diff --git a/orca-front50/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/front50/Front50Service.groovy b/orca-front50/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/front50/Front50Service.groovy
index acb0d27204..93543e92b2 100644
--- a/orca-front50/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/front50/Front50Service.groovy
+++ b/orca-front50/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/front50/Front50Service.groovy
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.front50
 
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.fiat.model.resources.ServiceAccount
+import com.netflix.spinnaker.kork.plugins.update.release.PluginInfoRelease
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.front50.model.Application
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.front50.model.ApplicationNotifications
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.front50.model.DeliveryConfig
@@ -52,8 +53,11 @@ interface Front50Service {
   @POST("/pluginInfo")
   PluginInfo upsertPluginInfo(@Body PluginInfo pluginInfo)
 
-  @DELETE("/pluginInfo/{pluginInfoId}")
-  Response deletePluginInfo(@Path("pluginInfoId") String pluginInfoId)
+  @DELETE("/pluginInfo/{pluginId}")
+  Response deletePluginInfo(@Path("pluginId") String pluginId)
+
+  @PUT("/pluginInfo/{pluginId}/releases/{version}")
+  Response setPreferredPluginVersion(@Path("pluginId") String pluginId, @Path("version") String version)
 
   @GET("/pipelines/{applicationName}")
   List<Map<String, Object>> getPipelines(@Path("applicationName") String applicationName)
diff --git a/orca-front50/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/front50/pipeline/SetPreferredPluginReleaseStage.java b/orca-front50/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/front50/pipeline/SetPreferredPluginReleaseStage.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..831de29358
--- /dev/null
+++ b/orca-front50/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/front50/pipeline/SetPreferredPluginReleaseStage.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Netflix, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.front50.pipeline;
+
+import com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.api.pipeline.graph.StageDefinitionBuilder;
+import com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.api.pipeline.graph.TaskNode;
+import com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.api.pipeline.models.StageExecution;
+import com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.front50.tasks.SetPreferredPluginReleaseTask;
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Component
+public class SetPreferredPluginReleaseStage implements StageDefinitionBuilder {
+
+  @Override
+  public void taskGraph(@Nonnull StageExecution stage, @Nonnull TaskNode.Builder builder) {
+    builder.withTask("setPreferredPluginVersion", SetPreferredPluginReleaseTask.class);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/orca-front50/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/front50/tasks/SetPreferredPluginReleaseTask.java b/orca-front50/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/front50/tasks/SetPreferredPluginReleaseTask.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4beb076acb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/orca-front50/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/front50/tasks/SetPreferredPluginReleaseTask.java
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Netflix, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.front50.tasks;
+
+import com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.api.pipeline.RetryableTask;
+import com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.api.pipeline.TaskResult;
+import com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.api.pipeline.models.StageExecution;
+import com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.front50.Front50Service;
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Component
+public class SetPreferredPluginReleaseTask implements RetryableTask {
+
+  private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SetPreferredPluginReleaseTask.class);
+
+  private final Front50Service front50Service;
+
+  public SetPreferredPluginReleaseTask(Front50Service front50Service) {
+    this.front50Service = front50Service;
+  }
+
+  @Nonnull
+  @Override
+  public TaskResult execute(@Nonnull StageExecution stage) {
+    final String pluginId = (String) stage.getContext().get("pluginId");
+    final String version = (String) stage.getContext().get("preferredVersion");
+
+    Objects.requireNonNull(pluginId);
+    Objects.requireNonNull(version);
+
+    try {
+      front50Service.setPreferredPluginVersion(pluginId, version);
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      log.error("Failed setting preferred plugin version '{}' to '{}'", pluginId, version, e);
+      return TaskResult.RUNNING;
+    }
+
+    return TaskResult.SUCCEEDED;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public long getBackoffPeriod() {
+    return Duration.ofSeconds(10).toMillis();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public long getTimeout() {
+    return Duration.ofMinutes(2).toMillis();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/orca-front50/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/front50/tasks/SetPreferredPluginReleaseTaskSpec.groovy b/orca-front50/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/front50/tasks/SetPreferredPluginReleaseTaskSpec.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..caa0690a0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/orca-front50/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/front50/tasks/SetPreferredPluginReleaseTaskSpec.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Netflix, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.front50.tasks
+
+import com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.api.pipeline.models.ExecutionStatus
+import com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.front50.Front50Service
+import com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.pipeline.model.StageExecutionImpl
+import spock.lang.Specification
+import spock.lang.Subject
+
+import static com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.test.model.ExecutionBuilder.stage
+
+class SetPreferredPluginReleaseTaskSpec extends Specification {
+
+  Front50Service front50Service = Mock()
+
+  @Subject
+  SetPreferredPluginReleaseTask subject = new SetPreferredPluginReleaseTask(front50Service)
+
+  def "should call front50"() {
+    given:
+    StageExecutionImpl stageExecution = stage {
+      type = "whatever"
+      context = [
+          "pluginId": "netflix.foo",
+          "preferredVersion": "1.0.1"
+      ]
+    }
+
+    when:
+    def result = subject.execute(stageExecution)
+
+    then:
+    result.status == ExecutionStatus.SUCCEEDED
+    1 * front50Service.setPreferredPluginVersion("netflix.foo", "1.0.1")
+  }
+}