diff --git a/bear-requirements.txt b/bear-requirements.txt
index 8d6a60a46f..70995f09f0 100644
--- a/bear-requirements.txt
+++ b/bear-requirements.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ munkres~=1.1.2
 mypy==0.590
 nbformat~=4.1
 nltk~=3.2
+pip-tools~=3.8.0
 proselint~=0.7.0
 pycodestyle~=2.2
 pydocstyle~=2.0
diff --git a/bear-requirements.yaml b/bear-requirements.yaml
index d168d4535c..e2e1d8dbc2 100644
--- a/bear-requirements.yaml
+++ b/bear-requirements.yaml
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ pip_requirements:
     version: ~=4.1
   nltk:
     version: ~=3.2
+  pip-tools:
+    version: ~=3.8.0
   proselint:
     version: ~=0.7.0
   pycodestyle:
diff --git a/bears/general/OutdatedDependencyBear.py b/bears/general/OutdatedDependencyBear.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fe7e33ab5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bears/general/OutdatedDependencyBear.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+from coalib.bears.LocalBear import LocalBear
+from coalib.results.Result import Result
+from dependency_management.requirements.PipRequirement import PipRequirement
+from distutils.version import LooseVersion
+from sarge import run, Capture
+
+
+class OutdatedDependencyBear(LocalBear):
+    LANGUAGES = {'All'}
+    REQUIREMENTS = {PipRequirement('pip-tools', '3.8.0')}
+    AUTHORS = {'The coala developers'}
+    AUTHORS_EMAILS = {'coala-devel@googlegroups.com'}
+    LICENSE = 'AGPL-3.0'
+
+    def run(self, filename, file, requirement_type: str,):
+        """
+        Checks for the outdated dependencies in a project.
+
+        :param requirement_type:
+            One of the requirement types supported by coala's package manager.
+        :param requirements_file:
+            Requirements file can be specified to look for the requirements.
+        """
+        requirement_types = ['pip']
+
+        if requirement_type not in requirement_types:
+            raise ValueError('Currently the bear only supports {} as '
+                             'requirement_type.'
+                             .format(', '.join(
+                                 _type for _type in requirement_types)))
+
+        message = ('The requirement {} with version {} is not '
+                   'pinned to its latest version {}.')
+
+        out = run('pip-compile -n --allow-unsafe {}'.format(filename),
+                  stdout=Capture())
+
+        data = [line for line in out.stdout.text.splitlines()
+                if '#' not in line and line]
+
+        for requiremenent in data:
+            package, version = requiremenent.split('==')
+            pip_requirement = PipRequirement(package)
+            latest_ver = pip_requirement.get_latest_version()
+            line_number = [num for num, line in enumerate(file, 1)
+                           if package in line.lower()]
+
+            if LooseVersion(version) < LooseVersion(latest_ver):
+                yield Result.from_values(origin=self,
+                                         message=message.format(
+                                                    package,
+                                                    version,
+                                                    latest_ver),
+                                         file=filename,
+                                         line=line_number[0],
+                                         end_line=line_number[0],
+                                         )
diff --git a/tests/general/OutdatedDependencyBearTest.py b/tests/general/OutdatedDependencyBearTest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..058c4088b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/general/OutdatedDependencyBearTest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import unittest.mock
+import sarge
+from queue import Queue
+
+from bears.general.OutdatedDependencyBear import OutdatedDependencyBear
+from coalib.testing.LocalBearTestHelper import LocalBearTestHelper
+from coalib.results.Result import Result
+from coalib.settings.Section import Section
+from coalib.settings.Setting import Setting
+
+
+test_file = """
+foo==1.0
+bar==2.0
+"""
+
+
+class OutdatedDependencyBearTest(LocalBearTestHelper):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.section = Section('')
+        self.uut = OutdatedDependencyBear(self.section, Queue())
+
+    @unittest.mock.patch('bears.general.OutdatedDependencyBear.'
+                         'PipRequirement.get_latest_version')
+    def test_pip_outdated_requirement(self, _mock):
+        self.section.append(Setting('requirement_type', 'pip'))
+        _mock.return_value = '3.0'
+        with unittest.mock.patch('bears.general.OutdatedDependencyBear.'
+                                 'run') as mock:
+            patched = unittest.mock.Mock(spec=sarge.Pipeline)
+            patched.stdout = unittest.mock.Mock(spec=sarge.Capture)
+            patched.stdout.text = 'foo==1.0\nbar==2.0'
+            mock.return_value = patched
+            message = ('The requirement {} with version {} is not '
+                       'pinned to its latest version 3.0.')
+            self.check_results(self.uut,
+                               test_file.splitlines(True),
+                               [Result.from_values(
+                                    origin='OutdatedDependencyBear',
+                                    message=message.format('foo', '1.0'),
+                                    file='default',
+                                    line=2, end_line=2,
+                                    ),
+                                Result.from_values(
+                                    origin='OutdatedDependencyBear',
+                                    message=message.format('bar', '2.0'),
+                                    file='default',
+                                    line=3, end_line=3,
+                                    )],
+                               filename='default',
+                               )
+
+    @unittest.mock.patch('bears.general.OutdatedDependencyBear.'
+                         'PipRequirement.get_latest_version')
+    def test_pip_latest_requirement(self, _mock):
+        self.section.append(Setting('requirement_type', 'pip'))
+        _mock.return_value = '1.0'
+        with unittest.mock.patch('bears.general.OutdatedDependencyBear.'
+                                 'run') as mock:
+            patched = unittest.mock.Mock(spec=sarge.Pipeline)
+            patched.stdout = unittest.mock.Mock(spec=sarge.Capture)
+            patched.stdout.text = 'foo==1.0'
+            mock.return_value = patched
+            self.check_results(self.uut,
+                               [test_file.splitlines()[0]],
+                               [],
+                               filename='default')
+
+    def test_requirement_type_value_error(self):
+        self.section.append(Setting('requirement_type', 'blabla'))
+        error = ('ValueError: Currently the bear only supports pip as '
+                 'requirement_type.')
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(AssertionError, error):
+            self.check_validity(self.uut, [], filename='default')