diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 63a12f55c80e8e..8574d27cae8baa 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
 		}
 	],
 	"require": {
-		"php": ">=7.4",
-		"composer/installers": "^1.0 || ^2.0"
+		"composer/installers": "^1.0 || ^2.0",
+		"afragen/git-updater-lite": "^3"
 	},
 	"scripts": {
 		"format": "phpcbf --standard=phpcs.xml.dist --report-summary --report-source",
diff --git a/gutenberg.php b/gutenberg.php
index 9236537dc8bbd1..1c0f7e51a0a283 100644
--- a/gutenberg.php
+++ b/gutenberg.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  * Version: 23.7.20260716
  * Author: Gutenberg Team and Birgit Pauli-Haack (Gutenberg Times)
  * Text Domain: gutenberg
+ * Update URI: https://gutenbergtimes.com
  * GitHub Plugin URI: bph/gutenberg
  * Primary Branch: trunk
  * Release Asset: true
@@ -16,6 +17,16 @@
  * @package gutenberg
  */
 
+// Add the development channel to the Git Updater Lite API URL for the Gutenberg plugin.
+add_filter( 'git_updater_lite_api_url', fn( $url, $slug ) => ( 'gutenberg' === $slug ) ? add_query_arg( [ 'channel' => 'development' ], $url ) : $url, 10, 2 );
+
+ // Initialize Git Updater Lite.
+ if ( file_exists( __DIR__ . '/vendor/afragen/git-updater-lite/Lite.php' ) ) {
+	require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/afragen/git-updater-lite/Lite.php';
+	( new \Fragen\Git_Updater\Lite( __FILE__ ) )->run();
+}
+
+
 // GitHub Updater filters.
 add_filter(
 	'gu_override_dot_org',