diff --git a/.changeset/skip-version-check.md b/.changeset/skip-version-check.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6fe3628e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/skip-version-check.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"react-grab": minor
+---
+
+Add `skipVersionCheck` option to opt out of the npm version check and silence the "outdated" console warning.
diff --git a/packages/react-grab/src/core/index.tsx b/packages/react-grab/src/core/index.tsx
index 941bd1ea1..17d315ce3 100644
--- a/packages/react-grab/src/core/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-grab/src/core/index.tsx
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ export const init = (rawOptions?: Options): ReactGrabAPI => {
   }
   hasInited = true;
 
-  logIntro();
+  logIntro({ skipVersionCheck: initialOptions.skipVersionCheck });
 
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars -- need to omit enabled from settableOptions to avoid circular dependency
   const { enabled: _enabled, ...settableOptions } = initialOptions;
diff --git a/packages/react-grab/src/core/log-intro.ts b/packages/react-grab/src/core/log-intro.ts
index 969c42150..1009f7e0c 100644
--- a/packages/react-grab/src/core/log-intro.ts
+++ b/packages/react-grab/src/core/log-intro.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { LOGO_SVG } from "./logo-svg.js";
 import { isExtensionContext } from "../utils/is-extension-context.js";
 
-export const logIntro = () => {
+export const logIntro = (options?: { skipVersionCheck?: boolean }) => {
   try {
     const version = process.env.VERSION;
     const logoDataUri = `data:image/svg+xml;base64,${btoa(LOGO_SVG)}`;
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export const logIntro = () => {
       `background: #330039; color: #ffffff; border: 1px solid #d75fcb; padding: 4px 4px 4px 24px; border-radius: 4px; background-image: url("${logoDataUri}"); background-size: 16px 16px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: 4px center; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 4px;`,
       "",
     );
+    if (options?.skipVersionCheck) return;
     if (navigator.onLine && version && !isExtensionContext()) {
       fetch(`https://www.react-grab.com/api/version?source=browser&v=${version}&t=${Date.now()}`, {
         referrerPolicy: "origin",
diff --git a/packages/react-grab/src/types.ts b/packages/react-grab/src/types.ts
index 1405dffef..4a93fdbbe 100644
--- a/packages/react-grab/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/react-grab/src/types.ts
@@ -252,6 +252,12 @@ export interface Options {
    * @default true
    */
   freezeReactUpdates?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Whether to skip the version check that logs a warning when a newer
+   * version of React Grab is available on npm.
+   * @default false
+   */
+  skipVersionCheck?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface SettableOptions extends Options {
diff --git a/packages/react-grab/src/utils/get-script-options.ts b/packages/react-grab/src/utils/get-script-options.ts
index 98d1c37da..32ab47378 100644
--- a/packages/react-grab/src/utils/get-script-options.ts
+++ b/packages/react-grab/src/utils/get-script-options.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ const parseOptionsFromJson = (rawValue: unknown): Partial<Options> | null => {
   if (typeof rawValue.freezeReactUpdates === "boolean") {
     parsedOptions.freezeReactUpdates = rawValue.freezeReactUpdates;
   }
+  if (typeof rawValue.skipVersionCheck === "boolean") {
+    parsedOptions.skipVersionCheck = rawValue.skipVersionCheck;
+  }
 
   if (Object.keys(parsedOptions).length === 0) return null;
   return parsedOptions;