diff --git a/app/workers/gem_update_check.rb b/app/workers/gem_update_check.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a7a1a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/workers/gem_update_check.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+class GemUpdateCheck
+  include SuckerPunch::Job
+  workers 16
+
+  def perform(gem_name)
+    SuckerPunch.logger.info "check #{gem_name} latest version"
+    pl = Plugin.new(gem_name: gem_name)
+    pl.latest_version # NOTE: latest_version will cache rubygems.org response
+  end
+end
diff --git a/config/initializers/prefetch_gem_updates.rb b/config/initializers/prefetch_gem_updates.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d2ebaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/prefetch_gem_updates.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Plugin.installed.each do |pl|
+  GemUpdateCheck.new.async.perform(pl.gem_name)
+end