Abstract: In an example, an apparatus may operate as a continuous delivery (CD) pipeline for application artifacts running on a target software platform. The apparatus may include a processor to operate an application upgrader for the target software platform, the application upgrader to: consume application artifacts from a continuous integration (CI) system, wherein the target software platform runs a version of the application artifacts; obtain a signed manifest output from the CI system, the signed manifest identifying the consumed application artifacts; and compare a signature of the application artifacts from the CI system to a signature of the version running on the target software platform to determine if an update of the version running on the target software platform is required. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.