathname: string,
     ...
   },
 };
 type Props = {
   ...BaseProps,
   // Redux state
   +navInfo: NavInfo,
   +entriesLoadingStatus: LoadingStatus,
   +loggedIn: boolean,
   +activeThreadCurrentlyUnread: boolean,
   // Redux dispatch functions
   +dispatch: Dispatch,
   +modals: $ReadOnlyArray<React.Node>,
 };
 class App extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
   componentDidMount() {
     const {
       navInfo,
       location: { pathname },
       loggedIn,
     } = this.props;
     const newURL = canonicalURLFromReduxState(navInfo, pathname, loggedIn);
     if (pathname !== newURL) {
       history.replace(newURL);
     }
   }
 
   componentDidUpdate(prevProps: Props) {
     const {
       navInfo,
       location: { pathname },
       loggedIn,
     } = this.props;
     if (!_isEqual(navInfo)(prevProps.navInfo)) {
       const newURL = canonicalURLFromReduxState(navInfo, pathname, loggedIn);
       if (newURL !== pathname) {
         history.push(newURL);
       }
     } else if (pathname !== prevProps.location.pathname) {
       const newNavInfo = navInfoFromURL(pathname, { navInfo });
       if (!_isEqual(newNavInfo)(navInfo)) {
         this.props.dispatch({
           type: updateNavInfoActionType,
           payload: newNavInfo,
         });
       }
     } else if (loggedIn !== prevProps.loggedIn) {
       const newURL = canonicalURLFromReduxState(navInfo, pathname, loggedIn);
       if (newURL !== pathname) {
         history.replace(newURL);
       }
     }
     if (loggedIn !== prevProps.loggedIn) {
       electron?.clearHistory();
     }
   }
 
   onWordmarkClicked = () => {
     this.props.dispatch({
       type: updateNavInfoActionType,
       payload: { tab: 'chat' },
     });
   };
 
   render() {
     let content;
     if (this.props.loggedIn) {
       content = this.renderMainContent();
     } else {
       content = <Splash />;
     }
     return (
       <DndProvider backend={HTML5Backend}>
         <TooltipProvider>
           <MenuProvider>
             <WagmiConfig client={wagmiClient}>
               <WagmiENSCacheProvider>
                 <FocusHandler />
                 <VisibilityHandler />
                 <DeviceIDUpdater />
                 <PolicyAcknowledgmentHandler />
                 {content}
                 {this.props.modals}
               </WagmiENSCacheProvider>
             </WagmiConfig>
           </MenuProvider>
         </TooltipProvider>
       </DndProvider>
     );
   }
 
   onHeaderDoubleClick = () => electron?.doubleClickTopBar();
   stopDoubleClickPropagation = electron ? e => e.stopPropagation() : null;
 
   renderMainContent() {
     let mainContent;
     const { tab, settingsSection } = this.props.navInfo;
     if (tab === 'calendar') {
       mainContent = <Calendar url={this.props.location.pathname} />;
     } else if (tab === 'chat') {
       mainContent = <Chat />;
     } else if (tab === 'apps') {
       mainContent = <AppsDirectory />;
     } else if (tab === 'settings') {
       if (settingsSection === 'account') {
         mainContent = <AccountSettings />;
       } else if (settingsSection === 'danger-zone') {
         mainContent = <DangerZone />;
       }
     }
 
     let navigationArrows = null;
     if (electron) {
       navigationArrows = <NavigationArrows />;
     }
 
     const headerClasses = classnames({
       [css.header]: true,
       [css['electron-draggable']]: electron,
     });
 
     const wordmarkClasses = classnames({
       [css.wordmark]: true,
       [css['electron-non-draggable']]: electron,
     });
 
     return (
       <div className={css.layout}>
         <DisconnectedBarVisibilityHandler />
         <DisconnectedBar />
+        <UpdateModalHandler />
         <header
           className={headerClasses}
           onDoubleClick={this.onHeaderDoubleClick}
         >
           <div className={css['main-header']}>
             <h1 className={wordmarkClasses}>
               <a
                 title="Comm Home"
                 aria-label="Go to Comm Home"
                 onClick={this.onWordmarkClicked}
                 onDoubleClick={this.stopDoubleClickPropagation}
               >
                 Comm
               </a>
             </h1>
             {navigationArrows}
             <div className={css['upper-right']}>
               <LoadingIndicator
                 status={this.props.entriesLoadingStatus}
                 size="medium"
                 loadingClassName={css['page-loading']}
                 errorClassName={css['page-error']}
               />
             </div>
           </div>
         </header>
         <InputStateContainer>
           <div className={css['main-content-container']}>
             <div className={css['main-content']}>{mainContent}</div>
           </div>
         </InputStateContainer>
         <LeftLayoutAside />
       </div>
     );
   }
 }
 
 const fetchEntriesLoadingStatusSelector = createLoadingStatusSelector(
   fetchEntriesActionTypes,
 );
 const updateCalendarQueryLoadingStatusSelector = createLoadingStatusSelector(
   updateCalendarQueryActionTypes,
 );
 
