diff --git a/prospero-cli/src/main/java/org/wildfly/prospero/cli/commands/UpdateCommand.java b/prospero-cli/src/main/java/org/wildfly/prospero/cli/commands/UpdateCommand.java
index 675181a3..9d6d1736 100644
--- a/prospero-cli/src/main/java/org/wildfly/prospero/cli/commands/UpdateCommand.java
+++ b/prospero-cli/src/main/java/org/wildfly/prospero/cli/commands/UpdateCommand.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.Artifact;
 import org.jboss.galleon.ProvisioningException;
 import org.jboss.galleon.diff.FsDiff;
 import org.jboss.galleon.diff.FsEntry;
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@
 import org.wildfly.channel.ChannelManifest;
 import org.wildfly.channel.ChannelManifestCoordinate;
 import org.wildfly.channel.Repository;
+import org.wildfly.channel.version.VersionMatcher;
 import org.wildfly.prospero.ProsperoLogger;
 import org.wildfly.prospero.actions.ApplyCandidateAction;
 import org.wildfly.prospero.actions.SubscribeNewServerAction;
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@
 import org.wildfly.prospero.api.TemporaryFilesManager;
 import org.wildfly.prospero.galleon.FeaturePackLocationParser;
 import org.wildfly.prospero.galleon.GalleonUtils;
+import org.wildfly.prospero.metadata.ManifestVersionRecord;
 import org.wildfly.prospero.metadata.ProsperoMetadataUtils;
 import org.wildfly.prospero.model.InstallationProfile;
 import org.wildfly.prospero.updates.UpdateSet;
@@ -120,7 +123,6 @@ public Integer call() throws Exception {
                 log.tracef("Perform full update");
 
                 console.println(CliMessages.MESSAGES.updateHeader(installationDir));
-
                 try (UpdateAction updateAction = actionFactory.update(installationDir, mavenOptions, console, repositories)) {
                     performUpdate(updateAction, yes, console, installationDir, noConflictsOnly);
                 }
@@ -136,6 +138,11 @@ private boolean performUpdate(UpdateAction updateAction, boolean yes, CliConsole
             Path targetDir = null;
             try {
                 targetDir = Files.createTempDirectory("update-candidate");
+                InstallationMetadata installationMetadata = InstallationMetadata.loadInstallation(installDir);
+                List<ManifestVersionRecord.MavenManifest> mavenManifests = installationMetadata.getManifestVersions().get().getMavenManifests();
+                final List<Artifact> manifestUpdates = updateAction.findCurrentChannelSessionManifests();
+                compareManifests(mavenManifests,manifestUpdates);
+
                 if (buildUpdate(updateAction, targetDir, yes, console, () -> console.confirmUpdates())) {
                     console.println("");
                     console.buildUpdatesComplete();
@@ -444,17 +451,17 @@ private FeaturePackLocation getFpl(InstallationProfile knownFeaturePack, String
     public UpdateCommand(CliConsole console, ActionFactory actionFactory) {
         super(console, actionFactory, CliConstants.Commands.UPDATE,
                 List.of(
-                    new UpdateCommand.PrepareCommand(console, actionFactory),
-                    new UpdateCommand.ApplyCommand(console, actionFactory),
-                    new UpdateCommand.PerformCommand(console, actionFactory),
-                    new UpdateCommand.ListCommand(console, actionFactory),
+                    new PrepareCommand(console, actionFactory),
+                    new ApplyCommand(console, actionFactory),
+                    new PerformCommand(console, actionFactory),
+                    new ListCommand(console, actionFactory),
                     new SubscribeCommand(console, actionFactory))
         );
+
     }
 
     private static boolean buildUpdate(UpdateAction updateAction, Path updateDirectory, boolean yes, CliConsole console, Supplier<Boolean> confirmation) throws OperationException, ProvisioningException {
         final UpdateSet updateSet = updateAction.findUpdates();
-
         console.updatesFound(updateSet.getArtifactUpdates());
         if (updateSet.isEmpty()) {
             return false;
@@ -493,4 +500,34 @@ public static Path detectProsperoInstallationPath() throws ArgumentParsingExcept
         return Paths.get(modulePath).toAbsolutePath().getParent();
     }
 
+
+    public static void compareManifests(List<ManifestVersionRecord.MavenManifest> mavenManifests, List<Artifact> manifestUpdates ) {
+
+        for (ManifestVersionRecord.MavenManifest installedManifest : mavenManifests) {
+            Artifact updateArtifact = null;
+
+            // Find the corresponding update artifact for the installedManifest
+            for (Artifact manifestUpdate : manifestUpdates) {
+                if (manifestUpdate.getGroupId().equals(installedManifest.getGroupId()) &&
+                        manifestUpdate.getArtifactId().equals(installedManifest.getArtifactId())) {
+                    updateArtifact = manifestUpdate;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (updateArtifact != null) {
+                // Compare versions
+                String installedVersion = installedManifest.getVersion();
+                String availableVersion = updateArtifact.getVersion();
+                if (VersionMatcher.COMPARATOR.compare(installedVersion, availableVersion) < 0) {
+                    System.out.println("Upgrade available for " + installedManifest.getArtifactId() + ": " + installedVersion + " -> " + availableVersion);
+                } else if (VersionMatcher.COMPARATOR.compare(installedVersion, availableVersion) > 0) {
+                    System.out.println("Downgrade detected for " + installedManifest.getArtifactId() + ": " + installedVersion + " -> " + availableVersion);
+                } else {
+                    System.out.println(installedManifest.getArtifactId() + " is up to date.");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/prospero-common/src/main/java/org/wildfly/prospero/actions/UpdateAction.java b/prospero-common/src/main/java/org/wildfly/prospero/actions/UpdateAction.java
index 7b1e5c4c..4dc4bc9a 100644
--- a/prospero-common/src/main/java/org/wildfly/prospero/actions/UpdateAction.java
+++ b/prospero-common/src/main/java/org/wildfly/prospero/actions/UpdateAction.java
@@ -22,9 +22,13 @@
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.Artifact;
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.DefaultArtifact;
 import org.jboss.galleon.util.PathsUtils;
+import org.wildfly.channel.ChannelSession;
 import org.wildfly.channel.Channel;
 import org.wildfly.channel.Repository;
 import org.wildfly.prospero.ProsperoLogger;
@@ -171,4 +175,15 @@ private ProsperoConfig addTemporaryRepositories(List<Repository> repositories) {
 
         return new ProsperoConfig(channels, prosperoConfig.getMavenOptions());
     }
+
+    public List<Artifact> findCurrentChannelSessionManifests() throws ProvisioningException, OperationException {
+        try (GalleonEnvironment galleonEnv = getGalleonEnv(installDir);
+             ChannelSession channelSession = galleonEnv.getChannelSession()) {
+
+            return channelSession.getRuntimeChannels().stream()
+                    .map(runtimeChannel -> runtimeChannel.getChannelDefinition().getManifestCoordinate())
+                    .map(coordinate -> new DefaultArtifact(coordinate.getGroupId(), coordinate.getArtifactId(), coordinate.getExtension(), coordinate.getVersion()))
+                    .collect(Collectors.toList());
+        }
+    }
 }