diff --git a/src/commands/project/create-variable-group.test.ts b/src/commands/project/create-variable-group.test.ts
index 34b0ce249..3e5c16d5b 100644
--- a/src/commands/project/create-variable-group.test.ts
+++ b/src/commands/project/create-variable-group.test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ import {
   isExists as isBedrockFileExists,
   read as readBedrockFile
 } from "../../lib/bedrockYaml";
-import { PROJECT_PIPELINE_FILENAME } from "../../lib/constants";
+import {
+  PROJECT_PIPELINE_FILENAME,
+  VERSION_MESSAGE
+} from "../../lib/constants";
 import { AzureDevOpsOpts } from "../../lib/git";
 import { createTempDir } from "../../lib/ioUtil";
 import * as pipelineVariableGroup from "../../lib/pipelines/variableGroup";
@@ -30,6 +33,7 @@ import {
   setVariableGroupInBedrockFile,
   updateLifeCyclePipeline
 } from "./create-variable-group";
+import * as fileutils from "../../lib/fileutils";
 
 beforeAll(() => {
   enableVerboseLogging();
@@ -43,6 +47,10 @@ beforeEach(() => {
   jest.clearAllMocks();
 });
 
+jest
+  .spyOn(fileutils, "getVersionMessage")
+  .mockReturnValue(VERSION_MESSAGE + "0.5");
+
 const registryName = uuid();
 const variableGroupName = uuid();
 const hldRepoUrl = uuid();
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 0832b1a4f..f735d9a4f 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import fs from "fs";
 import yaml from "js-yaml";
 import * as os from "os";
 import path from "path";
+import { writeVersion } from "./lib/fileutils";
 import { getSecret } from "./lib/azure/keyvault";
 import { logger } from "./logger";
 import {
@@ -287,7 +288,8 @@ export const write = (
       throw new Error(`Pipeline yaml file name is undefined`);
     }
 
-    return fs.writeFileSync(path.join(targetDirectory, fileName), asYaml);
+    writeVersion(path.join(targetDirectory, fileName));
+    return fs.appendFileSync(path.join(targetDirectory, fileName), asYaml);
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/lib/constants.ts b/src/lib/constants.ts
index e4f382d2b..a47cc2e06 100644
--- a/src/lib/constants.ts
+++ b/src/lib/constants.ts
@@ -23,3 +23,5 @@ export const RENDER_HLD_PIPELINE_FILENAME = "manifest-generation.yaml";
 export const SERVICE_PIPELINE_FILENAME = "build-update-hld.yaml";
 
 export const VM_IMAGE = "ubuntu-latest";
+
+export const VERSION_MESSAGE = "# GENERATED WITH SPK VERSION ";
diff --git a/src/lib/fileutils.test.ts b/src/lib/fileutils.test.ts
index f3f807fc1..be6c07cc2 100644
--- a/src/lib/fileutils.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/fileutils.test.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import {
   generateHldLifecyclePipelineYaml,
   generateServiceBuildAndUpdatePipelineYaml,
   generateYamlScript,
+  getVersionMessage,
   sanitizeTriggerPath,
   serviceBuildAndUpdatePipeline,
   updateTriggerBranchesForServiceBuildAndUpdatePipeline
@@ -60,6 +61,10 @@ beforeEach(() => {
   jest.clearAllMocks();
 });
 
+jest.mock("../../package.json", () => {
+  return { version: "0.5" };
+});
+
 describe("generateAccessYaml", () => {
   const targetDirectory = "hld-repository";
   const serviceDirectory = "my-service";
@@ -158,6 +163,7 @@ describe("generateServiceBuildAndUpdatePipelineYaml", () => {
   const targetDirectory = "app-repository";
   const serviceDirectory = "my-service";
   const writeSpy = jest.spyOn(fs, "writeFileSync");
+  const appendSpy = jest.spyOn(fs, "appendFileSync");
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     mockFs({
@@ -198,7 +204,13 @@ describe("generateServiceBuildAndUpdatePipelineYaml", () => {
       path.join(targetDirectory, serviceDirectory),
       []
     );
+
     expect(writeSpy).toBeCalledWith(
+      expectedFilePath,
+      `${getVersionMessage()}\n`,
+      "utf8"
+    );
+    expect(appendSpy).toBeCalledWith(
       expectedFilePath,
       createTestServiceBuildAndUpdatePipelineYaml(
         true,
@@ -246,6 +258,7 @@ describe("updateTriggerBranchesForServiceBuildAndUpdatePipeline", () => {
   const targetDirectory = "app-repository";
   const serviceDirectory = "my-service";
   const writeSpy = jest.spyOn(fs, "writeFileSync");
+  const appendSpy = jest.spyOn(fs, "appendFileSync");
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     mockFs({
@@ -305,6 +318,11 @@ describe("updateTriggerBranchesForServiceBuildAndUpdatePipeline", () => {
     );
 
