diff --git a/qgis-app/plugins/tasks/update_qgis_versions.py b/qgis-app/plugins/tasks/update_qgis_versions.py
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+++ b/qgis-app/plugins/tasks/update_qgis_versions.py
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+from celery import shared_task
+from base.models.site_preferences import SitePreference
+from plugins.utils import get_qgis_versions
+
+
+@shared_task
+def update_qgis_versions():
+    """
+    This background task fetches the QGIS versions from the GitHub QGIS releases
+    and then updates the current QGIS version in the database.
+    """
+    site_preference = SitePreference.objects.first()
+    if not site_preference:
+        site_preference = SitePreference.objects.create()
+
+    qgis_versions = get_qgis_versions()
+    stored_qgis_versions = site_preference.qgis_versions.split(',')
+    for qgis_version in qgis_versions:
+        if qgis_version not in stored_qgis_versions:
+            stored_qgis_versions.append(qgis_version)
+    stored_qgis_versions = list(filter(None, stored_qgis_versions))
+    stored_qgis_versions = [tuple(map(int, v.split('.'))) for v in stored_qgis_versions]
+    stored_qgis_versions.sort(reverse=True)
+    stored_qgis_versions = ['.'.join(map(str, v)) for v in stored_qgis_versions]
+
+    site_preference.qgis_versions = ','.join(stored_qgis_versions)
+    site_preference.save()
diff --git a/qgis-app/plugins/tests/test_task.py b/qgis-app/plugins/tests/test_task.py
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+import os
+
+from django.test import TestCase, override_settings
+from django.conf import settings
+
+from preferences import preferences
+from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock
+
+from base.models.site_preferences import SitePreference
+from plugins.tasks.generate_plugins_xml import generate_plugins_xml
+from plugins.tasks.update_qgis_versions import update_qgis_versions
+
+
+class TestPluginTask(TestCase):
+    @patch.object(SitePreference.objects, 'first')
+    @patch.object(SitePreference.objects, 'create')
+    @patch('plugins.tasks.update_qgis_versions.get_qgis_versions')
+    def test_update_qgis_versions(self, mock_get_qgis_versions, mock_create, mock_first):
+        mock_create.return_value = MagicMock()
+        mock_get_qgis_versions.return_value = ['3.16', '3.11', '3.12']
+        site_preference = MagicMock()
+        site_preference.qgis_versions = '3.16,3.17'
+        mock_first.return_value = site_preference
+
+        update_qgis_versions()
+
+        self.assertEqual(site_preference.qgis_versions, '3.17,3.16,3.12,3.11')
+        site_preference.save.assert_called_once()
+
+    @patch.object(SitePreference.objects, 'first')
+    @patch.object(SitePreference.objects, 'create')
+    @patch('plugins.tasks.update_qgis_versions.get_qgis_versions')
+    def test_update_qgis_versions_no_site_preference(self, mock_get_qgis_versions, mock_create, mock_first):
+        mock_get_qgis_versions.return_value = ['3.16', '3.16', '3.16']
+        mock_first.return_value = None
+        mock_create.return_value = MagicMock()
+        update_qgis_versions()
+        mock_create.assert_called_once()
+
+    @override_settings(DEFAULT_PLUGINS_SITE='http://test_plugins_site')
+    @patch('requests.get')
+    @patch('os.path.exists', return_value=False)
+    @patch('os.mkdir')
+    @patch('builtins.open', new_callable=MagicMock)
+    def test_generate_plugins_xml(self, mock_open, mock_mkdir, mock_exists, mock_get):
+        # Given
+        mock_response = MagicMock()
+        mock_response.status_code = 200
+        mock_response.text = '<some xml content>'
+        mock_get.return_value = mock_response
+        preferences.SitePreference.qgis_versions = '3.24,3.25'
+
+        expected_folder_path = os.path.join(settings.MEDIA_ROOT, 'cached_xmls')
+
+        # When
+        generate_plugins_xml()
+
+        # Then
+        mock_mkdir.assert_called_once_with(expected_folder_path)
+        expected_calls = [
+            ((f'{settings.DEFAULT_PLUGINS_SITE}/plugins/plugins_new.xml?qgis=3.24',),),
+            ((f'{settings.DEFAULT_PLUGINS_SITE}/plugins/plugins_new.xml?qgis=3.25',),)
+        ]
+        mock_get.assert_has_calls(expected_calls, any_order=True)
+        mock_open.assert_any_call(os.path.join(expected_folder_path, 'plugins_3.24.xml'), 'w+')
+        mock_open.assert_any_call(os.path.join(expected_folder_path, 'plugins_3.25.xml'), 'w+')
+
