diff --git a/packages/db-client/generated/kurrentdb/protocols/v1/projectionmanagement_pb.d.ts b/packages/db-client/generated/kurrentdb/protocols/v1/projectionmanagement_pb.d.ts
index 236a7edf..aa378170 100644
--- a/packages/db-client/generated/kurrentdb/protocols/v1/projectionmanagement_pb.d.ts
+++ b/packages/db-client/generated/kurrentdb/protocols/v1/projectionmanagement_pb.d.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ export namespace CreateReq {
         setContinuous(value?: CreateReq.Options.Continuous): Options;
         getQuery(): string;
         setQuery(value: string): Options;
+        getEngineVersion(): number;
+        setEngineVersion(value: number): Options;
 
         getModeCase(): Options.ModeCase;
 
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ export namespace CreateReq {
             pb_transient?: CreateReq.Options.Transient.AsObject,
             continuous?: CreateReq.Options.Continuous.AsObject,
             query: string,
+            engineVersion: number,
         }
 
 
diff --git a/packages/db-client/generated/kurrentdb/protocols/v1/projectionmanagement_pb.js b/packages/db-client/generated/kurrentdb/protocols/v1/projectionmanagement_pb.js
index d249709b..f8fdfbf2 100644
--- a/packages/db-client/generated/kurrentdb/protocols/v1/projectionmanagement_pb.js
+++ b/packages/db-client/generated/kurrentdb/protocols/v1/projectionmanagement_pb.js
@@ -864,7 +864,8 @@ proto.event_store.client.projections.CreateReq.Options.toObject = function(inclu
     oneTime: (f = msg.getOneTime()) && kurrentdb_protocols_v1_shared_pb.Empty.toObject(includeInstance, f),
     pb_transient: (f = msg.getTransient()) && proto.event_store.client.projections.CreateReq.Options.Transient.toObject(includeInstance, f),
     continuous: (f = msg.getContinuous()) && proto.event_store.client.projections.CreateReq.Options.Continuous.toObject(includeInstance, f),
-    query: jspb.Message.getFieldWithDefault(msg, 4, "")
+    query: jspb.Message.getFieldWithDefault(msg, 4, ""),
+    engineVersion: jspb.Message.getFieldWithDefault(msg, 5, 0)
   };
 
   if (includeInstance) {
@@ -920,6 +921,10 @@ proto.event_store.client.projections.CreateReq.Options.deserializeBinaryFromRead
       var value = /** @type {string} */ (reader.readString());
       msg.setQuery(value);
       break;
+    case 5:
+      var value = /** @type {number} */ (reader.readInt32());
+      msg.setEngineVersion(value);
+      break;
     default:
       reader.skipField();
       break;
@@ -980,6 +985,13 @@ proto.event_store.client.projections.CreateReq.Options.serializeBinaryToWriter =
       f
     );
   }
+  f = message.getEngineVersion();
+  if (f !== 0) {
+    writer.writeInt32(
+      5,
+      f
+    );
+  }
 };
 
 
@@ -1432,6 +1444,24 @@ proto.event_store.client.projections.CreateReq.Options.prototype.setQuery = func
 };
 
 
+/**
+ * optional int32 engine_version = 5;
+ * @return {number}
+ */
+proto.event_store.client.projections.CreateReq.Options.prototype.getEngineVersion = function() {
+  return /** @type {number} */ (jspb.Message.getFieldWithDefault(this, 5, 0));
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {number} value
+ * @return {!proto.event_store.client.projections.CreateReq.Options} returns this
+ */
+proto.event_store.client.projections.CreateReq.Options.prototype.setEngineVersion = function(value) {
+  return jspb.Message.setProto3IntField(this, 5, value);
+};
+
+
 /**
  * optional Options options = 1;
  * @return {?proto.event_store.client.projections.CreateReq.Options}
diff --git a/packages/db-client/protos/kurrentdb/protocols/v1/projectionmanagement.proto b/packages/db-client/protos/kurrentdb/protocols/v1/projectionmanagement.proto
index 08fe1627..dbabd644 100644
--- a/packages/db-client/protos/kurrentdb/protocols/v1/projectionmanagement.proto
+++ b/packages/db-client/protos/kurrentdb/protocols/v1/projectionmanagement.proto
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ message CreateReq {
 			Continuous continuous = 3;
 		}
 		string query = 4;
+		int32 engine_version = 5; // 0 or 1 = v1 (default), 2 = v2
 
 		message Transient {
       option deprecated = true;
diff --git a/packages/db-client/src/constants.ts b/packages/db-client/src/constants.ts
index 7c2f75b6..104f7994 100644
--- a/packages/db-client/src/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/db-client/src/constants.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ export const RETRY = "retry";
 export const SKIP = "skip";
 export const STOP = "stop";
 
