diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 19c1bf0c4..d30459a2d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ BINARIES=$(addprefix bin/,$(COMMANDS))
 TESTFLAGS ?= -v $(TESTFLAGS_RACE)
 TESTFLAGS_PARALLEL ?= 8
 
-.PHONY: all build binaries check clean test test-race test-full integration coverage validate-vendor vendor
+.PHONY: all build binaries check clean test test-race test-full integration coverage validate-vendor vendor mod-outdated
 .DEFAULT: all
 
 all: binaries
@@ -110,3 +110,6 @@ vendor: ## update vendor
 	rm -rf ./vendor
 	cp -R "$($@_TMP_OUT)"/out/* .
 	rm -rf $($@_TMP_OUT)/*
+
+mod-outdated: ## check outdated dependencies
+	docker buildx bake mod-outdated
diff --git a/docker-bake.hcl b/docker-bake.hcl
index 476a3124e..fb80a424d 100644
--- a/docker-bake.hcl
+++ b/docker-bake.hcl
@@ -35,6 +35,17 @@ target "update-vendor" {
   output = ["."]
 }
 
+target "mod-outdated" {
+  dockerfile = "./dockerfiles/vendor.Dockerfile"
+  target = "outdated"
+  args = {
+    // used to invalidate cache for outdated run stage
+    // can be dropped when https://github.com/moby/buildkit/issues/1213 fixed
+    _RANDOM = uuidv4()
+  }
+  output = ["type=cacheonly"]
+}
+
 target "binary" {
   inherits = ["_common"]
   target = "binary"
diff --git a/dockerfiles/vendor.Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/vendor.Dockerfile
index 55006773e..9bd439861 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/vendor.Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/vendor.Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
 
 ARG GO_VERSION=1.17
+ARG MODOUTDATED_VERSION=v0.8.0
 
 FROM golang:${GO_VERSION}-alpine AS base
 RUN apk add --no-cache git rsync
@@ -35,3 +36,11 @@ if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain -- go.mod go.sum vendor)" ]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 EOT
+
+FROM psampaz/go-mod-outdated:${MODOUTDATED_VERSION} AS go-mod-outdated
+FROM base AS outdated
+ARG _RANDOM
+RUN --mount=target=.,ro \
+  --mount=target=/go/pkg/mod,type=cache \
+  --mount=from=go-mod-outdated,source=/home/go-mod-outdated,target=/usr/bin/go-mod-outdated \
+  go list -mod=readonly -u -m -json all | go-mod-outdated -update -direct