diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 9271143..7ec2afa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -108,6 +108,16 @@ jobs:
   setup-script-test:
     name: configure_paths.sh script test
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      INSTALL_PATH: 'install-directory'
+      SONAR_HOST_URL: 'http://sonar-host.com'
+      SONAR_SCANNER_VERSION: 'vX.Y.Z.MMMM'
+      SONAR_SCANNER_URL_WINDOWS: 'https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonar-scanner-cli/sonar-scanner-cli-vX.Y.Z.MMMM-windows.zip'
+      SONAR_SCANNER_SHA_WINDOWS: 'DOWNLOAD-SHA-WINDOWS'
+      SONAR_SCANNER_URL_LINUX: 'https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonar-scanner-cli/sonar-scanner-cli-vX.Y.Z.MMMM-linux.zip'
+      SONAR_SCANNER_SHA_LINUX: 'DOWNLOAD-SHA-LINUX'
+      SONAR_SCANNER_URL_MACOSX: 'https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonar-scanner-cli/sonar-scanner-cli-vX.Y.Z.MMMM-macosx.zip'
+      SONAR_SCANNER_SHA_MACOSX: 'DOWNLOAD-SHA-MACOSX'
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
@@ -117,16 +127,14 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         env:
           OS: 'Windows'
-          ARCH: 'X64'  
-          INSTALL_PATH: 'install-directory'
-          SONAR_HOST_URL: 'http://sonar-host.com'
-          SONAR_SCANNER_VERSION: 'vX.Y.Z.MMMM'
+          ARCH: 'X64'
         run: |
           ./scripts/configure_paths.sh > output
           grep -v "::error::" output
 
           echo "- Check sonar-scanner:"
           grep "sonar-scanner-url=https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonar-scanner-cli/sonar-scanner-cli-vX.Y.Z.MMMM-windows.zip" output
+          grep "sonar-scanner-sha=DOWNLOAD-SHA-WINDOWS" output
           grep "sonar-scanner-dir=install-directory/sonar-scanner-vX.Y.Z.MMMM-windows" output
           grep "sonar-scanner-bin=install-directory/sonar-scanner-vX.Y.Z.MMMM-windows/bin/sonar-scanner.bat" output
 
@@ -139,16 +147,14 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         env:
           OS: 'Linux'
-          ARCH: 'X64'  
-          INSTALL_PATH: 'install-directory'
-          SONAR_HOST_URL: 'http://sonar-host.com'
-          SONAR_SCANNER_VERSION: 'vX.Y.Z.MMMM'
+          ARCH: 'X64'
         run: |
           ./scripts/configure_paths.sh > output
           grep -v "::error::" output
 
           echo "- Check sonar-scanner:"
           grep "sonar-scanner-url=https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonar-scanner-cli/sonar-scanner-cli-vX.Y.Z.MMMM-linux.zip" output
+          grep "sonar-scanner-sha=DOWNLOAD-SHA-LINUX" output
           grep "sonar-scanner-dir=install-directory/sonar-scanner-vX.Y.Z.MMMM-linux" output
           grep "sonar-scanner-bin=install-directory/sonar-scanner-vX.Y.Z.MMMM-linux/bin/sonar-scanner" output
 
@@ -161,16 +167,14 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         env:
           OS: 'macOS'
-          ARCH: 'X64'  
-          INSTALL_PATH: 'install-directory'
-          SONAR_HOST_URL: 'http://sonar-host.com'
-          SONAR_SCANNER_VERSION: 'vX.Y.Z.MMMM'
+          ARCH: 'X64'
         run: |
           ./scripts/configure_paths.sh > output
           grep -v "::error::" output
 
           echo "- Check sonar-scanner:"
           grep "sonar-scanner-url=https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonar-scanner-cli/sonar-scanner-cli-vX.Y.Z.MMMM-macosx.zip" output
+          grep "sonar-scanner-sha=DOWNLOAD-SHA-MACOSX" output
           grep "sonar-scanner-dir=install-directory/sonar-scanner-vX.Y.Z.MMMM-macosx" output
           grep "sonar-scanner-bin=install-directory/sonar-scanner-vX.Y.Z.MMMM-macosx/bin/sonar-scanner" output
 
