diff --git a/.expeditor/config.yml b/.expeditor/config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b8aa8262
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.expeditor/config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# The name of the product key for this product from mixlib-install
+product_key: chefdk
+
+# Slack channel in Chef Software slack to send notifications about build failures, etc
+slack:
+  notify_channel: chef-notify
+
+# When a version of ChefDK hits the current channel, build a corresponding Docker image
+# and publish that image to https://hub.docker.com/r/chef/chefdk
+docker:
+  enable: true
+  build_args:
+    CHANNEL: "{{channel}}"
+    VERSION: "{{version}}"
+
+github:
+  # The file where the MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH version is kept
+  version_file: "VERSION"
+
+  # When a PR is merged, bump the PATCH version
+  bump_version_on_merge: true
+
+  # After the PATCH version has been bumped, execute this script
+  # to distribute that version to other files in the repository.
+  update_version_script: ".expeditor/update_version.sh"
+
+  # The tag format Expeditor should use when tagging version commits
+  version_tag_format: "v{{version}}"
+
+  # After the version is bumped and the tag is pushed to Github, trigger a Jenkins build
+  trigger_build_on_bump: true
diff --git a/.expeditor/update_version.sh b/.expeditor/update_version.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..62635b94a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.expeditor/update_version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# After a PR merge, Chef Expeditor will bump the PATCH version in the VERSION file.
+# It then executes this file to update any other files/components with that new version.
+#
+
+set -evx
+
+# The github-changelog-generator requires that LANG be set
+export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+
+# Only install groups required to run the Rake command
+export BUNDLE_WITHOUT=omnibus_package:test:aix:bsd:linux:mac_os_x:solaris:windows:default
+
+# We need to run a bundle install so that our `bundle exec rake` command will work.
+gem environment
+omnibus_bundler=$(grep bundler omnibus_overrides.rb | cut -d'"' -f2)
+gem install bundler -v $omnibus_bundler --user-install --conservative
+bundle install
+
+# Run a rake command that will update various files in chef/chef-dk with the new VERSION
+bundle exec rake version:update
+
+# Run the following commands to update the changelog and dockerfile, but ignore errors.
+bundle exec rake changelog:update || true
+bundle exec rake update_dockerfile || true
+
+# Our `rake` command can sometimes modify this file, but we don't care about the
+# changes it makes. Reset it to HEAD.
+git checkout .bundle/config
+
+# Once Expeditor finshes executing this script, it will commit the changes and push
+# the commit as a new tag corresponding to the value in the VERSION file.
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..227cea215
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2.0.0
diff --git a/tasks/version.rb b/tasks/version.rb
index 730fe5fca..b6a24a6f0 100644
--- a/tasks/version.rb
+++ b/tasks/version.rb
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
   desc "Bump patch version in lib/chef-dk/version.rb and update Gemfile*.lock conservatively to include the new version. If Gemfile has changed, this will update modified constraints as well."
   task :bump => "ci_version_bump"
 
+  # Can be deleted when we migrate fully to expeditor
   desc "Show the current version."
   task :show do
     puts version
@@ -55,6 +56,10 @@ def version
     end
   end
 
+  def version_file
+    File.expand_path("../../VERSION", __FILE__)
+  end
+
   def version_rb_path
     File.expand_path("../../lib/chef-dk/version.rb", __FILE__)
   end
@@ -67,6 +72,7 @@ def release_notes_path
     File.expand_path("../../RELEASE_NOTES.md", __FILE__)
   end
 
+  # Can be deleted when we migrate fully to expeditor
   # Add 1 to the current patch version in the VERSION file, and write it back out.
   desc "Bump the patch version in lib/chef-dk/version.rb."
   task :bump_patch do
@@ -80,6 +86,7 @@ def release_notes_path
     IO.write(version_rb_path, new_version_file)
   end
 
+  # Can be deleted when we migrate fully to expeditor
   desc "Bump the minor version in lib/chef-dk/version.rb"
   task :bump_minor do
     current_version_file = IO.read(version_rb_path)
@@ -96,6 +103,7 @@ def release_notes_path
     Rake::Task["bundle:install"].invoke
   end
 
+  # Can be deleted when we migrate fully to expeditor
   desc "Bump the major version in lib/chef-dk/version.rb"
   task :bump_major do
     current_version_file = IO.read(version_rb_path)
@@ -112,6 +120,24 @@ def release_notes_path
     Rake::Task["bundle:install"].invoke
   end
 
+  # Called from .expeditor/update_version.sh
+  desc "Propogate the version from VERSION to the necessary parts of the repo"
+  task :update do
+    version = IO.read(version_file).chomp
+
+    updated_version_file = IO.read(version_rb_path).sub(/^(\s*VERSION\s*=\s*")(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)/) do
+      "#{$1}#{version}"
+    end
+
+    updated_gemfile_lock = IO.read(gemfile_lock_path).gsub!(/^\s*(chef-dk)\s*\((= )?\S+\)\s*$/) do |line|
+      line.gsub(/\((= )?\d+(\.\d+)+/) { "(#{$1}#{version}" }
+    end
+
+    IO.write(version_rb_path, updated_version_file)
+    IO.write(gemfile_lock_path, updated_gemfile_lock)
+  end
+
+  # Can be deleted when we migrate fully to expeditor
   desc "Update the Gemfile.lock to include the current chef-dk version"
   task :update_gemfile_lock do
     if File.exist?(gemfile_lock_path)