diff --git a/cps/__init__.py b/cps/__init__.py
index e50a74cf..a1a721c7 100644
--- a/cps/__init__.py
+++ b/cps/__init__.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ from flask_principal import Principal
 from . import config_sql, logger, cache_buster, cli, ub, db
 from .reverseproxy import ReverseProxied
 from .server import WebServer
+from .dep_check import dependency_check
 
 try:
     import lxml
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ _BABEL_TRANSLATIONS = set()
 
 log = logger.create()
 
+
 from . import services
 
 db.CalibreDB.update_config(config)
@@ -126,7 +128,11 @@ def create_app():
         print('*** "flask-WTF" is needed for calibre-web to run. Please install it using pip: "pip install flask-WTF" ***')
         web_server.stop(True)
         sys.exit(7)
-
+    for res in dependency_check() + dependency_check(True):
+        log.info('*** "{}" version does not fit the requirements. Should: {}, Found: {}, please consider updating. ***'
+            .format(res['name'],
+                 res['target'],
+                 res['found']))
     app.wsgi_app = ReverseProxied(app.wsgi_app)
 
     if os.environ.get('FLASK_DEBUG'):
diff --git a/cps/dep_check.py b/cps/dep_check.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9a982fec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cps/dep_check.py
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import os
+import re
+
+from .constants import BASE_DIR
+try:
+    from importlib_metadata import version
+    importlib = True
+    ImportNotFound = BaseException
+except ImportError:
+    importlib = False
+
+
+if not importlib:
+    try:
+        import pkg_resources
+        from pkg_resources import DistributionNotFound as ImportNotFound
+        pkgresources = True
+    except ImportError as e:
+        pkgresources = False
+
+def dependency_check(optional=False):
+    dep = list()
+    if importlib or pkgresources:
+        if optional:
+            req_path = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "optional-requirements.txt")
+        else:
+            req_path = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "requirements.txt")
+        if os.path.exists(req_path):
+            try:
+                with open(req_path, 'r') as f:
+                    for line in f:
+                        if not line.startswith('#') and not line == '\n' and not line.startswith('git'):
+                            res = re.match(r'(.*?)([<=>\s]+)([\d\.]+),?\s?([<=>\s]+)?([\d\.]+)?', line.strip())
+                            try:
+                                if importlib:
+                                    dep_version = version(res.group(1))
+                                else:
+                                    dep_version = pkg_resources.get_distribution(res.group(1)).version
+                            except ImportNotFound:
+                                if optional:
+                                    continue
+                                else:
+                                    return [{'name':res.group(1),
+                                            'target': "available",
+                                            'found': "Not available"
+                                            }]
+
+                            if res.group(2).strip() == "==":
+                                if dep_version.split('.') != res.group(3).split('.'):
+                                    dep.append({'name': res.group(1),
+                                                'found': dep_version,
+                                                "target": res.group(2) + res.group(3)})
+                                    continue
+                            elif res.group(2).strip() == ">=":
+                                if dep_version.split('.') < res.group(3).split('.'):
+                                    dep.append({'name': res.group(1),
+                                                'found': dep_version,
+                                                "target": res.group(2) + res.group(3)})
+                                    continue
+                            elif res.group(2).strip() == ">":
+                                if dep_version.split('.') <= res.group(3).split('.'):
+                                    dep.append({'name': res.group(1),
+                                                'found': dep_version,
+                                                "target": res.group(2) + res.group(3)})
+                                    continue
+                            if res.group(4) and res.group(5):
+                                if res.group(4).strip() == "<":
+                                    if dep_version.split('.') >= res.group(5).split('.'):
+                                        dep.append(
+                                            {'name': res.group(1),
+                                             'found': dep_version,
+                                             "target": res.group(4) + res.group(5)})
+                                        continue
+                                elif res.group(2).strip() == "<=":
+                                    if dep_version.split('.') > res.group(5).split('.'):
+                                        dep.append(
+                                            {'name': res.group(1),
+                                             'found': dep_version,
+                                             "target": res.group(4) + res.group(5)})
+                                        continue
+            except Exception as e:
+                print(e)
+    return dep
diff --git a/optional-requirements.txt b/optional-requirements.txt
index cfa2bfc3..c9a05fc0 100644
--- a/optional-requirements.txt
+++ b/optional-requirements.txt
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ rarfile>=2.7
 scholarly>=1.2.0, <1.3
 
 # other
-natsort>=2.2.0,<7.2.0
-comicapi>= 2.2.0,<2.3.0
+natsort>=2.2.0,<8.1.0
+comicapi>=2.2.0,<2.3.0
 
 #Kobo integration
 jsonschema>=3.2.0,<3.3.0