diff --git a/scripts/UpdateDependencies.ps1 b/scripts/UpdateDependencies.ps1
index 02f799614a..4430f93f00 100755
--- a/scripts/UpdateDependencies.ps1
+++ b/scripts/UpdateDependencies.ps1
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 [CmdletBinding()]
 param(
     [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
-    $BuildXml
+    $BuildXml,
+    [string[]]$ConfigVars = @()
 )
 
 $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
@@ -19,12 +20,12 @@ $depsPath = Resolve-Path "$PSScriptRoot/../build/dependencies.props"
 if ($BuildXml -like 'http*') {
     $url = $BuildXml
     New-Item -Type Directory "$PSScriptRoot/../obj/" -ErrorAction Ignore
-    $BuildXml = "$PSScriptRoot/../obj/build.xml"
+    $localXml = "$PSScriptRoot/../obj/build.xml"
     Write-Verbose "Downloading from $url to $BuildXml"
-    Invoke-WebRequest -OutFile $BuildXml $url
+    Invoke-WebRequest -OutFile $localXml $url
 }
 
-[xml] $remoteDeps = LoadXml $BuildXml
+[xml] $remoteDeps = LoadXml $localXml
 $count = 0
 
 $variables = @{}
@@ -36,15 +37,20 @@ foreach ($package in $remoteDeps.SelectNodes('//Package')) {
     Write-Verbose "Found {id: $packageId, version: $packageVersion, varName: $varName }"
 
     if ($variables[$varName]) {
-        $variables[$varName] += $packageVersion
-    } else {
+        if ($variables[$varName].Where( {$_ -eq $packageVersion}, 'First').Count -eq 0) {
+            $variables[$varName] += $packageVersion
+        }
+    }
+    else {
         $variables[$varName] = @($packageVersion)
     }
 }
 
+$updatedVars = @{}
+
 foreach ($varName in ($variables.Keys | sort)) {
     $packageVersions = $variables[$varName]
-    if ($packageVersions.Length -gt 1){
+    if ($packageVersions.Length -gt 1) {
         Write-Warning "Skipped $varName. Multiple version found. { $($packageVersions -join ', ') }."
         continue
     }
@@ -56,12 +62,33 @@ foreach ($varName in ($variables.Keys | sort)) {
         $depVarNode.InnerText = $packageVersion
         $count++
         Write-Host -f DarkGray "   Updating $varName to $packageVersion"
+        $updatedVars[$varName] = $packageVersion
     }
 }
 
 if ($count -gt 0) {
     Write-Host -f Cyan "Updating $count version variables in $depsPath"
     SaveXml $dependencies $depsPath
+
+    # Ensure dotnet is installed
+    & "$PSScriptRoot\..\run.ps1" install-tools
+
+    $ProjectPath = "$PSScriptRoot\update-dependencies\update-dependencies.csproj"
+
+    $ConfigVars += "--BuildXml"
+    $ConfigVars += $BuildXml
+
+    $ConfigVars += "--UpdatedVersions"
+    $varString = ""
+    foreach ($updatedVar in $updatedVars.GetEnumerator()) {
+        $varString += "$($updatedVar.Name)=$($updatedVar.Value);"
+    }
+    $ConfigVars += $varString
+
+    # Restore and run the app
+    Write-Host "Invoking App $ProjectPath..."
+    Invoke-Expression "dotnet run -p `"$ProjectPath`" @ConfigVars"
+    if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "Build failed" }
 }
 else {
     Write-Host -f Green "No changes found"
diff --git a/scripts/update-dependencies/Config.cs b/scripts/update-dependencies/Config.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ddb590c944
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/update-dependencies/Config.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+namespace Microsoft.Dotnet.Scripts
+{
+    public class Config
+    {
+        public string UpdatedVersions { get; set; }
+        public string BuildXml { get; set; }
+        public string GithubUsername {get; set;}
+        public string GithubEmail {get; set;}
+        public string GithubToken {get; set;}
+        public string GithubUpstreamOwner {get; set;} = "aspnet";
+        public string GithubProject {get; set;} = "Universe";
+        public string GithubUpstreamBranch {get; set;} = "dev";
+        public string[] GitHubPullRequestNotifications { get; set; } = new string[] { };
+
+        public string[] UpdatedVersionsList
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return UpdatedVersions.Split(';',System.StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/scripts/update-dependencies/Program.cs b/scripts/update-dependencies/Program.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..06ec564689
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/update-dependencies/Program.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Xml;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.VersionTools.Automation;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Dotnet.Scripts
+{
+    public static class Program
+    {
+        private static readonly Config _config = new Config();
+
+        public static async Task Main(string[] args)
+        {
+            Trace.Listeners.Add(new TextWriterTraceListener(Console.Out));
+
+            ParseArgs(args);
+
+            await CreatePullRequest();
+        }
+
+        private static void ParseArgs(string[] args)
+        {
+            var builder = new ConfigurationBuilder().AddCommandLine(args);
+            var configRoot = builder.Build();
+            configRoot.Bind(_config);
+        }
+
+        private static async Task CreatePullRequest()
+        {
+            var gitHubAuth = new GitHubAuth(_config.GithubToken, _config.GithubUsername, _config.GithubEmail);
+            var origin = new GitHubProject(_config.GithubProject, _config.GithubUsername);
+            var upstreamBranch = new GitHubBranch(_config.GithubUpstreamBranch, new GitHubProject(_config.GithubProject, _config.GithubUpstreamOwner));
+
+            var commitMessage = $"Updating external dependencies to '{ await GetOrchestratedBuildId() }'";
+            var body = string.Empty;
+            if (_config.GitHubPullRequestNotifications.Any())
+            {
+                body += PullRequestCreator.NotificationString(_config.GitHubPullRequestNotifications);
+            }
+
+            body += $"New versions:{Environment.NewLine}";
+
+            foreach (var updatedVersion in _config.UpdatedVersionsList)
+            {
+                body += $"    {updatedVersion}{Environment.NewLine}";
+            }
+
+            await new PullRequestCreator(gitHubAuth, origin, upstreamBranch)
+                .CreateOrUpdateAsync(commitMessage, commitMessage + $" ({upstreamBranch.Name})", body);
+        }
+
+        private static async Task<string> GetOrchestratedBuildId()
+        {
+            var xmlUrl = _config.BuildXml;
+
+            using (var client = new HttpClient())
+            {
+                var response = await client.GetAsync(xmlUrl);
+                using (var bodyStream = await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync())
+                {
+                    var xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
+                    xmlDoc.Load(bodyStream);
+                    var orcBuilds = xmlDoc.GetElementsByTagName("OrchestratedBuild");
+
+                    if (orcBuilds.Count < 1)
+                    {
+                        throw new ArgumentException($"{xmlUrl} didn't have an 'OrchestratedBuild' element.");
+                    }
+
+                    var orcBuild = orcBuilds[0];
+
+                    return orcBuild.Attributes["BuildId"].Value;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/scripts/update-dependencies/update-dependencies.csproj b/scripts/update-dependencies/update-dependencies.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2887812fbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/update-dependencies/update-dependencies.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
+    <LangVersion>7.1</LangVersion>
+    <RestoreSources>
+      https://dotnetfeed.blob.core.windows.net/dotnet-core/index.json;
+      https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json;
+    </RestoreSources>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.DotNet.VersionTools" Version="1.0.27-prerelease-01723-01" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Diagnostics.TextWriterTraceListener" Version="4.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration" Version="2.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Binder" Version="2.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.CommandLine" Version="2.0.0" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>