diff --git a/bin/crew b/bin/crew
index e8a53e823..7bbbfa1ca 100755
--- a/bin/crew
+++ b/bin/crew
@@ -91,12 +91,16 @@ end
 String.use_color = args['--color'] || !args['--no-color']
 
 @opt_force     = args['--force']
+@opt_json      = args['--json']
 @opt_keep      = args['--keep']
-@opt_source    = args['--source']
 @opt_recursive = args['--recursive-build']
+@opt_source    = args['--source']
+@opt_update    = args['--update-package-files']
 @opt_version   = args['--version']
 
 # Verbose options
+@json          = @opt_json ? '-j' : ''
+@update        = @opt_update ? '-u' : ''
 @verbose       = CREW_VERBOSE ? 'v' : ''
 @short_verbose = CREW_VERBOSE ? '-v' : ''
 
@@ -1935,7 +1939,7 @@ def upstream_command(args)
   # Pass the whole argument input to tools/version.rb, stripping out any file extensions that occur as a result of using a wildcard argument in a directory where it matches files.
   args = { '<name>' => args.split } if args.is_a? String
   Dir.chdir CREW_PACKAGES_PATH do
-    system "../tools/version.rb #{args['<name>'].join(' ').gsub('.rb', '')} #{@short_verbose}"
+    system "../tools/version.rb #{args['<name>'].join(' ').gsub('.rb', '')} #{@json} #{@update} #{@short_verbose}"
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/commands/help.rb b/commands/help.rb
index 5ecdecf69..57f546634 100644
--- a/commands/help.rb
+++ b/commands/help.rb
@@ -156,7 +156,9 @@ class Command
     when 'upstream'
       puts <<~EOT
         Check if an upstream version is available for package(s).
-        Usage: crew upstream [-v|--verbose] [<package1> <package2> ...]
+        Usage: crew upstream [-j|--json|-u|--update-package-files|-v|--verbose] [<package1> <package2> ...]
+        If `-j` or `--json` is present, output will be in json format.
+        If `-u` or `--update-package-files` is present, it will attempt to update the package version.
         If `-v` or `--verbose` is present, extra information will be displayed.
       EOT
     when 'version'
diff --git a/lib/const.rb b/lib/const.rb
index 7f06aad19..0b1eec950 100644
--- a/lib/const.rb
+++ b/lib/const.rb
@@ -406,22 +406,24 @@ CREW_DOCOPT ||= <<~DOCOPT
     crew update_package_file [options] [-v|--verbose] [<name> ...]
     crew upgrade [options] [-f|--force] [-k|--keep] [-s|--source] [-v|--verbose] [<name> ...]
     crew upload [options] [-f|--force] [-v|--verbose] [<name> ...]
-    crew upstream [options] [-v|--verbose] [<name> ...]
+    crew upstream [options] [-j|--json|-u|--update-package-files|-v|--verbose] <name> ...
     crew whatprovides [options] <pattern> ...
 
-    -b --include-build-deps  Include build dependencies in output.
-    -c --color               Use colors even if standard out is not a tty.
-    -d --no-color            Disable colors even if standard out is a tty.
-    -D --debug               Enable debugging.
-    -f --force               Force where relevant.
-    -h --help                Show this screen.
-    -k --keep                Keep the `CREW_BREW_DIR` (#{CREW_BREW_DIR}) directory.
-    -L --license             Display the crew license.
-    -s --source              Build or download from source even if pre-compiled binary exists.
-    -S --recursive-build     Build from source, including all dependencies, even if pre-compiled binaries exist.
-    -t --tree                Print dependencies in a tree-structure format.
-    -v --verbose             Show extra information.
-    -V --version             Display the crew version.
+    -b --include-build-deps    Include build dependencies in output.
+    -c --color                 Use colors even if standard out is not a tty.
+    -d --no-color              Disable colors even if standard out is a tty.
+    -D --debug                 Enable debugging.
+    -f --force                 Force where relevant.
+    -h --help                  Show this screen.
+    -j --json                  Display output in json format.
+    -k --keep                  Keep the `CREW_BREW_DIR` (#{CREW_BREW_DIR}) directory.
+    -L --license               Display the crew license.
+    -s --source                Build or download from source even if pre-compiled binary exists.
+    -S --recursive-build       Build from source, including all dependencies, even if pre-compiled binaries exist.
+    -t --tree                  Print dependencies in a tree-structure format.
+    -u --update-package-files  Attempt to update the package version.
+    -v --verbose               Show extra information.
+    -V --version               Display the crew version.
 DOCOPT
 
 # All available crew commands.