diff --git a/cmd/pings/BUILD.bazel b/cmd/pings/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fd9607091a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/pings/BUILD.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_binary", "go_library")
+load("@rules_oci//oci:defs.bzl", "oci_image", "oci_push", "oci_tarball")
+load("@rules_pkg//:pkg.bzl", "pkg_tar")
+load("@container_structure_test//:defs.bzl", "container_structure_test")
+load("//dev:oci_defs.bzl", "image_repository")
+
+go_library(
+    name = "pings_lib",
+    srcs = ["main.go"],
+    importpath = "github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/cmd/pings",
+    visibility = ["//visibility:private"],
+    deps = [
+        "//cmd/pings/shared",
+        "//internal/conf",
+        "//internal/env",
+        "//internal/sanitycheck",
+        "//internal/service/svcmain",
+        "@com_github_getsentry_sentry_go//:sentry-go",
+        "@com_github_sourcegraph_log//:log",
+    ],
+)
+
+go_binary(
+    name = "pings",
+    embed = [":pings_lib"],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+    x_defs = {
+        "github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/version.version": "{STABLE_VERSION}",
+        "github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/version.timestamp": "{VERSION_TIMESTAMP}",
+    },
+)
+
+pkg_tar(
+    name = "tar_pings",
+    srcs = [":pings"],
+)
+
+oci_image(
+    name = "image",
+    base = "@wolfi_base",
+    entrypoint = [
+        "/sbin/tini",
+        "--",
+        "/pings",
+    ],
+    tars = [":tar_pings"],
+    user = "sourcegraph",
+)
+
+oci_tarball(
+    name = "image_tarball",
+    image = ":image",
+    repo_tags = ["pings:candidate"],
+)
+
+container_structure_test(
+    name = "image_test",
+    timeout = "short",
+    configs = ["image_test.yaml"],
+    driver = "docker",
+    image = ":image",
+    tags = [
+        "exclusive",
+        "requires-network",
+    ],
+)
+
+oci_push(
+    name = "candidate_push",
+    image = ":image",
+    repository = image_repository("pings"),
+)
diff --git a/cmd/pings/image_test.yaml b/cmd/pings/image_test.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e64672e7e56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/pings/image_test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+schemaVersion: "2.0.0"
+
+commandTests:
+  - name: "binary is runnable"
+    command: "/pings"
+    envVars:
+      - key: "SANITY_CHECK"
+        value: "true"
+
+  - name: "not running as root"
+    command: "/usr/bin/id"
+    args:
+      - -u
+    excludedOutput: ["^0"]
+    exitCode: 0
diff --git a/cmd/pings/main.go b/cmd/pings/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2ce89ec2c65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/pings/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"github.com/getsentry/sentry-go"
+	"github.com/sourcegraph/log"
+
+	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/cmd/pings/shared"
+	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/conf"
+	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/env"
+	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/sanitycheck"
+	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/service/svcmain"
+)
+
+var sentryDSN = env.Get("PINGS_SENTRY_DSN", "", "Sentry DSN")
+
+func main() {
+	sanitycheck.Pass()
+	svcmain.SingleServiceMainWithoutConf(shared.Service, svcmain.Config{}, svcmain.OutOfBandConfiguration{
+		Logging: func() conf.LogSinksSource {
+			if sentryDSN == "" {
+				return nil
+			}
+
+			return conf.NewStaticLogsSinksSource(log.SinksConfig{
+				Sentry: &log.SentrySink{
+					ClientOptions: sentry.ClientOptions{
+						Dsn: sentryDSN,
+					},
+				},
+			})
+		}(),
+		Tracing: nil,
+	})
+}
diff --git a/cmd/pings/shared/BUILD.bazel b/cmd/pings/shared/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4648ddaad3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/pings/shared/BUILD.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_library")
+
+go_library(
+    name = "shared",
+    srcs = [
+        "config.go",
+        "main.go",
+        "service.go",
+    ],
+    importpath = "github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/cmd/pings/shared",
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+    deps = [
+        "//internal/debugserver",
+        "//internal/env",
+        "//internal/goroutine",
+        "//internal/httpserver",
+        "//internal/observation",
+        "//internal/pubsub",
+        "//internal/service",
+        "//internal/updatecheck",
+        "//internal/version",
+        "//lib/errors",
+        "@com_github_gorilla_mux//:mux",
+        "@com_github_sourcegraph_log//:log",
+    ],
+)
diff --git a/cmd/pings/shared/config.go b/cmd/pings/shared/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f6a86c5157b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/pings/shared/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package shared
+
+import (
+	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/env"
+)
+
+type Config struct {
+	env.BaseConfig
+
+	Address string
+
+	PubSub struct {
+		ProjectID string
+		TopicID   string
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *Config) Load() {
+	c.Address = c.Get("PINGS_ADDR", ":10086", "Address to serve Ping service on.")