     expect(writeSpy).toBeCalledWith(
+      expectedFilePath,
+      `${getVersionMessage()}\n`,
+      "utf8"
+    );
+    expect(appendSpy).toBeCalledWith(
       expectedFilePath,
       createTestServiceBuildAndUpdatePipelineYaml(
         true,
@@ -322,6 +340,7 @@ describe("updateTriggerBranchesForServiceBuildAndUpdatePipeline", () => {
 describe("generateHldLifecyclePipelineYaml", () => {
   const targetDirectory = "app-repository";
   const writeSpy = jest.spyOn(fs, "writeFileSync");
+  const appendSpy = jest.spyOn(fs, "appendFileSync");
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     mockFs({
@@ -348,6 +367,11 @@ describe("generateHldLifecyclePipelineYaml", () => {
 
     generateHldLifecyclePipelineYaml(targetDirectory);
     expect(writeSpy).toBeCalledWith(
+      expectedFilePath,
+      `${getVersionMessage()}\n`,
+      "utf8"
+    );
+    expect(appendSpy).toBeCalledWith(
       expectedFilePath,
       createTestHldLifecyclePipelineYaml(),
       "utf8"
@@ -359,6 +383,8 @@ describe("generateHldLifecyclePipelineYaml", () => {
 describe("generateHldAzurePipelinesYaml", () => {
   const targetDirectory = "hld-repository";
   const writeSpy = jest.spyOn(fs, "writeFileSync");
+  const appendSpy = jest.spyOn(fs, "appendFileSync");
+
   beforeEach(() => {
     mockFs({
       "hld-repository": {}
@@ -384,6 +410,11 @@ describe("generateHldAzurePipelinesYaml", () => {
 
     generateHldAzurePipelinesYaml(targetDirectory);
     expect(writeSpy).toBeCalledWith(
+      expectedFilePath,
+      `${getVersionMessage()}\n`,
+      "utf8"
+    );
+    expect(appendSpy).toBeCalledWith(
       expectedFilePath,
       createTestHldAzurePipelinesYaml(),
       "utf8"
diff --git a/src/lib/fileutils.ts b/src/lib/fileutils.ts
index 136729343..2ef1436b9 100644
--- a/src/lib/fileutils.ts
+++ b/src/lib/fileutils.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   PROJECT_PIPELINE_FILENAME,
   RENDER_HLD_PIPELINE_FILENAME,
   SERVICE_PIPELINE_FILENAME,
+  VERSION_MESSAGE,
   VM_IMAGE
 } from "../lib/constants";
 import { logger } from "../logger";
@@ -347,6 +348,21 @@ export const serviceBuildAndUpdatePipeline = (
   return pipelineYaml;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Gets the spk version message
+ */
+export const getVersionMessage = (): string => {
+  return VERSION_MESSAGE + require("../../package.json").version;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Writes the spk version to the given file
+ * @param filePath The path to the file
+ */
+export const writeVersion = (filePath: string): void => {
+  fs.writeFileSync(filePath, `${getVersionMessage()}\n`, "utf8");
+};
+
 /**
  * Creates the service multistage build and update image tag pipeline.
  * One pipeline should exist for each service.
@@ -393,7 +409,9 @@ export const generateServiceBuildAndUpdatePipelineYaml = (
     ringBranches,
     variableGroups
   );
-  fs.writeFileSync(
+
+  writeVersion(pipelineYamlFullPath);
+  fs.appendFileSync(
     pipelineYamlFullPath,
     yaml.safeDump(buildYaml, { lineWidth: Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER }),
     "utf8"
@@ -437,7 +455,8 @@ export const updateTriggerBranchesForServiceBuildAndUpdatePipeline = (
     buildPipelineYaml.trigger.branches.include = ringBranches;
   }
 
-  fs.writeFileSync(
+  writeVersion(pipelineYamlFullPath);
+  fs.appendFileSync(
     pipelineYamlFullPath,
     yaml.safeDump(buildPipelineYaml, { lineWidth: Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER }),
     "utf8"
@@ -586,7 +605,8 @@ export const generateHldAzurePipelinesYaml = (
     `Generated ${RENDER_HLD_PIPELINE_FILENAME}. Commit and push this file to master before attempting to deploy via the command 'spk hld install-manifest-pipeline'; before running the pipeline ensure the following environment variables are available to your pipeline: ${requiredPipelineVariables}`
   );
 
-  fs.writeFileSync(azurePipelinesYamlPath, hldYaml, "utf8");
+  writeVersion(azurePipelinesYamlPath);
+  fs.appendFileSync(azurePipelinesYamlPath, hldYaml, "utf8");
 };
 
 /**
@@ -773,7 +793,9 @@ export const generateHldLifecyclePipelineYaml = async (
   logger.info(
     `Writing ${PROJECT_PIPELINE_FILENAME} file to ${azurePipelinesYamlPath}`
   );
-  fs.writeFileSync(azurePipelinesYamlPath, lifecycleYaml, "utf8");
+
+  writeVersion(azurePipelinesYamlPath);
+  fs.appendFileSync(azurePipelinesYamlPath, lifecycleYaml, "utf8");
 
   const requiredPipelineVariables = [
     `'HLD_REPO' (Repository for your HLD in AzDo. eg. 'dev.azure.com/bhnook/fabrikam/_git/hld')`,