@@ -183,10 +187,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         env:
           OS: 'unsupportedOS'
-          ARCH: 'X64'  
-          INSTALL_PATH: 'install-directory'
-          SONAR_HOST_URL: 'http://sonar-host.com'
-          SONAR_SCANNER_VERSION: 'vX.Y.Z.MMMM'
+          ARCH: 'X64'
         run: |
           (./scripts/configure_paths.sh  || echo "=== Script failed ===") > output
 
@@ -198,10 +199,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         env:
           OS: 'Linux'
-          ARCH: 'X86'  
-          INSTALL_PATH: 'install-directory'
-          SONAR_HOST_URL: 'http://sonar-host.com'
-          SONAR_SCANNER_VERSION: 'vX.Y.Z.MMMM'
+          ARCH: 'X86'
         run: |
           (./scripts/configure_paths.sh  || echo "=== Script failed ===") > output
 
@@ -221,29 +219,24 @@ jobs:
       - name: Download test without validation
         shell: bash
         env:
-          INSTALL_PATH: 'install-directory'
+          INSTALL_PATH: 'install-directory-no-sha-validation'
           DOWNLOAD_URL: 'https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonar-scanner-cli/sonar-scanner-cli-4.6.2.2472-linux.zip'
-          SHA_DOWNLOAD_URL: 'https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonar-scanner-cli/sonar-scanner-cli-4.6.2.2472-linux.zip.sha256'
+          EXPECTED_SHA: 'incorrect-sha-not-validated'
           TMP_ZIP_PATH: ${{ runner.temp }}/sonar-scanner.zip
         run: |
           ./scripts/download.sh > output
           test -f "$TMP_ZIP_PATH"
-          if [ -f "$TMP_ZIP_PATH.sha256" ]; then
-            echo "$TMP_ZIP_PATH.sha256 shouldn't exist"
-            exit 1
-          fi
           grep -v "::error::" output
       - name: Download test with validation
         shell: bash
         env:
           INSTALL_PATH: 'install-directory-sha-validation'
           DOWNLOAD_URL: 'https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonar-scanner-cli/sonar-scanner-cli-4.6.2.2472-linux.zip'
-          SHA_DOWNLOAD_URL: 'https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonar-scanner-cli/sonar-scanner-cli-4.6.2.2472-linux.zip.sha256'
+          EXPECTED_SHA: '9411331814c1d002bd65d37758b872918b7602e7cf3ca5b83a3e19a729b2be05'
           TMP_ZIP_PATH: ${{ runner.temp }}/sonar-scanner.zip
         run: |
           ./scripts/download.sh -v > output
           test -f "$TMP_ZIP_PATH"
-          test -f "$TMP_ZIP_PATH".sha256
           grep -v "::error::" output
       - name: Incorrect install dir
         shell: bash
@@ -256,23 +249,63 @@ jobs:
       - name: Incorrect download url
         shell: bash
         env:
-          INSTALL_PATH: 'install-directory'
+          INSTALL_PATH: 'install-directory-incorrect-url'
           DOWNLOAD_URL: 'incorrect-url'
         run: |
           (./scripts/download.sh || echo "=== Script failed ===") > output
           grep "::error::Failed to download 'incorrect-url'" output