+	c.PubSub.ProjectID = c.Get("PINGS_PUBSUB_PROJECT_ID", "", "The project ID for the Pub/Sub.")
+	c.PubSub.TopicID = c.Get("PINGS_PUBSUB_TOPIC_ID", "", "The topic ID for the Pub/Sub.")
+}
diff --git a/cmd/pings/shared/main.go b/cmd/pings/shared/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..232a3f4d3ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/pings/shared/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package shared
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/http"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
+	"github.com/sourcegraph/log"
+
+	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/goroutine"
+	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/httpserver"
+	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/observation"
+	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/pubsub"
+	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/service"
+	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/updatecheck"
+	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/version"
+	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/lib/errors"
+)
+
+func Main(ctx context.Context, obctx *observation.Context, ready service.ReadyFunc, config *Config) error {
+	// Initialize our server
+	serverHandler, err := newServerHandler(obctx.Logger, config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Errorf("create server handler: %v", err)
+	}
+	server := httpserver.NewFromAddr(
+		config.Address,
+		&http.Server{
+			ReadTimeout:  75 * time.Second,
+			WriteTimeout: 10 * time.Minute,
+			Handler:      serverHandler,
+		},
+	)
+
+	// Mark health server as ready and go!
+	ready()
+	obctx.Logger.Info("service ready", log.String("address", config.Address))
+
+	// Block until done
+	goroutine.MonitorBackgroundRoutines(ctx, server)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func newServerHandler(logger log.Logger, config *Config) (http.Handler, error) {
+	r := mux.NewRouter()
+
+	r.Path("/-/version").Methods(http.MethodGet).HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+		_, _ = w.Write([]byte(version.Version()))
+	})
+
+	pubsubClient, err := pubsub.NewTopicClient(config.PubSub.ProjectID, config.PubSub.TopicID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Errorf("create Pub/Sub client: %v", err)
+	}
+	r.Path("/-/healthz").Methods(http.MethodGet).HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+		var errs error
+		if err = pubsubClient.Ping(context.Background()); err != nil {
+			errs = errors.Append(errs, errors.Errorf("Pub/Sub client: %v", err))
+		}
+		if errs != nil {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			_, _ = w.Write([]byte(errs.Error()))
+			return
+		}
+
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+		_, _ = w.Write([]byte(http.StatusText(http.StatusOK)))
+	})
+	r.Path("/updates").
+		Methods(http.MethodGet, http.MethodPost).
+		HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			updatecheck.HandlePingRequest(logger, pubsubClient, w, r)
+		})
+	return r, nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/pings/shared/service.go b/cmd/pings/shared/service.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..04f955dfaca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/pings/shared/service.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package shared
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/debugserver"
+	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/env"
+	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/observation"
+	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/service"
+)
+
+// Service is the shared ping service.
