diff --git a/.github/workflows/manifests/package.yaml b/.github/workflows/manifests/package.yaml
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+# Package specification file for the Mojaloop project
+#   
+#    Format: 
+#       <package-name-1>: <version-range>
+#       <package-name-2>: <version-range>
+# 
+#
+# Example:
+# acccount-lookup-service: <= 15.0.0
+# central-ledger: ~ 15.2.0
+#
+# Package versiions specified here will be applied to the entire update manifest.
+# To apply, run the `patch-manifest.sh` script in the  `.github/workflows/scripts` directory like so:
+#  $ patch-manifests.sh .github/workflows/manifests/package.yaml .github/workflows/manifests/first-pass
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/patch-manifests.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/patch-manifests.sh
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+# Applies package versions override to manifests using versions from the package.yaml file 
+# Usage: patch-manifests.sh <package.yaml> <manifests-dir>
+# Example: patch-manifests.sh patch-manifests.sh .github/workflows/manifests/package.yaml .github/workflows/manifests/first-pass
+
+set -e
+
+# Read and parse package.yaml file and store as assiciative array
+declare -A package
+while IFS=': ' read -r key value; do
+    if [ -n "$key" ] && [ -n "$value" ]; then
+        package[$key]=$value
+    fi
+done < $1
+
+# Exit if there are no items in package array
+if [ ${#package[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "No package specifications in package.yaml file"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# Iterate over all the files in the directory
+for file in $2/*; do
+    # Check if the file is a yaml file and filename is not package.yaml
+    if [ ${file: -5} == ".yaml" ] && [ ${file: -13} != "/package.yaml" ]; then
+        # Iterate over all the keys in the package.yaml file
+        for key in "${!package[@]}"; do
+            version=$(echo ${package[$key]} | tr -d '[:space:]')
+            yq eval -i '(.sources[] | select(.spec.repository == "'$key'"  or .spec.name == "'$key'") | .spec) += { "versionfilter": { "kind": "semver",  "pattern": "'$version'" } }' $file
+        done
+    fi
+done
+
+# TODO:
+# # Iterate over all the files in the directory and remove the .versionfilter node for any source that is not in the package.yaml file
+# for file in $2/*; do
+#     # Check if the file is a yaml file and filename is not package.yaml
+#     if [ ${file: -5} == ".yaml" ] && [ ${file: -13} != "/package.yaml" ]; then
+#         # Iterate over all the keys in the package.yaml file
+#         for key in "${!package[@]}"; do
+#             yq eval -i 'del(.sources[] | select(.spec.repository != "'$key'" and .spec.name != "'$key'") | .versionfilter)' $file
+#         done
+#     fi
+# done
+
+