diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 40aca81..e98bf74 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ public class FooToBarMigration extends AbstractMigration {
 }
 ```
 
+#### Leveraging utilities classes
+The following Java classes in `org.technologybrewery.baton.util` can be leveraged to easily implement common migration logic into your extension:
+* `CommonUtils`
+* `FileUtils`
+
 ### Configure Baton to use the migration
 With a migration to apply, we both configure and tailor that use through a simple json file.  This file can live anywhere
 in Baton's classpath and is named `migrations.json` by default.
diff --git a/baton-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/baton-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 45c25ba..7857763 100644
--- a/baton-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/baton-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@
             <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
             <version>2.0.5</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.vdurmont</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semver4j</artifactId>
+            <version>3.1.0</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
             <artifactId>file-management</artifactId>
diff --git a/baton-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/technologybrewery/baton/util/CommonUtils.java b/baton-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/technologybrewery/baton/util/CommonUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5ff2e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/baton-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/technologybrewery/baton/util/CommonUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package org.technologybrewery.baton.util;
+import com.vdurmont.semver4j.Semver;
+
+public class CommonUtils {
+    /**
+     * Checks if version1 is less than version2 using the Semver4j library.
+     *
+     * @param version1
+     * @param version2
+     * @return isLessThanVersion - if true, version1 is less than version2.
+     */
+    public static boolean isLessThanVersion(String version1, String version2) {
+        Semver sem = new Semver(version1);
+        return sem.isLowerThan(version2);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/baton-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/technologybrewery/baton/util/FileUtils.java b/baton-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/technologybrewery/baton/util/FileUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bee8593
--- /dev/null
+++ b/baton-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/technologybrewery/baton/util/FileUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+package org.technologybrewery.baton.util;
+
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+public final class FileUtils {
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * @param file the File
+     * @param toReplace a string representing the text to replace
+     * @param replacement the replacement text to substitute the toReplace string
+     * @return a boolean set to true if at least one replacement was performed in the file
+     */
+    public static boolean replaceLiteralInFile(File file, String toReplace, String replacement) throws IOException {
+        boolean replacedInFile = false;
+
+        if (file != null && file.exists()) {
+            String content = new String(Files.readAllBytes((file.toPath())));
+            content = content.replace(toReplace, replacement);
+            Files.write(file.toPath(), content.getBytes());
+            replacedInFile = true;
+        }
+        return  replacedInFile;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * @param file the File
+     * @param regex a regex representing the text to replace, as a String
+     * @param replacement the replacement text to substitute the regex
+     * @return a boolean set to true if at least one replacement was performed in the file
+     */
+    public static boolean replaceInFile(File file, String regex, String replacement) throws IOException {
+        boolean replacedInFile = false;
+        if (file != null && file.exists()) {
+            Charset charset = StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
+            String fileContent = new String(Files.readAllBytes(file.toPath()), charset);
+
+            Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex, Pattern.MULTILINE);
+            Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(fileContent);
+            String newFileContent = matcher.replaceAll(replacement);
+            IOUtils.write(newFileContent, new FileOutputStream(file), charset);
+            replacedInFile = true;
+        }
+        return replacedInFile;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Evaluates a file against a regex pattern and replaces a substring of each regex match
+     * with a specified replacement
+     * @param file the File
+     * @param regex a regex representing the text to replace a substring of
+     * @param substring the substring of the regex match that will be replaced
+     * @param replacement the replacement of the match substring
+     * @return a boolean set to true if at least one modification was performed in the file
+     */
+    public static boolean modifyRegexMatchInFile(File file, String regex, String substring, String replacement) {
+        if (file == null || !file.exists()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        boolean modified = false;
+
+        try {
+            Path path = file.toPath();
+            Charset charset = StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
+            List<String> resultLines = new ArrayList<>();
+
+            Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex);
+            for (String line : Files.readAllLines(path, charset)) {
+                if (pattern.matcher(line).find()) {
+                    line = line.replace(substring, replacement);
+                    modified = true;
+                }
+                resultLines.add(line);
+            }
+            if (modified) {
+                Files.write(path, resultLines, charset);
+            }
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return modified;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reads in the {@link File} object and returns a {@link List} of the contents.
+     * @param file {@link File} to read
+     * @return {@link List} of the contents
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    public static List<String> readAllFileLines(File file) throws IOException {
+		return Files.readAllLines(file.toPath(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Writes a {@link List} of the contents to the {@link File} object.
