diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 418fe8729..55f9d0172 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v1.9.0 (unreleased)
+
+- Introduce default version setting to DurableTaskClient and expose to orchestrator ([#393](https://github.com/microsoft/durabletask-dotnet/pull/393))
+
 ## v1.8.1
 
 - Add timeout to gRPC workitem streaming ([#390](https://github.com/microsoft/durabletask-dotnet/pull/390))
diff --git a/src/Abstractions/TaskOrchestrationContext.cs b/src/Abstractions/TaskOrchestrationContext.cs
index b37b46d36..4eb087bae 100644
--- a/src/Abstractions/TaskOrchestrationContext.cs
+++ b/src/Abstractions/TaskOrchestrationContext.cs
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ public abstract class TaskOrchestrationContext
     /// </value>
     public abstract bool IsReplaying { get; }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the version of the current orchestration instance, which was set when the instance was created.
+    /// </summary>
+    public abstract string Version { get; }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the entity feature, for interacting with entities.
     /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Client/Core/DependencyInjection/DurableTaskClientBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/Client/Core/DependencyInjection/DurableTaskClientBuilderExtensions.cs
index bb274ad08..5c8547592 100644
--- a/src/Client/Core/DependencyInjection/DurableTaskClientBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Client/Core/DependencyInjection/DurableTaskClientBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -89,4 +89,16 @@ public static IDurableTaskClientBuilder UseBuildTarget<TTarget, TOptions>(this I
             });
         return builder;
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Sets the default version for this builder. This version will be applied by default to all orchestrations if set.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="builder">The builder to set the version for.</param>
+    /// <param name="version">The version that will be used as the default version.</param>
+    /// <returns>The original builder, for call chaining.</returns>
+    public static IDurableTaskClientBuilder UseDefaultVersion(this IDurableTaskClientBuilder builder, string version)
+    {
+        builder.Configure(options => options.DefaultVersion = version);
+        return builder;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Client/Core/DurableTaskClientOptions.cs b/src/Client/Core/DurableTaskClientOptions.cs
index 296b750db..05f19e7bd 100644
--- a/src/Client/Core/DurableTaskClientOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Client/Core/DurableTaskClientOptions.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ public class DurableTaskClientOptions
     DataConverter dataConverter = JsonDataConverter.Default;
     bool enableEntitySupport;
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the version of orchestrations that will be created.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// Currently, this is sourced from the AzureManaged client options.
+    /// </remarks>
+    public string DefaultVersion { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets or sets the data converter. Default value is <see cref="JsonDataConverter.Default" />.
     /// </summary>
@@ -95,6 +103,11 @@ internal void ApplyTo(DurableTaskClientOptions other)
             {
                 other.EnableEntitySupport = this.EnableEntitySupport;
             }
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(this.DefaultVersion))
+            {
+                other.DefaultVersion = this.DefaultVersion;
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Client/Grpc/GrpcDurableTaskClient.cs b/src/Client/Grpc/GrpcDurableTaskClient.cs
index a408151d7..e7fd1da92 100644
--- a/src/Client/Grpc/GrpcDurableTaskClient.cs
+++ b/src/Client/Grpc/GrpcDurableTaskClient.cs
@@ -78,10 +78,20 @@ public override async Task<string> ScheduleNewOrchestrationInstanceAsync(
     {
         Check.NotEntity(this.options.EnableEntitySupport, options?.InstanceId);
 
+        string version = string.Empty;
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(orchestratorName.Version))
+        {
+            version = orchestratorName.Version;
+        }
+        else if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(this.options.DefaultVersion))
+        {
+            version = this.options.DefaultVersion;
+        }
+
         var request = new P.CreateInstanceRequest
         {
             Name = orchestratorName.Name,
-            Version = orchestratorName.Version,
+            Version = version,
             InstanceId = options?.InstanceId ?? Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N"),
             Input = this.DataConverter.Serialize(input),
         };
diff --git a/src/Worker/Core/Shims/TaskOrchestrationContextWrapper.cs b/src/Worker/Core/Shims/TaskOrchestrationContextWrapper.cs
index 7151a4e0f..8ce7d5125 100644
--- a/src/Worker/Core/Shims/TaskOrchestrationContextWrapper.cs
+++ b/src/Worker/Core/Shims/TaskOrchestrationContextWrapper.cs
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ public override TaskOrchestrationEntityFeature Entities
         }
     }
 
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override string Version => this.innerContext.Version;
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the DataConverter to use for inputs, outputs, and entity states.
     /// </summary>
diff --git a/test/Client/Grpc.Tests/DependencyInjection/DurableTaskClientBuilderExtensionsTests.cs b/test/Client/Grpc.Tests/DependencyInjection/DurableTaskClientBuilderExtensionsTests.cs
index 8c0498eb7..59c03d98c 100644
--- a/test/Client/Grpc.Tests/DependencyInjection/DurableTaskClientBuilderExtensionsTests.cs
+++ b/test/Client/Grpc.Tests/DependencyInjection/DurableTaskClientBuilderExtensionsTests.cs
@@ -67,6 +67,20 @@ public void UseGrpc_Callback_Sets()
         options.Address.Should().BeNull();
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void UseDefaultVersion_DefaultVersion_Sets()
+    {
+        ServiceCollection services = new();
+        DefaultDurableTaskClientBuilder builder = new(null, services);
+        builder.UseDefaultVersion("0.1")
+            .UseGrpc();
+
+        IServiceProvider provider = services.BuildServiceProvider();
+        GrpcDurableTaskClientOptions options = provider.GetOptions<GrpcDurableTaskClientOptions>();
+
+        options.DefaultVersion.Should().Be("0.1");
+    }
+
 #if NET6_0_OR_GREATER
     static GrpcChannel GetChannel() => GrpcChannel.ForAddress("http://localhost:9001");
 #endif
diff --git a/test/Grpc.IntegrationTests/IntegrationTestBase.cs b/test/Grpc.IntegrationTests/IntegrationTestBase.cs
index fd63613f4..d6a915c92 100644
--- a/test/Grpc.IntegrationTests/IntegrationTestBase.cs
+++ b/test/Grpc.IntegrationTests/IntegrationTestBase.cs
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
 using System.Diagnostics;
-using Microsoft.DurableTask.Tests.Logging;
 using Microsoft.DurableTask.Client;
+using Microsoft.DurableTask.Tests.Logging;
 using Microsoft.DurableTask.Worker;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Xunit.Abstractions;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 
 namespace Microsoft.DurableTask.Grpc.Tests;
 
