diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e9830578d..e8e188a3b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ src/analysis/signatures/
 src/plugins/*/*/bin
 src/plugins/analysis/crypto_hints/signatures/crypto_signatures.yar
 src/plugins/analysis/cve_lookup/internal/database/cve_cpe.db
+src/plugins/analysis/cve_lookup/internal/database/version.json
 src/plugins/analysis/qemu_exec/test/data/test_tmp_dir
 src/plugins/analysis/qemu_exec/test/data/test_tmp_dir_2
 src/plugins/analysis/users_and_passwords/internal/passwords/10k-most-common.txt
diff --git a/src/helperFunctions/fileSystem.py b/src/helperFunctions/fileSystem.py
index 35572b0e7..26fd5c40f 100644
--- a/src/helperFunctions/fileSystem.py
+++ b/src/helperFunctions/fileSystem.py
@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@ def get_template_dir() -> Path:
     return Path(get_src_dir()) / 'web_interface' / 'templates'
 
 
+def get_bin_dir() -> Path:
+    """
+    Retrieves the absolute path of the bin directory.
+
+    :return: The (absolute) path of the bin directory.
+    """
+    return Path(get_src_dir()) / 'bin'
+
+
 def get_relative_object_path(path: Path, offset_path: Path) -> str:
     """
     FACT extraction unpacks files into a temporary directory. These files have to be offset to get the path relative
diff --git a/src/install/common.py b/src/install/common.py
index c1c5ec5c3..06eb20cec 100644
--- a/src/install/common.py
+++ b/src/install/common.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import json
 import logging
 import subprocess
 from contextlib import suppress
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ def _install_fw_magic(version: str = 'v0.2.2'):
         # compile the magic files (results in .mgc suffix) so that we don't get warnings when using them
         run_cmd_with_logging('file -C -m firmware')
         run_cmd_with_logging('file -C -m internal_symlink_magic')
+        Path('fw_magic_version.json').write_text(json.dumps({'version': version.lstrip('v')}))
 
 
 def _update_submodules():
diff --git a/src/plugins/analysis/cve_lookup/code/cve_lookup.py b/src/plugins/analysis/cve_lookup/code/cve_lookup.py
index 139b73712..c58c9e6c2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/analysis/cve_lookup/code/cve_lookup.py
+++ b/src/plugins/analysis/cve_lookup/code/cve_lookup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import json
 import sys
+from contextlib import suppress
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
@@ -20,7 +22,9 @@
     from database.db_connection import DbConnection
     from lookup import Lookup
 
-DB_PATH = str(Path(__file__).parent / '../internal/database/cve_cpe.db')
+DB_DIR = Path(__file__).parent.parent / 'internal/database'
+DB_PATH = str(DB_DIR / 'cve_cpe.db')
+VERSION_PATH = DB_DIR / 'version.json'
 
 
 class AnalysisPlugin(AnalysisBasePlugin):
@@ -32,10 +36,12 @@ class AnalysisPlugin(AnalysisBasePlugin):
     DESCRIPTION = 'lookup CVE vulnerabilities'
     MIME_BLACKLIST = MIME_BLACKLIST_NON_EXECUTABLE
     DEPENDENCIES = ['software_components']  # noqa: RUF012
-    VERSION = '0.2.0'
+    VERSION = '0.2.1'
     FILE = __file__
 
     def additional_setup(self):
+        with suppress(json.JSONDecodeError, FileNotFoundError):
+            self.SYSTEM_VERSION = json.loads(VERSION_PATH.read_text()).get('version')
         self.min_crit_score = getattr(config.backend.plugin.get(self.NAME, {}), 'min-critical-score', 9.0)
 
     def process_object(self, file_object: FileObject) -> FileObject:
diff --git a/src/plugins/analysis/cve_lookup/internal/data_parsing.py b/src/plugins/analysis/cve_lookup/internal/data_parsing.py
index c743226a9..8531fb101 100644
--- a/src/plugins/analysis/cve_lookup/internal/data_parsing.py
+++ b/src/plugins/analysis/cve_lookup/internal/data_parsing.py
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import datetime
 import json
 import lzma
 import re
+from http import HTTPStatus
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import requests
@@ -14,7 +17,10 @@
 from ..internal.helper_functions import CveEntry
 