+     * @param file {@link File} to write
+     * @param contents {@link List} of the contents
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    public static void writeFile(File file, List<String> contents) throws IOException {
+		Files.write(file.toPath(), contents, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see FileUtils#getRegExCaptureGroups(String, String)
+     * @param regex a regex containing capture groups, as a String
+     * @param file the file to search for matching capture groups
+     * @return An ArrayList of Strings representing each capture group in the regex that was matched
+     */
+    public static ArrayList<String> getRegExCaptureGroups(String regex, File file) throws IOException {
+        String fileContent = "";
+        if (file != null && file.exists()) {
+            Charset charset = StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
+            fileContent = new String(Files.readAllBytes(file.toPath()), charset);
+        }
+        return StringUtils.isNotEmpty(fileContent) ? getRegExCaptureGroups(regex, fileContent) : new ArrayList<>();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * @param regex a regex containing capture groups, as a String
+     * @param input the string to search for matching capture groups
+     * @return An ArrayList of Strings representing each capture group in the regex that was matched
+     */
+    public static ArrayList<String> getRegExCaptureGroups(String regex, String input) {
+        Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex, Pattern.MULTILINE);
+        Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(input);
+
+        ArrayList<String> captured = new ArrayList<>();
+        if (matcher.find()) {
+            // Skip the 0 index -- the first match is always all capture groups put together
+            for (int i = 1; i <= matcher.groupCount(); ++i) {
+                captured.add(matcher.group(i));
+            }
+        }
+
+        return captured;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Evaluates a regex pattern against a file to determine if at least one regex match exists
+     *
+     * @param regex a regex pattern, as a String
+     * @param file the file to search for matching substrings
+     * @return true if there is at least one regex match, otherwise false
+     */
+    public static boolean hasRegExMatch(String regex, File file) throws IOException {
+        String fileContent;
+        if (file != null && file.exists()) {
+            Charset charset = StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
+            fileContent = Files.readString(file.toPath(), charset);
+            return Pattern.compile(regex, Pattern.MULTILINE).matcher(fileContent).find();
+        } else {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Infers the indentation style from the given line.
+     *
+     * @param line the line to infer the indentation style from
+     * @param level the level of indentation of the line
+     * @return a single indent in the inferred style
+     */
+    public static String getIndent(String line, int level) {
+        if( level < 1 ) {
+            return "";
+        }
+        int i = 0;
+        while (i < line.length() && Character.isWhitespace(line.charAt(i))) {
+            i++;
+        }
+        return line.substring(0, i/level);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Indent the values the desired number of tabs with a variable tab size.
+     * @param values List of {@link String} values to indent
+     * @param numSpaces number of spaces to indent
+     */
+    public static void indentValues(List<String> values, int numSpaces) {
+        String SPACE = " ";
+        for (int i = 0; i < values.size(); i++) {
+            if (!values.get(i).isBlank()) {
+                values.set(i, SPACE.repeat(numSpaces) + values.get(i));
+            }   
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/baton-maven-plugin/src/test/java/org/technologybrewery/baton/UtilsTestSteps.java b/baton-maven-plugin/src/test/java/org/technologybrewery/baton/UtilsTestSteps.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57c0bb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/baton-maven-plugin/src/test/java/org/technologybrewery/baton/UtilsTestSteps.java
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+package org.technologybrewery.baton;
+
+import io.cucumber.java.en.Given;
+import io.cucumber.java.en.Then;
+import io.cucumber.java.en.When;
+import org.technologybrewery.baton.util.FileUtils;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+
+public class UtilsTestSteps {
+
+    private static final File DEFAULT_TEST_DIRECTORY = new File("target/utils-test/");
+    private static final String DEFAULT_TEST_FILE_NAME = "text_file.txt";
+    File testFile;
+    Boolean match;
+    String inputAsString;
+    List<String> captureGroups;
+
+    @Given("I have a string containing {string}")
+    public void i_have_a_string_containing(String str) throws Throwable {
+        inputAsString = str;
+    }
+
+    @When("I use the regex {string} to retrieve capture groups")
+    public void i_use_the_regex_to_retrieve_capture_groups(String regex) throws IOException {
+        if (testFile != null) {
+            captureGroups = FileUtils.getRegExCaptureGroups(regex, testFile);
+        } else {
+            captureGroups = FileUtils.getRegExCaptureGroups(regex, inputAsString);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Then("the size of the retrieved capture groups should be \"{int}\"")
+    public void the_size_of_the_retrieved_capture_groups_should_be(int groups) {
