diff --git a/services/npm/npm-latest-package-update.js b/services/npm/npm-latest-package-update.js
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+import Joi from 'joi'
+import { BaseService, pathParams } from '../index.js'
+import { formatRelativeDate } from '../text-formatters.js'
+
+const schema = Joi.object({
+  time: Joi.object({
+    modified: Joi.date().optional(),
+    created: Joi.date().required(),
+  }).required(),
+}).required()
+
+const description = `
+Supply package name to display the latest package update time
+`
+
+/*
+ * TODO: Add `version` parameter to get version-specific data
+ */
+export default class NpmLatestPackageUpdate extends BaseService {
+  static category = 'version'
+
+  static route = {
+    base: '/npm/latest-update/',
+    pattern: ':name',
+  }
+
+  static openApi = {
+    '/npm/latest-update/{name}': {
+      get: {
+        summary: 'NPM latest package update time',
+        description,
+        parameters: pathParams({
+          name: 'name',
+          example: 'npm',
+        }),
+      },
+    },
+  }
+
+  static defaultBadgeData = {
+    label: 'published',
+    color: 'blue',
+  }
+
+  static render({ time }) {
+    return {
+      message: time,
+      label: this.defaultBadgeData.label,
+      color: this.defaultBadgeData.color,
+    }
+  }
+
+  async fetch({ name }) {
+    return this._requestJson({
+      schema,
+      url: `https://registry.npmjs.org/${name}`,
+    })
+  }
+
+  async handle({ name }) {
+    const data = await this.fetch({ name })
+
+    return this.constructor.render({
+      time: formatRelativeDate(data.time),
+    })
+  }
+}
diff --git a/services/npm/npm-latest-package-update.spec.js b/services/npm/npm-latest-package-update.spec.js
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+import { ServiceTester } from '../tester.js'
+
+export const t = new ServiceTester({
+  id: 'npm-latest-package-update',
+  title: 'NPM Latest Package update Tests',
+})
+
+/*
+>> TODO: Create tests
+
+t.create('NPM Latest Package update')
+
+t.create('NPM Latest Package update (negative)')
+
+t.create('NPM Latest Package update - Invalid')
+ */