           grep "=== Script failed ===" output
-      - name: Incorrect SHA256 url
+      - name: Incorrect SHA256
         shell: bash
         env:
-          INSTALL_PATH: 'install-directory'
+          INSTALL_PATH: 'install-directory-incorrect-sha'
           DOWNLOAD_URL: 'https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonar-scanner-cli/sonar-scanner-cli-4.6.2.2472-linux.zip'
-          SHA_DOWNLOAD_URL: incorrect-sha256-url
+          EXPECTED_SHA: 'incorrect-sha256'
           TMP_ZIP_PATH: ${{ runner.temp }}/sonar-scanner.zip
         run: |
           (./scripts/download.sh -v || echo "=== Script failed ===") > output
-          grep "::error::Failed to download 'incorrect-sha256-url'" output
+          grep "::error::Checking sha256 failed" output
           grep "=== Script failed ===" output
+      - name: Mismatching SHA256
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          INSTALL_PATH: 'install-directory-mismtaching-sha'
+          DOWNLOAD_URL: 'https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonar-scanner-cli/sonar-scanner-cli-4.6.2.2472-linux.zip'
+          EXPECTED_SHA: '3e121d85a4adb1f30b917d5f3eb897966b59e02c3d6d313a78dcd964193dc963'
+          TMP_ZIP_PATH: ${{ runner.temp }}/sonar-scanner.zip
+        run: |
+          (./scripts/download.sh -v || echo "=== Script failed ===") > output
+          grep "::error::Checking sha256 failed" output
+          grep "=== Script failed ===" output
+
+  fetch-latest-version-test:
+    name: fetch_latest_version.sh script test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0 # Shallow clones should be disabled for a better relevancy of analysis
+      - name: Test script
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          ./scripts/fetch_latest_version.sh > output
+         
+          echo "- Check sonar-scanner version:"
+          grep  "sonar-scanner-version=" output
+          SONAR_SCANNER_VERSION=$(cat output | cut -d= -f 2)
+          test ! -z "${SONAR_SCANNER_VERSION}"
+
+          echo "- Check windows sonar-scanner URLs:"
+          grep "sonar-scanner-url-windows=https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonar-scanner-cli/sonar-scanner-cli-${SONAR_SCANNER_VERSION}-windows.zip" output
+          grep -e "^sonar-scanner-sha-windows=[0-9A-Fa-f]\+$" output
+
+          echo "- Check linux sonar-scanner URLs:"
+          grep "sonar-scanner-url-linux=https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonar-scanner-cli/sonar-scanner-cli-${SONAR_SCANNER_VERSION}-linux.zip" output
+          grep -e "^sonar-scanner-sha-linux=[0-9A-Fa-f]\+$" output
+
+          echo "- Check macosx sonar-scanner URLs:"
+          grep "sonar-scanner-url-macosx=https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonar-scanner-cli/sonar-scanner-cli-${SONAR_SCANNER_VERSION}-macosx.zip" output
+          grep -e "^sonar-scanner-sha-macosx=[0-9A-Fa-f]\+$" output
 