+        assertEquals(groups, captureGroups.size(),"Unexpected size for capture groups");
+    }
+
+    @Then("the capture groups should include")
+    public void the_capture_groups_should_include(List<String> expectedGroups) {
+        assertEquals(expectedGroups, captureGroups);
+    }
+
+    @Given("I have a file containing the string {string}")
+    public void i_have_a_file_containing_the_string(String string) throws IOException {
+        testFile = new File(DEFAULT_TEST_DIRECTORY, DEFAULT_TEST_FILE_NAME);
+        if (DEFAULT_TEST_DIRECTORY.mkdirs()) {
+            FileUtils.writeFile(testFile, Collections.singletonList(string));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @When("I use the regex {string} to substitute {string}")
+    public void i_use_the_regex_to_substitute(String regex, String substitute) throws IOException {
+        FileUtils.replaceInFile(testFile, regex, substitute);
+    }
+
+    @When("I use the literal {string} to substitute {string}")
+    public void iUseTheLiteralToSubstitute(String literal, String substitute) throws IOException {
+        FileUtils.replaceLiteralInFile(testFile, literal, substitute);
+    }
+
+    @Then("the file should now contain the string {string}")
+    public void the_file_should_now_contain_the_string(String string) throws IOException {
+        assertTrue(FileUtils.hasRegExMatch(string, testFile), String.format("File does not contain expected string %s",string));
+    }
+
+    @When("I use the regex {string} to substitute {string} with {string}")
+    public void i_use_the_regex_to_substitute_with(String regex, String target, String substitute) {
+        FileUtils.modifyRegexMatchInFile(testFile, regex, target, substitute);
+    }
+
+    @When("I use the regex {string} to search for matches in a file")
+    public void i_use_the_regex_to_search_for_matches_in_a_file(String regex) throws IOException {
+        match = FileUtils.hasRegExMatch(regex, testFile);
+
+    }
+
+    @Then("the match result should be \"{booleanValue}\"")
+    public void the_match_result_should_be(Boolean expected) {
+        assertEquals(expected, match, "RegEx file matcher did not return expected result");
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/baton-maven-plugin/src/test/java/org/technologybrewery/baton/util/TestUtils.java b/baton-maven-plugin/src/test/java/org/technologybrewery/baton/util/TestUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19ea63e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/baton-maven-plugin/src/test/java/org/technologybrewery/baton/util/TestUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+
+package org.technologybrewery.baton.util;
+
+import io.cucumber.java.ParameterType;
+
+public class TestUtils {
+    @ParameterType( value = "true|True|TRUE|false|False|FALSE")
+    public Boolean booleanValue(String value){
+        return Boolean.valueOf(value);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/baton-maven-plugin/src/test/resources/specifications/util/common-utils.feature b/baton-maven-plugin/src/test/resources/specifications/util/common-utils.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8eef7b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/baton-maven-plugin/src/test/resources/specifications/util/common-utils.feature
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Feature: Baton utilities can be used to assist with commonly used logic in a migration
+  Scenario: I can easily compare the semantic versioning of two strings
diff --git a/baton-maven-plugin/src/test/resources/specifications/util/file-utils.feature b/baton-maven-plugin/src/test/resources/specifications/util/file-utils.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4a1628
--- /dev/null
+++ b/baton-maven-plugin/src/test/resources/specifications/util/file-utils.feature
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+@baton
+Feature: Baton utilities can be used to assist with migration logic pertaining to files
+
+  Scenario: I want to easily replace a string in a file using a literal expression
+    Given I have a file containing the string "123abc456"
+    When I use the literal "abc" to substitute "def"
+    Then the file should now contain the string "123def456"
+
+  Scenario: I want to easily replace a string in a file using a regex expression
+    Given I have a file containing the string "123abc456"
+    When I use the regex "(?<=123).*(?=456)" to substitute "def"
+    Then the file should now contain the string "123def456"
+
+  Scenario: I want to easily replace a substring of a string in a file using a regex expression
+    Given I have a file containing the string "123abc456"
+    When I use the regex "123.*456" to substitute "abc" with "def"
+    Then the file should now contain the string "123def456"
+
+  Scenario: I want to easily test if a string is present in a file using a regex expression
+    Given I have a file containing the string "123abc456"
+    When I use the regex "123.*456" to search for matches in a file
+    Then the match result should be "true"
+
+  Scenario: I want to easily be able to pull out specific substrings from a string using regex capture groups
+    Given I have a string containing "123abc456"
+    When I use the regex "123(.*)456" to retrieve capture groups
+    Then the size of the retrieved capture groups should be "1"
+    And the capture groups should include
+      | abc |
+
+  Scenario: I want to easily be able to pull out specific strings from a file using regex capture groups
+    Given I have a file containing the string "123abc456"
