diff --git a/kork-expressions/kork-expressions.gradle b/kork-expressions/kork-expressions.gradle
index f1bf50d00..2c5badacc 100644
--- a/kork-expressions/kork-expressions.gradle
+++ b/kork-expressions/kork-expressions.gradle
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ dependencies {
   api "org.slf4j:slf4j-api"
 
   implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot"
+  implementation "org.apache.maven:maven-artifact:3.9.6"
 
   testImplementation project(":kork-artifacts")
   testImplementation "org.assertj:assertj-core"
diff --git a/kork-expressions/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/kork/expressions/ExpressionsSupport.java b/kork-expressions/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/kork/expressions/ExpressionsSupport.java
index 3392ec73a..08c1db022 100644
--- a/kork-expressions/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/kork/expressions/ExpressionsSupport.java
+++ b/kork-expressions/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/kork/expressions/ExpressionsSupport.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 import java.util.SortedSet;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
 import java.util.TreeSet;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.DefaultArtifactVersion;
 import org.pf4j.PluginManager;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ public ExpressionsSupport(
                 LinkedHashSet.class,
                 HashMap.class,
                 LinkedHashMap.class,
+                DefaultArtifactVersion.class,
                 TreeMap.class,
                 TreeSet.class));
     Collections.addAll(allowedReturnTypes, extraAllowedReturnTypes);
@@ -281,6 +283,16 @@ public static Integer toInt(String str) {
       return Integer.valueOf(str);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Parses a string to an integer
+     *
+     * @param str represents an int
+     * @return an integer
+     */
+    public static DefaultArtifactVersion toArtifactVersion(String str) {
+      return new DefaultArtifactVersion(str);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Parses a string to a float
      *
@@ -343,6 +355,13 @@ public Functions getFunctions() {
               "toInt",
               "Converts a string to integer",
               new FunctionParameter(String.class, "value", "A String value to convert to an int")),
+          new FunctionDefinition(
+              "toArtifactVersion",
+              "Converts a string to a Maven Default Artifact Version",
+              new FunctionParameter(
+                  String.class,
+                  "value",
+                  "A String value to convert to a Maven Default Artifact Version")),
           new FunctionDefinition(
               "toFloat",
               "Converts a string to float",
diff --git a/kork-expressions/src/test/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/kork/expressions/ExpressionsSupportTest.java b/kork-expressions/src/test/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/kork/expressions/ExpressionsSupportTest.java
index 1ae7dcd22..7ffe89128 100644
--- a/kork-expressions/src/test/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/kork/expressions/ExpressionsSupportTest.java
+++ b/kork-expressions/src/test/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/kork/expressions/ExpressionsSupportTest.java
@@ -163,6 +163,26 @@ public void delegatesTypeConversion() {
     assertThat(evaluated).isEqualTo("00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000");
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void compareArtifactVersion() {
+    // If a thing is not an artifact URI, it should delegate to StandardTypeConverter
+    ExpressionProperties expressionProperties = new ExpressionProperties();
+
+    // StandardTypeConverter does things like convert ints to longs
+    String testInput = ("${#toArtifactVersion('2.0.0') > #toArtifactVersion('1.0.0')}");
+    Map<String, Object> testContext = Map.of();
+
+    String evaluated =
+        new ExpressionTransform(parserContext, parser, Function.identity())
+            .transformString(
+                testInput,
+                new ExpressionsSupport(null, expressionProperties)
+                    .buildEvaluationContext(testContext, true),
+                new ExpressionEvaluationSummary());
+
+    assertThat(evaluated).isEqualTo(true);
+  }
+
   public class MockArtifactStore extends ArtifactStore {
     public Map<String, String> cache = new HashMap<>();