+var Service service.Service = svc{}
+
+type svc struct{}
+
+func (svc) Name() string { return "pings" }
+
+func (svc) Configure() (env.Config, []debugserver.Endpoint) {
+	c := &Config{}
+	c.Load()
+	return c, []debugserver.Endpoint{}
+}
+
+func (svc) Start(ctx context.Context, observationCtx *observation.Context, ready service.ReadyFunc, config env.Config) error {
+	return Main(ctx, observationCtx, ready, config.(*Config))
+}
diff --git a/dev/check/go-dbconn-import.sh b/dev/check/go-dbconn-import.sh
index 8375f539067..5d1559ca93b 100755
--- a/dev/check/go-dbconn-import.sh
+++ b/dev/check/go-dbconn-import.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ allowed_prefix=(
   github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/cmd/symbols
   # Transitively depends on zoekt package which imports but does not use DB
   github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/cmd/searcher
+  # Transitively depends on updatecheck package which imports but does not use DB
+  github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/cmd/pings
   # Main entrypoints for running all services, so they must be allowed to import it.
   github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/cmd/sourcegraph-oss
   github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/enterprise/cmd/sourcegraph
diff --git a/doc/dev/background-information/sg/reference.md b/doc/dev/background-information/sg/reference.md
index e2f44111370..43103b055b3 100644
--- a/doc/dev/background-information/sg/reference.md
+++ b/doc/dev/background-information/sg/reference.md
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ Available commands in `sg.config.yaml`:
 * monitoring-generator
 * multiqueue-executor
 * otel-collector: OpenTelemetry collector
+* pings
 * postgres_exporter
 * prometheus
 * qdrant
diff --git a/internal/updatecheck/BUILD.bazel b/internal/updatecheck/BUILD.bazel
index c59341f2d85..6df38f54da0 100644
--- a/internal/updatecheck/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/internal/updatecheck/BUILD.bazel
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ go_library(
         "handler.go",
     ],
     importpath = "github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/updatecheck",
-    visibility = ["//cmd/frontend:__subpackages__"],
+    visibility = ["//:__subpackages__"],
     deps = [
         "//cmd/frontend/envvar",
         "//cmd/frontend/globals",
diff --git a/internal/updatecheck/handler.go b/internal/updatecheck/handler.go
index 8cc77b58b0d..e5e772a85de 100644
--- a/internal/updatecheck/handler.go
+++ b/internal/updatecheck/handler.go
@@ -84,13 +84,13 @@ func HandlerWithLog(logger log.Logger) (http.HandlerFunc, error) {
 		}
 	}
 	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		handler(logger, pubsubClient, w, r)
+		HandlePingRequest(logger, pubsubClient, w, r)
 	}, nil
 }
 
-// handler is an HTTP handler that responds with information about software updates
-// for Sourcegraph.
-func handler(logger log.Logger, pubsubClient pubsub.TopicClient, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+// HandlePingRequest handles the ping requests and responds with information
+// about software updates for Sourcegraph.
+func HandlePingRequest(logger log.Logger, pubsubClient pubsub.TopicClient, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	requestCounter.Inc()
 
 	pr, err := readPingRequest(r)
diff --git a/sg.config.yaml b/sg.config.yaml
index 0965b35f3dc..a5fbc04310b 100644
--- a/sg.config.yaml
+++ b/sg.config.yaml
@@ -316,6 +316,23 @@ commands:
       - internal
       - cmd/cody-gateway
 
+  pings:
+    cmd: |
+      .bin/pings
+    install: |
+      if [ -n "$DELVE" ]; then
+        export GCFLAGS='-N -l'
+      fi
+
+      go build -gcflags="$GCFLAGS" -o .bin/pings github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/cmd/pings
+    checkBinary: .bin/pings
+    env:
+      SRC_LOG_LEVEL: info
+    watch:
+      - lib
+      - internal
+      - cmd/pings
+
   searcher:
     cmd: .bin/searcher
     install: |