diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/build/VersionCheckTimestampFile.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/build/VersionCheckTimestampFile.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ecb23bd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/build/VersionCheckTimestampFile.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package com.beust.kobalt.internal.build
+
+import com.beust.kobalt.misc.KFiles
+import java.io.File
+import java.time.Instant
+
+class VersionCheckTimestampFile {
+    companion object {
+        private val KOBALT_VERSION_CHECK_TIMESTAMP_FILE = "versionCheckTimestamp.txt"
+        private val checkTimestampFile = File(KFiles.KOBALT_DOT_DIR, KOBALT_VERSION_CHECK_TIMESTAMP_FILE)
+
+        fun updateTimestamp(timestamp: Instant) = KFiles.saveFile(checkTimestampFile, timestamp.toString())
+
+        fun getTimestamp(): Instant {
+            return if(checkTimestampFile.exists())
+                Instant.parse(checkTimestampFile.readText())
+            else {
+                updateTimestamp(Instant.MIN)
+                Instant.MIN
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file