diff --git a/packages/transactions/src/builders.ts b/packages/transactions/src/builders.ts
index b0a7981a23..b6d66ee9f3 100644
--- a/packages/transactions/src/builders.ts
+++ b/packages/transactions/src/builders.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import {
   TxRejectedReason,
   RECOVERABLE_ECDSA_SIG_LENGTH_BYTES,
   StacksMessageType,
+  ClarityVersion,
 } from './constants';
 import { ClarityAbi, validateContractCall } from './contract-abi';
 import {
@@ -689,6 +690,7 @@ export async function makeSTXTokenTransfer(
  * Contract deploy transaction options
  */
 export interface BaseContractDeployOptions {
+  clarityVersion?: ClarityVersion;
   contractName: string;
   /** the Clarity code to be deployed */
   codeBody: string;
@@ -734,7 +736,10 @@ export async function estimateContractDeploy(
   transaction: StacksTransaction,
   network?: StacksNetworkName | StacksNetwork
 ): Promise<bigint> {
-  if (transaction.payload.payloadType !== PayloadType.SmartContract) {
+  if (
+    transaction.payload.payloadType !== PayloadType.SmartContract &&
+    transaction.payload.payloadType !== PayloadType.VersionedSmartContract
+  ) {
     throw new Error(
       `Contract deploy fee estimation only possible with ${
         PayloadType[PayloadType.SmartContract]
@@ -808,7 +813,11 @@ export async function makeUnsignedContractDeploy(
 
   const options = Object.assign(defaultOptions, txOptions);
 
-  const payload = createSmartContractPayload(options.contractName, options.codeBody);
+  const payload = createSmartContractPayload(
+    options.contractName,
+    options.codeBody,
+    options.clarityVersion
+  );
 
   const addressHashMode = AddressHashMode.SerializeP2PKH;
   const pubKey = createStacksPublicKey(options.publicKey);
@@ -1384,6 +1393,7 @@ export async function sponsorTransaction(
     switch (options.transaction.payload.payloadType) {
       case PayloadType.TokenTransfer:
       case PayloadType.SmartContract:
+      case PayloadType.VersionedSmartContract:
       case PayloadType.ContractCall:
         const estimatedLen = estimateTransactionByteLength(options.transaction);
         try {
diff --git a/packages/transactions/src/constants.ts b/packages/transactions/src/constants.ts
index 2462f58678..9c65f8b39d 100644
--- a/packages/transactions/src/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/transactions/src/constants.ts
@@ -41,11 +41,17 @@ export function whenMessageType(messageType: StacksMessageType) {
 enum PayloadType {
   TokenTransfer = 0x00,
   SmartContract = 0x01,
+  VersionedSmartContract = 0x06,
   ContractCall = 0x02,
   PoisonMicroblock = 0x03,
   Coinbase = 0x04,
 }
 
+enum ClarityVersion {
+  Clarity1 = 1,
+  Clarity2 = 2,
+}
+
 /**
  * How a transaction should get appended to the Stacks blockchain.
  *
@@ -178,6 +184,7 @@ export {
   ChainID,
   StacksMessageType,
   PayloadType,
+  ClarityVersion,
   AnchorMode,
   TransactionVersion,
   PostConditionMode,
diff --git a/packages/transactions/src/index.ts b/packages/transactions/src/index.ts
index 34e6dc83e8..1e812e9ec6 100644
--- a/packages/transactions/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/transactions/src/index.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export {
   TokenTransferPayload,
   ContractCallPayload,
   SmartContractPayload,
+  VersionedSmartContractPayload,
   PoisonPayload,
   CoinbasePayload,
   serializePayload,
diff --git a/packages/transactions/src/payload.ts b/packages/transactions/src/payload.ts
index 79eb216f0f..437a7993df 100644
--- a/packages/transactions/src/payload.ts
+++ b/packages/transactions/src/payload.ts
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 import { concatArray, IntegerType, intToBigInt, intToBytes, writeUInt32BE } from '@stacks/common';
-import { COINBASE_BYTES_LENGTH, PayloadType, StacksMessageType } from './constants';
+import { ClarityVersion, COINBASE_BYTES_LENGTH, PayloadType, StacksMessageType } from './constants';
 