+// projection engine version
+export const PROJECTION_ENGINE_V1 = "v1";
+export const PROJECTION_ENGINE_V2 = "v2";
+
 // projection status
 export const CREATING = "Creating";
 export const LOADING = "Loading";
diff --git a/packages/db-client/src/projections/createProjection.ts b/packages/db-client/src/projections/createProjection.ts
index db1f3483..7ae8c53c 100644
--- a/packages/db-client/src/projections/createProjection.ts
+++ b/packages/db-client/src/projections/createProjection.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,15 @@ import {
 import { CreateReq } from "../../generated/kurrentdb/protocols/v1/projectionmanagement_pb";
 
 import { Client } from "../Client";
-import type { BaseOptions } from "../types";
+import { PROJECTION_ENGINE_V1, PROJECTION_ENGINE_V2 } from "../constants";
+import type { BaseOptions, ProjectionEngineVersion } from "../types";
 import { debug, convertToCommandError } from "../utils";
 
+const ENGINE_VERSION_WIRE: Record<ProjectionEngineVersion, number> = {
+  [PROJECTION_ENGINE_V1]: 1,
+  [PROJECTION_ENGINE_V2]: 2,
+};
+
 export interface CreateProjectionOptions extends BaseOptions {
   /**
    * Enables emitting from the projection.
@@ -19,6 +25,15 @@ export interface CreateProjectionOptions extends BaseOptions {
    * @defaultValue false
    */
   trackEmittedStreams?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Selects the projection engine version. Pinned at create time and
+   * cannot be changed later. V2 is opt-in and does not support
+   * `trackEmittedStreams`, bi-state projections, or live `outputState`
+   * result streams. See the KurrentDB documentation for the full list of
+   * limitations before choosing V2.
+   * @defaultValue {@link PROJECTION_ENGINE_V1}
+   */
+  engineVersion?: ProjectionEngineVersion;
 }
 
 declare module "../Client" {
@@ -66,6 +81,7 @@ const createProjectionGRPC = async function (
   {
     emitEnabled = false,
     trackEmittedStreams = false,
+    engineVersion = PROJECTION_ENGINE_V1,
     ...baseOptions
   }: CreateProjectionOptions = {}
 ): Promise<void> {
@@ -79,6 +95,9 @@ const createProjectionGRPC = async function (
 
   options.setContinuous(continuous);
   options.setQuery(query);
+  if (engineVersion === PROJECTION_ENGINE_V2) {
+    options.setEngineVersion(ENGINE_VERSION_WIRE[engineVersion]);
+  }
 
   req.setOptions(options);
 
@@ -104,6 +123,7 @@ const createProjectionHTTP = async function (
   {
     emitEnabled = false,
     trackEmittedStreams = false,
+    engineVersion = PROJECTION_ENGINE_V1,
     ...baseOptions
   }: CreateProjectionOptions = {}
 ) {
@@ -116,6 +136,9 @@ const createProjectionHTTP = async function (
         name: projectionName,
         emit: emitEnabled.toString(),
         trackemittedstreams: trackEmittedStreams.toString(),
+        ...(engineVersion === PROJECTION_ENGINE_V2 && {
+          engineversion: ENGINE_VERSION_WIRE[engineVersion].toString(),
+        }),
       },
     },
     query
diff --git a/packages/db-client/src/types/index.ts b/packages/db-client/src/types/index.ts
index a9696d6c..3e2ba3d4 100644
--- a/packages/db-client/src/types/index.ts
+++ b/packages/db-client/src/types/index.ts
@@ -262,6 +262,10 @@ export type NodePreference =
   | typeof constants.LEADER
   | typeof constants.READ_ONLY_REPLICA;
 
+export type ProjectionEngineVersion =
+  | typeof constants.PROJECTION_ENGINE_V1
+  | typeof constants.PROJECTION_ENGINE_V2;
+
 export interface EndPoint {
   address: string;
   port: number;
diff --git a/packages/test/src/projections/createProjection.test.ts b/packages/test/src/projections/createProjection.test.ts
index f2817bf6..983acab1 100644
--- a/packages/test/src/projections/createProjection.test.ts
+++ b/packages/test/src/projections/createProjection.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { collect, createTestNode, delay } from "@test-utils";
 import {
   KurrentDBClient,
   jsonEvent,
+  PROJECTION_ENGINE_V2,
   StreamNotFoundError,
 } from "@kurrent/kurrentdb-client";
 
@@ -118,4 +119,23 @@ describe("createProjection", () => {
     expect(emittedStream).toBeDefined();
     expect(emittedStream.event?.type).toBe("$StreamTracked");
   });
+
+  test("v2 engine", async () => {
+    const PROJECTION_NAME = "v2_engine";
+
+    await expect(
+      client.createProjection(
+        PROJECTION_NAME,
+        `
+        fromAll()
+          .when({
+            $init: function (state, ev) {
+              return {};
+            }
+          });
+        `,
+        { engineVersion: PROJECTION_ENGINE_V2 }
+      )
+    ).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+  });
 });