   output-test:
     name: Test action outputs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/version_update.yml b/.github/workflows/version_update.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..058e902
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/version_update.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+name: sonar-scanner version check
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '15 10 * * *'
+
+jobs:
+  update-version:
+    name: Prepare pull request for sonar-scanner version update
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - run: sudo apt install -y jq
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          ref: main
+          persist-credentials: true
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: "Fetch currently used sonar-scanner version"
+        id: tagged-version
+        shell: bash
+        run: cat sonar-scanner-version >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: "Fetch lastest sonar-scanner version"
+        id: latest-version
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          ./scripts/fetch_latest_version.sh > sonar-scanner-version
+          cat sonar-scanner-version >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: "Create Pull Request for version update"
+        if: steps.tagged-version.outputs.sonar-scanner-version != steps.latest-version.outputs.sonar-scanner-version
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          UPDATE_BRANCH: update-to-sonar-scanner-${{ steps.latest-version.outputs.sonar-scanner-version }}
+          TITLE: "Update sonar-scanner-version to ${{ steps.latest-version.outputs.sonar-scanner-version }}"
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.name "SonarTech"
+          git config --global user.email "sonartech@sonarsource.com"
+          git checkout -b ${UPDATE_BRANCH}
+          git add sonar-scanner-version
+          git commit -m "${TITLE}"
+          git push --force-with-lease origin ${UPDATE_BRANCH}
+          gh pr list
+
+          if [[ $(gh pr list -H "${UPDATE_BRANCH}" | grep "${UPDATE_BRANCH}" | wc -l) -eq 0 ]]; then
+            gh pr create -B main -H ${UPDATE_BRANCH} --title "${TITLE}" --body "Automatic updated of sonar-scanner version value. Needs to be tagged for release."
+          fi  
+
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 1018a72..e5b6580 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ runs:
     - name: Set version of sonar-scanner
       id: sonar-scanner-version
       shell: bash
-      run: echo "sonar-scanner-version=4.7.0.2747" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      run: cat ${GITHUB_ACTION_PATH}/sonar-scanner-version >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
     - name: Configure paths
       id: configure_paths
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ runs:
         INSTALL_PATH: ${{ inputs.installation-path }}
         SONAR_HOST_URL: 'https://sonarcloud.io'
         SONAR_SCANNER_VERSION: ${{ steps.sonar-scanner-version.outputs.sonar-scanner-version }}
+        SONAR_SCANNER_URL_WINDOWS: ${{ steps.sonar-scanner-version.outputs.sonar-scanner-url-windows }}
+        SONAR_SCANNER_SHA_WINDOWS: ${{ steps.sonar-scanner-version.outputs.sonar-scanner-sha-windows }}
+        SONAR_SCANNER_URL_LINUX: ${{ steps.sonar-scanner-version.outputs.sonar-scanner-url-linux }}
+        SONAR_SCANNER_SHA_LINUX: ${{ steps.sonar-scanner-version.outputs.sonar-scanner-sha-linux }}
+        SONAR_SCANNER_URL_MACOSX: ${{ steps.sonar-scanner-version.outputs.sonar-scanner-url-macosx }}
+        SONAR_SCANNER_SHA_MACOSX: ${{ steps.sonar-scanner-version.outputs.sonar-scanner-sha-macosx }}
       run: ${GITHUB_ACTION_PATH}/scripts/configure_paths.sh >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
     - name: Cache sonar-scanner installation
@@ -68,7 +74,7 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
       env:
         DOWNLOAD_URL: ${{ steps.configure_paths.outputs.sonar-scanner-url }}
-        SHA_DOWNLOAD_URL: ${{ steps.configure_paths.outputs.sonar-scanner-url }}.sha256
+        EXPECTED_SHA: ${{ steps.configure_paths.outputs.sonar-scanner-sha }}
         INSTALL_PATH: ${{ inputs.installation-path }}
         TMP_ZIP_PATH: ${{ runner.temp }}/sonar-scanner.zip
       run: ${GITHUB_ACTION_PATH}/scripts/download.sh -v
diff --git a/scripts/configure_paths.sh b/scripts/configure_paths.sh
index b12971b..8a8ed2b 100755
--- a/scripts/configure_paths.sh
+++ b/scripts/configure_paths.sh
@@ -11,18 +11,24 @@ case ${OS} in
     BUILD_WRAPPER_SUFFIX="win-x86"
     SONAR_SCANNER_NAME="sonar-scanner.bat"
     BUILD_WRAPPER_NAME="build-wrapper-win-x86-64.exe"
+    SONAR_SCANNER_URL="${SONAR_SCANNER_URL_WINDOWS}"
+    SONAR_SCANNER_SHA="${SONAR_SCANNER_SHA_WINDOWS}"
     ;;
   Linux)  
     SONAR_SCANNER_SUFFIX="linux"
     BUILD_WRAPPER_SUFFIX="linux-x86"
     SONAR_SCANNER_NAME="sonar-scanner"
     BUILD_WRAPPER_NAME="build-wrapper-linux-x86-64"
+    SONAR_SCANNER_URL="${SONAR_SCANNER_URL_LINUX}"
+    SONAR_SCANNER_SHA="${SONAR_SCANNER_SHA_LINUX}"
     ;;
   macOS)
     SONAR_SCANNER_SUFFIX="macosx"
     BUILD_WRAPPER_SUFFIX="macosx-x86"
     SONAR_SCANNER_NAME="sonar-scanner"
     BUILD_WRAPPER_NAME="build-wrapper-macosx-x86"
+    SONAR_SCANNER_URL="${SONAR_SCANNER_URL_MACOSX}"
+    SONAR_SCANNER_SHA="${SONAR_SCANNER_SHA_MACOSX}"
     ;;
   *)
     echo "::error::Unsupported runner OS '${OS}'"
@@ -30,8 +36,11 @@ case ${OS} in
     ;;
 esac
 