+    When I use the regex "(123).*(456)" to retrieve capture groups
+    Then the size of the retrieved capture groups should be "2"
+    And the capture groups should include
+      | 123 |
+      | 456 |
+
+  Scenario: I want to easily retrieve the type of indexing being used in a string
+
+  Scenario: I want to easily indent a group of strings with spaces
+
+  Scenario: I want to easily retrieve the contents of a file
+
+  Scenario: I want to easily write to a file
diff --git a/examples/example-migration-configuration/src/main/java/org/technologybrewery/baton/ReplaceRegexMatchUsingUtilsMigration.java b/examples/example-migration-configuration/src/main/java/org/technologybrewery/baton/ReplaceRegexMatchUsingUtilsMigration.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbed013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/example-migration-configuration/src/main/java/org/technologybrewery/baton/ReplaceRegexMatchUsingUtilsMigration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package org.technologybrewery.baton;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.technologybrewery.baton.util.FileUtils;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+public class ReplaceRegexMatchUsingUtilsMigration extends AbstractMigration {
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ReplaceRegexMatchUsingUtilsMigration.class);
+    private static final String JAVA_FILE_REGEX = "JavaFunctionToBeMigrated";
+    private static final String NEW_JAVA_FILE_NAME = "MigratedJavaFunction";
+    @Override
+    protected boolean shouldExecuteOnFile(File file) {
+        boolean shouldExecuteMigration = false;
+        try {
+            logger.info("Detecting migrations for {} to {}", JAVA_FILE_REGEX, NEW_JAVA_FILE_NAME);
+            shouldExecuteMigration = FileUtils.hasRegExMatch(JAVA_FILE_REGEX, file);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            logger.error("Caught exception checking Java files for migration legibility", e);
+        }
+
+        return shouldExecuteMigration;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean performMigration(File file) {
+        boolean migrationPerformed = false;
+        try {
+            migrationPerformed = FileUtils.replaceInFile(file, JAVA_FILE_REGEX, NEW_JAVA_FILE_NAME);
+            logger.info("Example migration for {} to {} performed successfully", JAVA_FILE_REGEX, NEW_JAVA_FILE_NAME);
+
+            FileUtils.replaceInFile(file, NEW_JAVA_FILE_NAME, JAVA_FILE_REGEX);
+            logger.info("Reversed {} Migration to {} for demonstration purposes", JAVA_FILE_REGEX, NEW_JAVA_FILE_NAME);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            logger.error("Caught exception migrating Java function name");
+        }
+
+        return migrationPerformed;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/examples/example-migration-configuration/src/main/resources/migrations.json b/examples/example-migration-configuration/src/main/resources/migrations.json
index 64a4d0e..33986e8 100644
--- a/examples/example-migration-configuration/src/main/resources/migrations.json
+++ b/examples/example-migration-configuration/src/main/resources/migrations.json
@@ -64,5 +64,20 @@
             ]
         }
     ]
+  },
+  {
+    "group": "group-4",
+    "type": "ordered",
+    "migrations": [
+      {
+        "name": "test-migration-f",
+        "implementation": "org.technologybrewery.baton.ReplaceRegexMatchUsingUtilsMigration",
+        "fileSets": [
+          {
+            "includes": ["**/*.java"]
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
   }
 ]
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diff --git a/examples/example-projects/file-change-with-utils-example/pom.xml b/examples/example-projects/file-change-with-utils-example/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65e172c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/example-projects/file-change-with-utils-example/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.technologybrewery.baton</groupId>
+        <artifactId>example-projects</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>file-change-with-utils-example</artifactId>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+                <artifactId>baton-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+</project>
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diff --git a/examples/example-projects/file-change-with-utils-example/src/main/java/JavaFileToBeMigrated.java b/examples/example-projects/file-change-with-utils-example/src/main/java/JavaFileToBeMigrated.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4059d97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/example-projects/file-change-with-utils-example/src/main/java/JavaFileToBeMigrated.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/**
+ * Just here to show that it gets picked up for migration-b, but not migration-a.
+ */
+public class JavaFileToBeMigrated {
+
+    public JavaFileToBeMigrated() {
+
+    }
+
+    private boolean JavaFunctionToBeMigrated() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/examples/example-projects/pom.xml b/examples/example-projects/pom.xml
index 2c85df9..bae867d 100644
--- a/examples/example-projects/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/example-projects/pom.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
         <module>simple-migration-example</module>
         <module>ignore-migration-example</module>
         <module>custom-backup-location-example</module>
+        <module>file-change-with-utils-example</module>
     </modules>
 
     <build>