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ void IDisposable.Dispose()
         GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
     }
 
-    protected async Task<HostTestLifetime> StartWorkerAsync(Action<IDurableTaskWorkerBuilder> configure)
+    protected async Task<HostTestLifetime> StartWorkerAsync(Action<IDurableTaskWorkerBuilder> workerConfigure, Action<IDurableTaskClientBuilder>? clientConfigure = null)
     {
-        IHost host = this.CreateHostBuilder(configure).Build();
+        IHost host = this.CreateHostBuilder(workerConfigure, clientConfigure).Build();
         await host.StartAsync(this.TimeoutToken);
         return new HostTestLifetime(host, this.TimeoutToken);
     }
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ protected async Task<HostTestLifetime> StartWorkerAsync(Action<IDurableTaskWorke
     /// <summary>
     /// Creates a <see cref="IHostBuilder"/> configured to output logs to xunit logging infrastructure.
     /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="configure">Configures the durable task builder.</param>
-    protected IHostBuilder CreateHostBuilder(Action<IDurableTaskWorkerBuilder> configure)
+    /// <param name="workerConfigure">Configures the durable task worker builder.</param>
+    /// <param name="clientConfigure">Configures the durable task client builder.</param>
+    protected IHostBuilder CreateHostBuilder(Action<IDurableTaskWorkerBuilder> workerConfigure, Action<IDurableTaskClientBuilder>? clientConfigure)
     {
         return Host.CreateDefaultBuilder()
             .ConfigureLogging(b =>
@@ -68,13 +69,14 @@ protected IHostBuilder CreateHostBuilder(Action<IDurableTaskWorkerBuilder> confi
                 services.AddDurableTaskWorker(b =>
                 {
                     b.UseGrpc(this.sidecarFixture.Channel);
-                    configure(b);
+                    workerConfigure(b);
                 });
 
                 services.AddDurableTaskClient(b =>
                 {
                     b.UseGrpc(this.sidecarFixture.Channel);
                     b.RegisterDirectly();
+                    clientConfigure?.Invoke(b);
                 });
             });
     }
diff --git a/test/Grpc.IntegrationTests/OrchestrationPatterns.cs b/test/Grpc.IntegrationTests/OrchestrationPatterns.cs
index 071dbad5c..3cbc0d793 100644
--- a/test/Grpc.IntegrationTests/OrchestrationPatterns.cs
+++ b/test/Grpc.IntegrationTests/OrchestrationPatterns.cs
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 
 using System.Text.Json;
 using System.Text.Json.Nodes;
-using Microsoft.DurableTask.Worker;
+using Microsoft.DurableTask.Client;
 using Microsoft.DurableTask.Tests.Logging;
+using Microsoft.DurableTask.Worker;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Xunit.Abstractions;
-using Microsoft.DurableTask.Client;
 
 namespace Microsoft.DurableTask.Grpc.Tests;
 
@@ -561,8 +561,37 @@ public async Task SpecialSerialization()
         Assert.Equal("new value", output?["newProperty"]?.ToString());
     }
 
+    // TODO: Additional versioning tests
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task OrchestrationVersionPassedThroughContext()
+    {
+        var version = "0.1";
+        await using HostTestLifetime server = await this.StartWorkerAsync(b =>
+        {
+            b.AddTasks(tasks => tasks
+                .AddOrchestratorFunc<string, string>("Versioned_Orchestration", (ctx, input) =>
+                {
+                    return ctx.CallActivityAsync<string>("Versioned_Activity", ctx.Version);
+                })
+                .AddActivityFunc<string, string>("Versioned_Activity", (ctx, input) =>
+                {
+                    return $"Orchestration version: {input}";
+                }));
+        }, c =>
+        {
+            c.UseDefaultVersion(version);
+        });
+
+        var instanceId = await server.Client.ScheduleNewOrchestrationInstanceAsync("Versioned_Orchestration", input: string.Empty);
+        var result = await server.Client.WaitForInstanceCompletionAsync(instanceId, getInputsAndOutputs: true, this.TimeoutToken);
+        var output = result.ReadOutputAs<string>();
+
+        Assert.NotNull(output);
+        Assert.Equal(output, $"Orchestration version: {version}");
+
+    }
+
     // TODO: Test for multiple external events with the same name
     // TODO: Test for ContinueAsNew with external events that carry over
     // TODO: Test for catching activity exceptions of specific types
-    // TODO: Versioning tests
 }