 const ConnectedApp: React.ComponentType<BaseProps> = React.memo<BaseProps>(
   function ConnectedApp(props) {
     const activeChatThreadID = useSelector(
       state => state.navInfo.activeChatThreadID,
     );
     const navInfo = useSelector(state => state.navInfo);
 
     const fetchEntriesLoadingStatus = useSelector(
       fetchEntriesLoadingStatusSelector,
     );
     const updateCalendarQueryLoadingStatus = useSelector(
       updateCalendarQueryLoadingStatusSelector,
     );
     const entriesLoadingStatus = combineLoadingStatuses(
       fetchEntriesLoadingStatus,
       updateCalendarQueryLoadingStatus,
     );
 
     const loggedIn = useSelector(isLoggedIn);
     const activeThreadCurrentlyUnread = useSelector(
       state =>
         !activeChatThreadID ||
         !!state.threadStore.threadInfos[activeChatThreadID]?.currentUser.unread,
     );
 
     const boundUnreadCount = useSelector(unreadCount);
     React.useEffect(() => {
       document.title = getTitle(boundUnreadCount);
       electron?.setBadge(boundUnreadCount === 0 ? null : boundUnreadCount);
     }, [boundUnreadCount]);
 
     const dispatch = useDispatch();
     const modalContext = useModalContext();
     const modals = React.useMemo(
       () =>
         modalContext.modals.map(([modal, key]) => (
           <React.Fragment key={key}>{modal}</React.Fragment>
         )),
       [modalContext.modals],
     );
 
     return (
       <App
         {...props}
         navInfo={navInfo}
         entriesLoadingStatus={entriesLoadingStatus}
         loggedIn={loggedIn}
         activeThreadCurrentlyUnread={activeThreadCurrentlyUnread}
         dispatch={dispatch}
         modals={modals}
       />
     );
   },
 );
 
 function AppWithProvider(props: BaseProps): React.Node {
   return (
     <ModalProvider>
       <ConnectedApp {...props} />
     </ModalProvider>
   );
 }
 
 export default AppWithProvider;
diff --git a/web/electron.js b/web/electron.js
index 5a9bee93f..deaa6a27f 100644
--- a/web/electron.js
+++ b/web/electron.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 // @flow
 
 import type { ElectronBridge } from 'lib/types/electron-types';
 
 declare var electronContextBridge: void | ElectronBridge;
 
-const electron: ?ElectronBridge =
+const electron: null | ElectronBridge =
   typeof electronContextBridge === 'undefined' ? null : electronContextBridge;
 
 export default electron;
diff --git a/web/modals/update-modal.css b/web/modals/update-modal.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae663cbaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/modals/update-modal.css
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+.container {
+  padding: 0 40px 32px;
+  border-radius: 8px;
+  color: var(--modal-fg);
+}
+.text {
+  font-size: var(--xl-font-20);
+  padding: 5px 0px 20px;
+}
+.buttonContainer {
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: flex-end;
+  gap: 24px;
+}
diff --git a/web/modals/update-modal.react.js b/web/modals/update-modal.react.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff30e4f4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/modals/update-modal.react.js
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+// @flow
+
+import * as React from 'react';
+
+import { useModalContext } from 'lib/components/modal-provider.react';
+
+import Button from '../components/button.react';
+import electron from '../electron';
+import Modal from './modal.react';
+import css from './update-modal.css';
+
+type Props = {
+  +title: string,
+  +text: string,
+  +confirmText: string,
+  +onConfirm: () => void,
+};
+function UpdateModal(props: Props): React.Node {
+  const { title, text, confirmText, onConfirm } = props;
+
+  const { popModal } = useModalContext();
+
+  return (
+    <Modal
+      size="fit-content"
+      name={title}
+      icon="download"
+      withCloseButton={false}
+      onClose={popModal}
+    >
+      <div className={css.container}>
+        <p className={css.text}>{text}</p>
+        <div className={css.buttonContainer}>
+          <Button variant="outline" onClick={popModal}>
+            Later
+          </Button>
+          <Button variant="filled" onClick={onConfirm} type="submit">
+            {confirmText}
+          </Button>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </Modal>
+  );
+}
+
+function UpdateModalHandler(): React.Node {
+  const { pushModal, popModal } = useModalContext();
+
+  // This modal is only for the update from the first version (0.0.1)
+  // to the self-updating version
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    if (electron === null || electron.version !== undefined) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    pushModal(
+      <UpdateModal
+        title="New version is available!"
+        text="Click here to download a new version."
+        confirmText="Download"
+        onConfirm={() => {
+          window.open(
+            'https://electron-update.commtechnologies.org/download',
+            '_blank',
+            'noopener noreferrer',
+          );
+          popModal();
+        }}
+      />,
+    );
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, []);
+
+  React.useEffect(
+    () =>
+      electron?.onNewVersionAvailable?.(version => {
+        pushModal(
+          <UpdateModal
+            title={`Version ${version} is available!`}
+            text="Please restart to update."
+            confirmText="Restart"
+            onConfirm={() => electron?.updateToNewVersion?.()}
+          />,
+        );
+      }),
+    [pushModal],
+  );
+
+  return null;
+}
+
+export default UpdateModalHandler;