diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/locales/en-US/editor.json b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/locales/en-US/editor.json
index a88890125..9cc557efd 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/locales/en-US/editor.json
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/locales/en-US/editor.json
@@ -620,6 +620,8 @@
             "pluginCount_plural": "__count__ plugins",
             "moduleCount": "__count__ module available",
             "moduleCount_plural": "__count__ modules available",
+            "updateCount": "__count__ update available",
+            "updateCount_plural": "__count__ updates available",
             "inuse": "in use",
             "enableall": "enable all",
             "disableall": "disable all",
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/palette-editor.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/palette-editor.js
index 3d949f8ca..a3653c072 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/palette-editor.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/palette-editor.js
@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ RED.palette.editor = (function() {
                     loadedCatalogs.push({ index: index, url: url, name: v.name, updated_at: v.updated_at, modules_count: (v.modules || []).length })
                     handleCatalogResponse(null,{ url: url, name: v.name},index,v);
                     refreshNodeModuleList();
+                    refreshUpdateStatus();
                 }).fail(function(jqxhr, textStatus, error) {
                     console.warn("Error loading catalog",url,":",error);
                     handleCatalogResponse(jqxhr,url,index);
@@ -625,6 +626,10 @@ RED.palette.editor = (function() {
             }
         })
 
+        addUpdateInfoToStatusBar();
+        // TODO: Periodically check
+        setTimeout(getSettingsPane, 1000);
+
         RED.actions.add("core:manage-palette",function() {
                 RED.userSettings.show('palette');
             });
@@ -1462,6 +1467,59 @@ RED.palette.editor = (function() {
         })
     }
 
+    const updateStatusWidget = $('<button type="button" class="red-ui-footer-button red-ui-update-status"></button>');
+    let updateAvailable = [];
+
+    function addUpdateInfoToStatusBar() {
+        updateStatusWidget.on("click", function (evt) {
+            RED.actions.invoke("core:manage-palette", {
+                view: "install",
+                filter: '"' + updateAvailable.join('", "') + '"'
+            });
+        });
+
+        RED.popover.tooltip(updateStatusWidget, function () {
+            const count = updateAvailable.length || 0;
+            return RED._("palette.editor.updateCount", { count: count });
+        });
+
+        RED.statusBar.add({
+            id: "update",
+            align: "right",
+            element: updateStatusWidget
+        });
+
+        updateStatus({ count: 0 });
+    }
+
+    function refreshUpdateStatus() {
+        updateAvailable = [];
+
+        for (const module of Object.keys(nodeEntries)) {
+            if (loadedIndex.hasOwnProperty(module)) {
+                const moduleInfo = nodeEntries[module].info;
+                if (updateAllowed &&
+                    semVerCompare(loadedIndex[module].version, moduleInfo.version) > 0 &&
+                    RED.utils.checkModuleAllowed(module, null, updateAllowList, updateDenyList)
+                ) {
+                    updateAvailable.push(module);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        updateStatus({ count: updateAvailable.length });
+    }
+
+    function updateStatus(opts) {
+        if (opts.count) {
+            RED.statusBar.show("update");
+            updateStatusWidget.empty();
+            $('<span><i class="fa fa-cogs"></i> ' + opts.count + '</span>').appendTo(updateStatusWidget);
+        } else {
+            RED.statusBar.hide("update");
+        }
+    }
+
     return {
         init: init,
         install: install
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/sass/palette-editor.scss b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/sass/palette-editor.scss
index 947ada2e8..4e0d7fabc 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/sass/palette-editor.scss
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/sass/palette-editor.scss
@@ -305,3 +305,11 @@ button.red-ui-palette-editor-upload-button {
         margin-left: 10px;
     }
 }
+
+button.red-ui-update-status {
+    width: auto;
+    padding: 0 3px;
+    span {
+        color: var(--red-ui-text-color-warning);
+    }
+}