diff --git a/.github/workflows/cron.yml b/.github/workflows/cron.yml
index 42773982..73770aaf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cron.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cron.yml
@@ -55,10 +55,22 @@ jobs:
           curl -LO https://github.com/oras-project/oras/releases/download/v0.12.0/oras_0.12.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz
           tar -xvf ./oras_0.12.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz
 
+      - name: Get the UpdatedAt timestamp
+        id: timestamp
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          trap "rm -rf" /tmp/trivy-db-extract
+          rm -rf /tmp/trivy-db-extract
+          mkdir -p /tmp/trivy-db-extract/db
+          tar -zxvf db.tar.gz -C /tmp/trivy-db-extract/db
+          echo "timestamp=$(./trivy-db timestamp --cache-dir=/tmp/trivy-db-extract)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
       - name: Upload assets to GHCR
+        env:
+          TIMESTAMP_TAG: ${{ steps.timestamp.timestamp }}
         run: |
           ./oras version
-          tags=(latest ${{ env.VERSION }})
+          tags=(latest ${{ env.VERSION }} ${TIMESTAMP_TAG})
           for tag in ${tags[@]}; do
             ./oras push ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}:${tag} \
               --manifest-config /dev/null:application/vnd.aquasec.trivy.config.v1+json \
diff --git a/pkg/app.go b/pkg/app.go
index 390946b0..9d0ad785 100644
--- a/pkg/app.go
+++ b/pkg/app.go
@@ -47,6 +47,24 @@ func (ac *AppConfig) NewApp(version string) *cli.App {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			Name:   "timestamp",
+			Usage:  "retrieve the UpdatedAt timestamp",
+			Action: timestamp,
+			Flags: []cli.Flag{
+				cli.StringFlag{
+					Name:  "cache-dir",
+					Usage: "cache directory path",
+					Value: utils.CacheDir(),
+				},
+				cli.DurationFlag{
+					Name:   "update-interval",
+					Usage:  "update interval",
+					Value:  24 * time.Hour,
+					EnvVar: "UPDATE_INTERVAL",
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	return app
diff --git a/pkg/timestamp.go b/pkg/timestamp.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fa985ae8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/timestamp.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package pkg
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/aquasecurity/trivy-db/pkg/db"
+	"github.com/aquasecurity/trivy-db/pkg/vulndb"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli"
+	"golang.org/x/xerrors"
+)
+
+func timestamp(c *cli.Context) error {
+	cacheDir := c.String("cache-dir")
+	if err := db.Init(cacheDir); err != nil {
+		return xerrors.Errorf("db initialize error: %w", err)
+	}
+	updateInterval := c.Duration("update-interval")
+	vdb := vulndb.New(cacheDir, updateInterval)
+	ts, err := vdb.Timestamp()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	fmt.Println(ts)
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/vulndb/db.go b/pkg/vulndb/db.go
index 30a8d569..8452f4b7 100644
--- a/pkg/vulndb/db.go
+++ b/pkg/vulndb/db.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package vulndb
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"time"
 
@@ -114,6 +115,16 @@ func (t TrivyDB) Build(targets []string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// Return a timestamp that would be a valid OCI tag (e.g. 2022-11-17-18-09-07)
+func (t TrivyDB) Timestamp() (string, error) {
+	meta, err := t.metadata.Get()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	u := meta.UpdatedAt
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%.4d-%.2d-%.2d-%.2d-%.2d-%.2d", u.Year(), u.Month(), u.Day(), u.Hour(), u.Minute(), u.Second()), nil
+}
+
 func (t TrivyDB) vulnSrc(target string) (vulnsrc.VulnSrc, bool) {
 	for _, src := range t.vulnSrcs {
 		if target == string(src.Name()) {
diff --git a/pkg/vulndb/db_test.go b/pkg/vulndb/db_test.go
index 1657239a..9de247c6 100644
--- a/pkg/vulndb/db_test.go
+++ b/pkg/vulndb/db_test.go
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ package vulndb_test
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -208,6 +210,15 @@ func TestTrivyDB_Build(t *testing.T) {
 			dbtest.NoBucket(t, dbPath, []string{"advisory-detail"})
 			dbtest.NoBucket(t, dbPath, []string{"vulnerability-detail"})
 			dbtest.NoBucket(t, dbPath, []string{"vulnerability-id"})
+
+			// Check if timestamp is in correct format
+			timestamp, err := full.Timestamp()
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			pattern := `\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}-\d{2}-\d{2}-\d{2}`
+			timestampIsValid, err := regexp.MatchString(pattern, timestamp)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.True(t, timestampIsValid,
+				fmt.Sprintf("timestamp %s did not match regex %s", timestamp, pattern))
 		})
 	}
 }