+    @override_settings(DEFAULT_PLUGINS_SITE='http://test_plugins_site')
+    @patch('requests.get')
+    @patch('os.path.exists', return_value=False)
+    @patch('os.mkdir')
+    @patch('builtins.open', new_callable=MagicMock)
+    def test_generate_plugins_xml_with_custom_site(self, mock_open, mock_mkdir, mock_exists, mock_get):
+        # Given
+        mock_response = MagicMock()
+        mock_response.status_code = 200
+        mock_response.text = '<some xml content>'
+        mock_get.return_value = mock_response
+        preferences.SitePreference.qgis_versions = '3.24,3.25'
+
+        expected_folder_path = os.path.join(settings.MEDIA_ROOT, 'cached_xmls')
+
+        # When
+        generate_plugins_xml('http://custom_plugins_site')
+
+        # Then
+        mock_mkdir.assert_called_once_with(expected_folder_path)
+        expected_calls = [
+            (('http://custom_plugins_site/plugins/plugins_new.xml?qgis=3.24',),),
+            (('http://custom_plugins_site/plugins/plugins_new.xml?qgis=3.25',),)
+        ]
+        mock_get.assert_has_calls(expected_calls, any_order=True)
+        mock_open.assert_any_call(os.path.join(expected_folder_path, 'plugins_3.24.xml'), 'w+')
+        mock_open.assert_any_call(os.path.join(expected_folder_path, 'plugins_3.25.xml'), 'w+')
diff --git a/qgis-app/plugins/tests/test_utils.py b/qgis-app/plugins/tests/test_utils.py
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+from unittest.mock import patch, Mock
+from django.test import TestCase
+from plugins.utils import (
+    get_qgis_versions,
+    extract_version
+)
+
+
+class TestQGISGitHubReleases(TestCase):
+
+    @patch('requests.get')
+    def test_get_qgis_versions(self, mock_get):
+        mock_response = Mock()
+        mock_response.status_code = 200
+        mock_response.json.return_value = [
+            {'tag_name': 'final_3_22_10', 'html_url': 'https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/releases/tag/final-3_22_10'},
+            {'tag_name': 'beta_3_23_0', 'html_url': 'https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/releases/tag/beta-3_23_0'}
+        ]
+        mock_get.return_value = mock_response
+
+        versions = get_qgis_versions()
+        self.assertIn('3.22', versions)
+
+    @patch('requests.get')
+    def test_get_github_releases_failed_request(self, mock_get):
+        mock_response = Mock()
+        mock_response.status_code = 404
+        mock_get.return_value = mock_response
+
+        with self.assertRaises(Exception) as context:
+            get_qgis_versions()
+        self.assertTrue('Request failed' in str(context.exception))
+
+    def test_extract_version(self):
+        self.assertEqual(extract_version('final-3.22.10'), '3.22')
+        self.assertEqual(extract_version('beta-3.23.0'), '3.23')
+        self.assertIsNone(extract_version('invalid-tag'))
diff --git a/qgis-app/plugins/utils.py b/qgis-app/plugins/utils.py
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+import requests
+import re
+
+
+def extract_version(tag):
+    """
+    Extracts the major and minor version from a given tag.
+
+    The tag should be in the format of x.y.z where x, y, and z are
+    numbers representing major, minor, and patch versions respectively.
+
+    Args:
+       tag (str): The version tag to be processed.
+
+    Returns:
+       str: The major and minor version as x.y, or None if no match.
+    """
+    match = re.search(r'(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)', tag)
+    if match:
+        version = match.group(1)
+        version_parts = version.split('.')
+        return '.'.join(version_parts[:-1])
+    else:
+        return None
+
+
+def get_qgis_versions():
+    """
+    Fetches all releases from the QGIS GitHub repository and extracts their
+    major and minor versions.
+
+    Returns:
+        list: A list of unique major and minor versions of the releases.
+
+    Raises:
+        Exception: If the request to the GitHub API fails.
+    """
+    url = 'https://api.github.com/repos/qgis/QGIS/releases'
+    response = requests.get(url)
+    if response.status_code != 200:
+        raise Exception('Request failed')
+    releases = response.json()
+    all_versions = []
+    for release in releases:
+        tag_name = release['tag_name'].replace('_', '.')
+        version = extract_version(tag_name)
+        if version not in all_versions:
+            all_versions.append(version)
+    return all_versions
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