diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-deps.yml b/.github/workflows/check-deps.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..48444f2578101
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-deps.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+name: Check for latest_release of deps
+
+on :
+  schedule :
+    - cron : '0 8 * * *'
+
+  workflow_dispatch :
+
+jobs :
+  build :
+    runs-on : ubuntu-latest
+    steps :
+      - name : checkout
+        uses : actions/checkout/@v2
+        with :
+          ref : ${{ github.head_ref }}
+
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install virtualenv
+
+      - name: setting up virtualenv
+        run : |
+          export GITHUB_TOKEN=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          # --create_issues flag to create issue only in github action
+          # and not interfere with the CI
+          ./tools/dependency/release_dates.sh ./bazel/repository_locations.bzl --create_issues
+          ./tools/dependency/release_dates.sh ./api/bazel/repository_locations.bzl --create_issues
diff --git a/tools/dependency/release_dates.py b/tools/dependency/release_dates.py
index 10733549ae779..73e496897b5d6 100644
--- a/tools/dependency/release_dates.py
+++ b/tools/dependency/release_dates.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 import os
 import sys
+import argparse
 
 import github
 
@@ -22,12 +23,20 @@
 from colorama import Fore, Style
 from packaging import version
 
+# Tag issues created with these labels.
+LABELS = ['dependencies', 'area/build', 'no stalebot']
+
 
 # Thrown on errors related to release date or version.
 class ReleaseDateVersionError(Exception):
     pass
 
 
+# Errors that happen during issue creation.
+class DependencyUpdateError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
 # Format a datetime object as UTC YYYY-MM-DD.
 def format_utc_date(date):
     # We only handle naive datetime objects right now, which is what PyGithub
@@ -40,7 +49,7 @@ def format_utc_date(date):
 
 # Obtain latest release version and compare against metadata version, warn on
 # mismatch.
-def verify_and_print_latest_release(dep, repo, metadata_version, release_date):
+def verify_and_print_latest_release(dep, repo, metadata_version, release_date, create_issue=False):
     try:
         latest_release = repo.get_latest_release()
     except github.GithubException as err:
@@ -51,6 +60,55 @@ def verify_and_print_latest_release(dep, repo, metadata_version, release_date):
         print(
             f'{Fore.YELLOW}*WARNING* {dep} has a newer release than {metadata_version}@<{release_date}>: '
             f'{latest_release.tag_name}@<{latest_release.created_at}>{Style.RESET_ALL}')
+        # check for --check_deps flag, To run this only on github action schedule
+        # and it does not bloat CI on every push
+        if create_issue:
+            create_issues(dep, metadata_version, release_date, latest_release)
+
+
+# create issue for stale dependency
+def create_issues(dep, metadata_version, release_date, latest_release):
+    """Create issues in GitHub.
+
+    Args:
+        dep : name of the deps
+        metadata_version :
+        release_date : old release_date
+        latest_release : latest_release (name and date )
+    """
+    access_token = os.getenv('GITHUB_TOKEN')
+    git = github.Github(access_token)
+    repo = git.get_repo('envoyproxy/envoy')
+    # Find GitHub label objects for LABELS.
+    labels = []
+    for label in repo.get_labels():
+        if label.name in LABELS:
+            labels.append(label.name)
+    if len(labels) != len(LABELS):
+        raise DependencyUpdateError('Unknown labels (expected %s, got %s)' % (LABELS, labels))
+    body = f'*WARNING* {dep} has a newer release than {metadata_version}@<{release_date}>:{latest_release.tag_name}@<{latest_release.created_at}>'
+    title = f'Newer release available {dep}: {latest_release.tag_name}'
+    if issues_exist(title, git):
+        print("Issue with %s already exists" % title)
+        print('  >> Issue already exists, not posting!')
+        return
+    print('Creating issues...')
+    try:
+        repo.create_issue(title, body=body, labels=LABELS)
+    except github.GithubException as e:
+        print(f'Unable to create issue, received error: {e}')
+        raise
+
+
+# checks if issue exist
+def issues_exist(title, git):
+    query = f'repo:envoyproxy/envoy {title} in:title'
+    try:
+        issues = git.search_issues(query)
+    except github.GithubException as e:
+        print(f'There is a problem looking for issue title: {title}, received {e}')
+        raise
+    return issues.totalCount > 0
 
 
 # Print GitHub release date, throw ReleaseDateVersionError on mismatch with metadata release date.
@@ -106,7 +164,7 @@ def get_untagged_release_date(repo, metadata_version, github_release):
 
 
 # Verify release dates in metadata against GitHub API.
-def verify_and_print_release_dates(repository_locations, github_instance):
+def verify_and_print_release_dates(repository_locations, github_instance, create_issue=False):
     for dep, metadata in sorted(repository_locations.items()):
         release_date = None
         # Obtain release information from GitHub API.
@@ -122,7 +180,8 @@ def verify_and_print_release_dates(repository_locations, github_instance):
             release_date = get_untagged_release_date(repo, metadata['version'], github_release)
         if release_date:
             # Check whether there is a more recent version and warn if necessary.
-            verify_and_print_latest_release(dep, repo, github_release.version, release_date)
+            verify_and_print_latest_release(
+                dep, repo, github_release.version, release_date, create_issue)
             # Verify that the release date in metadata and GitHub correspond,
             # otherwise throw ReleaseDateVersionError.
             verify_and_print_release_date(dep, release_date, metadata['release_date'])
@@ -132,19 +191,23 @@ def verify_and_print_release_dates(repository_locations, github_instance):
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
-        print('Usage: %s <path to repository_locations.bzl>' % sys.argv[0])
-        sys.exit(1)
+    # parsing location and github_action flag with argparse
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('location', type=str)
+    parser.add_argument('--create_issues', action='store_true')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
     access_token = os.getenv('GITHUB_TOKEN')
     if not access_token:
         print('Missing GITHUB_TOKEN')
         sys.exit(1)
-    path = sys.argv[1]
+    path = args.location
+    create_issue = args.create_issues
     spec_loader = exports.repository_locations_utils.load_repository_locations_spec
     path_module = exports.load_module('repository_locations', path)
     try:
         verify_and_print_release_dates(
-            spec_loader(path_module.REPOSITORY_LOCATIONS_SPEC), github.Github(access_token))
+            spec_loader(path_module.REPOSITORY_LOCATIONS_SPEC), github.Github(access_token),
+            create_issue)
     except ReleaseDateVersionError as e:
         print(
             f'{Fore.RED}An error occurred while processing {path}, please verify the correctness of the '
diff --git a/tools/dependency/release_dates.sh b/tools/dependency/release_dates.sh
index de12f53e4512b..51b48039a3ce5 100755
--- a/tools/dependency/release_dates.sh
+++ b/tools/dependency/release_dates.sh
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ set -e
 # TODO(phlax): move this job to bazel and remove this
 export API_PATH=api/
 
-PYTHONPATH=. python_venv release_dates "$1"
+PYTHONPATH=. python_venv release_dates "$@"
diff --git a/tools/shell_utils.sh b/tools/shell_utils.sh
index e32c3c95056b8..4a8379bb67f89 100644
--- a/tools/shell_utils.sh
+++ b/tools/shell_utils.sh
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ python_venv() {
   pip3 install -r "${SCRIPT_DIR}"/requirements.txt
 
   shift
-  python3 "${SCRIPT_DIR}/${PY_NAME}.py" "$*"
+  python3 "${SCRIPT_DIR}/${PY_NAME}.py" "$@"
 }