+import { BytesReader } from './bytesReader';
+import { ClarityValue, deserializeCV, serializeCV } from './clarity/';
+import { PrincipalCV, principalCV } from './clarity/types/principalCV';
+import { Address } from './common';
+import { createAddress, createLPString, LengthPrefixedString } from './postcondition-types';
 import {
-  MemoString,
+  codeBodyString,
   createMemoString,
-  serializeStacksMessage,
   deserializeAddress,
   deserializeLPString,
   deserializeMemoString,
-  codeBodyString,
+  MemoString,
+  serializeStacksMessage,
 } from './types';
-import { createAddress, LengthPrefixedString, createLPString } from './postcondition-types';
-import { Address } from './common';
-import { ClarityValue, serializeCV, deserializeCV } from './clarity/';
-
-import { BytesReader } from './bytesReader';
-import { PrincipalCV, principalCV } from './clarity/types/principalCV';
 
 export type Payload =
   | TokenTransferPayload
   | ContractCallPayload
   | SmartContractPayload
+  | VersionedSmartContractPayload
   | PoisonPayload
   | CoinbasePayload;
 
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ export type PayloadInput =
   | (TokenTransferPayload | (Omit<TokenTransferPayload, 'amount'> & { amount: IntegerType }))
   | ContractCallPayload
   | SmartContractPayload
+  | VersionedSmartContractPayload
   | PoisonPayload
   | CoinbasePayload;
 
@@ -102,10 +103,19 @@ export interface SmartContractPayload {
   readonly codeBody: LengthPrefixedString;
 }
 
+export interface VersionedSmartContractPayload {
+  readonly type: StacksMessageType.Payload;
+  readonly payloadType: PayloadType.VersionedSmartContract;
+  readonly clarityVersion: ClarityVersion;
+  readonly contractName: LengthPrefixedString;
+  readonly codeBody: LengthPrefixedString;
+}
+
 export function createSmartContractPayload(
   contractName: string | LengthPrefixedString,
-  codeBody: string | LengthPrefixedString
-): SmartContractPayload {
+  codeBody: string | LengthPrefixedString,
+  clarityVersion?: ClarityVersion
+): SmartContractPayload | VersionedSmartContractPayload {
   if (typeof contractName === 'string') {
     contractName = createLPString(contractName);
   }
@@ -113,12 +123,22 @@ export function createSmartContractPayload(
     codeBody = codeBodyString(codeBody);
   }
 
-  return {
-    type: StacksMessageType.Payload,
-    payloadType: PayloadType.SmartContract,
-    contractName,
-    codeBody,
-  };
+  if (typeof clarityVersion === 'number') {
+    return {
+      type: StacksMessageType.Payload,
+      payloadType: PayloadType.VersionedSmartContract,
+      clarityVersion: clarityVersion,
+      contractName,
+      codeBody,
+    };
+  } else {
+    return {
+      type: StacksMessageType.Payload,
+      payloadType: PayloadType.SmartContract,
+      contractName,
+      codeBody,
+    };
+  }
 }
 
 export interface PoisonPayload {
@@ -172,6 +192,11 @@ export function serializePayload(payload: PayloadInput): Uint8Array {
       bytesArray.push(serializeStacksMessage(payload.contractName));
       bytesArray.push(serializeStacksMessage(payload.codeBody));
       break;
+    case PayloadType.VersionedSmartContract:
+      bytesArray.push(payload.clarityVersion);
+      bytesArray.push(serializeStacksMessage(payload.contractName));
+      bytesArray.push(serializeStacksMessage(payload.codeBody));
+      break;
     case PayloadType.PoisonMicroblock:
       // TODO: implement
       break;
@@ -214,6 +239,15 @@ export function deserializePayload(bytesReader: BytesReader): Payload {
       const smartContractName = deserializeLPString(bytesReader);
       const codeBody = deserializeLPString(bytesReader, 4, 100_000);
       return createSmartContractPayload(smartContractName, codeBody);
+
+    case PayloadType.VersionedSmartContract: {
+      const clarityVersion = bytesReader.readUInt8Enum(ClarityVersion, n => {
+        throw new Error(`Cannot recognize ClarityVersion: ${n}`);
+      });
+      const smartContractName = deserializeLPString(bytesReader);
+      const codeBody = deserializeLPString(bytesReader, 4, 100_000);
+      return createSmartContractPayload(smartContractName, codeBody, clarityVersion);
+    }
     case PayloadType.PoisonMicroblock:
       // TODO: implement
       return createPoisonPayload();
diff --git a/packages/transactions/src/transaction.ts b/packages/transactions/src/transaction.ts
index 316d996188..7d3e65d187 100644
--- a/packages/transactions/src/transaction.ts
+++ b/packages/transactions/src/transaction.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ export class StacksTransaction {
         }
         case PayloadType.ContractCall:
         case PayloadType.SmartContract:
+        case PayloadType.VersionedSmartContract:
         case PayloadType.TokenTransfer: {
           this.anchorMode = AnchorMode.Any;
           break;
diff --git a/packages/transactions/tests/builder.test.ts b/packages/transactions/tests/builder.test.ts
index 9bcbb1e0d8..e2cefa7d6f 100644
--- a/packages/transactions/tests/builder.test.ts
+++ b/packages/transactions/tests/builder.test.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import {
   AddressHashMode,
   AnchorMode,
   AuthType,
+  ClarityVersion,
   DEFAULT_CORE_NODE_API_URL,
   FungibleConditionCode,
   NonFungibleConditionCode,
@@ -656,6 +657,32 @@ test('addSignature to an unsigned transaction', async () => {
   expect(unsignedTx).not.toBe(signedTx);
 });
 