+
+echo "sonar-scanner-url=${SONAR_SCANNER_URL}"
+echo "sonar-scanner-sha=${SONAR_SCANNER_SHA}"
+
 SONAR_SCANNER_DIR="${INSTALL_PATH}/sonar-scanner-${SONAR_SCANNER_VERSION}-${SONAR_SCANNER_SUFFIX}"
-echo "sonar-scanner-url=https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonar-scanner-cli/sonar-scanner-cli-${SONAR_SCANNER_VERSION}-${SONAR_SCANNER_SUFFIX}.zip"
 echo "sonar-scanner-dir=${SONAR_SCANNER_DIR}"
 echo "sonar-scanner-bin=${SONAR_SCANNER_DIR}/bin/${SONAR_SCANNER_NAME}"
 
diff --git a/scripts/download.sh b/scripts/download.sh
index b44fb3c..9e1aefa 100755
--- a/scripts/download.sh
+++ b/scripts/download.sh
@@ -28,13 +28,7 @@ parse_arguments() {
 }
 
 verify_download_correctness() {
-  echo "Checking download correctness with '$SHA_DOWNLOAD_URL'"
-  curl -sSLo "${TMP_ZIP_PATH}.sha256" "${SHA_DOWNLOAD_URL}"
-  check_status "Failed to download '$SHA_DOWNLOAD_URL'"
-
-  echo "  ${TMP_ZIP_PATH}" >>${TMP_ZIP_PATH}.sha256
-
-  sha256sum -c ${TMP_ZIP_PATH}.sha256
+  echo "${EXPECTED_SHA} ${TMP_ZIP_PATH}" | sha256sum -c
   check_status "Checking sha256 failed"
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/fetch_latest_version.sh b/scripts/fetch_latest_version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6177555
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/fetch_latest_version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+source "$(dirname -- "$0")/utils.sh"
+
+SONAR_SCANNER_VERSION=$(curl -sSL -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+  https://api.github.com/repos/SonarSource/sonar-scanner-cli/releases/latest | jq -r '.tag_name')
+check_status "Failed to fetch latest sonar-scanner version from GitHub API"
+
+echo "sonar-scanner-version=${SONAR_SCANNER_VERSION}"
+
+for OS in windows linux macosx; do
+  SONAR_SCANNER_URL="https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonar-scanner-cli/sonar-scanner-cli-${SONAR_SCANNER_VERSION}-${OS}.zip"
+  SONAR_SCANNER_SHA=$(curl -sSL "${SONAR_SCANNER_URL}.sha256")
+  check_status "Failed to download ${OS} sonar-scanner checksum from '${SONAR_SCANNER_URL}'"
+
+  echo "sonar-scanner-url-${OS}=${SONAR_SCANNER_URL}"
+  echo "sonar-scanner-sha-${OS}=${SONAR_SCANNER_SHA}"
+done
diff --git a/sonar-scanner-version b/sonar-scanner-version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19c87c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sonar-scanner-version
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+sonar-scanner-version=4.7.0.2747
+sonar-scanner-url-windows=https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonar-scanner-cli/sonar-scanner-cli-4.7.0.2747-windows.zip
+sonar-scanner-sha-windows=9e9e425b2c9123622436a5004c5b6cf833800bd0ec717c3bd5ea506efc0f998e
+sonar-scanner-url-linux=https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonar-scanner-cli/sonar-scanner-cli-4.7.0.2747-linux.zip
+sonar-scanner-sha-linux=3e121d85a4adb1f30b917d5f3eb897966b59e02c3d6d313a78dcd964193dc963
+sonar-scanner-url-macosx=https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonar-scanner-cli/sonar-scanner-cli-4.7.0.2747-macosx.zip
+sonar-scanner-sha-macosx=977a70d360b9eaea89c965edfb29eb661dbc9fcc6c0e40037809f089f9a91339