 FILE_NAME = 'CVE-all.json.xz'
-CVE_URL = f'https://github.com/fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds/releases/latest/download/{FILE_NAME}'
+VERSION_FILE = Path(__file__).parent / 'database' / 'version.json'
+REPO = 'fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds'
+CVE_URL = f'https://github.com/{REPO}/releases/latest/download/{FILE_NAME}'
+API_URL = f'https://api.github.com/repos/{REPO}/releases/latest'
 
 
 def _retrieve_url(download_url: str) -> Response:
@@ -24,6 +30,22 @@ def _retrieve_url(download_url: str) -> Response:
         return session.get(download_url)
 
 
+def _retrieve_latest_version() -> str | None:
+    response = requests.get(API_URL)
+    if response.status_code == HTTPStatus.OK:
+        data = response.json()
+        return data['tag_name']
+    return None
+
+
+def _store_release_data():
+    data = {
+        'version': _retrieve_latest_version(),
+        'last_updated': datetime.datetime.now().isoformat(),
+    }
+    Path(VERSION_FILE).write_text(json.dumps(data))
+
+
 def download_and_decompress_data() -> bytes:
     """
     Downloads data from a URL, saves it to a file, decompresses it, and returns the decompressed data.
@@ -93,3 +115,4 @@ def parse_data() -> list[CveEntry]:
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     parse_data()
+    _store_release_data()
diff --git a/src/plugins/analysis/file_type/code/file_type.py b/src/plugins/analysis/file_type/code/file_type.py
index 09fa0cd97..439988017 100644
--- a/src/plugins/analysis/file_type/code/file_type.py
+++ b/src/plugins/analysis/file_type/code/file_type.py
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import json
 import typing
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List
 
 import pydantic
 from pydantic import Field
+from semver import Version
 
 from analysis.plugin import AnalysisPluginV0
 from analysis.plugin.compat import AnalysisBasePluginAdapterMixin
 from helperFunctions import magic
+from helperFunctions.fileSystem import get_bin_dir
 
 if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
     import io
@@ -24,11 +28,17 @@ class Schema(pydantic.BaseModel):
         )
 
     def __init__(self):
+        try:
+            version_file = Path(get_bin_dir()) / 'version.json'
+            fw_magic_db_version = json.loads(version_file.read_text()).get('version')
+        except (json.JSONDecodeError, FileNotFoundError):
+            fw_magic_db_version = None
         super().__init__(
             metadata=AnalysisPluginV0.MetaData(
                 name='file_type',
                 description='identify the file type',
-                version='1.0.0',
+                version=Version(1, 0, 1),
+                system_version=fw_magic_db_version,
                 Schema=AnalysisPlugin.Schema,
             ),
         )
diff --git a/src/test/unit/helperFunctions/test_file_system.py b/src/test/unit/helperFunctions/test_file_system.py
index c83b08ce9..ac6b78288 100644
--- a/src/test/unit/helperFunctions/test_file_system.py
+++ b/src/test/unit/helperFunctions/test_file_system.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 from helperFunctions.fileSystem import (
     file_is_empty,
+    get_bin_dir,
     get_config_dir,
     get_relative_object_path,
     get_src_dir,
@@ -39,6 +40,11 @@ def test_get_template_dir():
     assert '.html' in file_suffixes_in_template_dir
 
 
+def test_get_bin_dir():
+    bin_dir = get_bin_dir()
+    assert bin_dir.is_dir(), 'bin dir not found'
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ('base', 'offset', 'result', 'message'),
     [