+test('Make versioned smart contract deploy', async () => {
+  const contractName = 'kv-store';
+  const codeBody = fs.readFileSync('./tests/contracts/kv-store.clar').toString();
+  const senderKey = 'e494f188c2d35887531ba474c433b1e41fadd8eb824aca983447fd4bb8b277a801';
+  const fee = 0;
+  const nonce = 0;
+
+  const transaction = await makeContractDeploy({
+    contractName,
+    codeBody,
+    senderKey,
+    fee,
+    nonce,
+    network: new StacksTestnet(),
+    anchorMode: AnchorMode.Any,
+    clarityVersion: ClarityVersion.Clarity2,
+  });
+
+  const serialized = transaction.serialize().toString('hex');
+
+  const tx =
+    '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';
+
+  expect(serialized).toBe(tx);
+});
+
 test('Make smart contract deploy', async () => {
   const contractName = 'kv-store';
   const codeBody = fs.readFileSync('./tests/contracts/kv-store.clar').toString();
diff --git a/packages/transactions/tests/payload.test.ts b/packages/transactions/tests/payload.test.ts
index 6de86f0087..45ed1c323d 100644
--- a/packages/transactions/tests/payload.test.ts
+++ b/packages/transactions/tests/payload.test.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
 import {
-  TokenTransferPayload,
-  ContractCallPayload,
-  SmartContractPayload,
   CoinbasePayload,
-  createSmartContractPayload,
+  ContractCallPayload,
   createCoinbasePayload,
   createContractCallPayload,
+  createSmartContractPayload,
   createTokenTransferPayload,
+  SmartContractPayload,
+  TokenTransferPayload,
+  VersionedSmartContractPayload,
 } from '../src/payload';
 
 import { serializeDeserialize } from './macros';
 
-import { trueCV, falseCV, standardPrincipalCV, contractPrincipalCV } from '../src/clarity';
+import { contractPrincipalCV, falseCV, standardPrincipalCV, trueCV } from '../src/clarity';
 
-import { COINBASE_BYTES_LENGTH, StacksMessageType } from '../src/constants';
-import { principalToString } from '../src/clarity/types/principalCV';
 import { bytesToUtf8 } from '@stacks/common';
+import { principalToString } from '../src/clarity/types/principalCV';
+import { ClarityVersion, COINBASE_BYTES_LENGTH, StacksMessageType } from '../src/constants';
 
 test('STX token transfer payload serialization and deserialization', () => {
   const recipient = standardPrincipalCV('SP3FGQ8Z7JY9BWYZ5WM53E0M9NK7WHJF0691NZ159');
@@ -118,6 +119,30 @@ test('Smart contract payload serialization and deserialization', () => {
   expect(deserialized.codeBody.content).toBe(codeBody);
 });
 
+test('Versioned smart contract payload serialization and deserialization', () => {
+  const contractName = 'contract_name';
+  const codeBody =
+    '(define-map store ((key (buff 32))) ((value (buff 32))))' +
+    '(define-public (get-value (key (buff 32)))' +
+    '   (match (map-get? store ((key key)))' +
+    '       entry (ok (get value entry))' +
+    '       (err 0)))' +
+    '(define-public (set-value (key (buff 32)) (value (buff 32)))' +
+    '   (begin' +
+    '       (map-set store ((key key)) ((value value)))' +
+    "       (ok 'true)))";
+
+  const payload = createSmartContractPayload(contractName, codeBody, ClarityVersion.Clarity2);
+
+  const deserialized = serializeDeserialize(
+    payload,
+    StacksMessageType.Payload
+  ) as VersionedSmartContractPayload;
+  expect(deserialized.clarityVersion).toBe(2);
+  expect(deserialized.contractName.content).toBe(contractName);
+  expect(deserialized.codeBody.content).toBe(codeBody);
+});
+
 test('Coinbase payload serialization and deserialization', () => {
   // eslint-disable-next-line node/prefer-global/buffer
   const coinbaseBuffer = Buffer.alloc(COINBASE_BYTES_LENGTH, 0);