diff --git a/.expeditor/build.habitat.yml b/.expeditor/build.habitat.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c7e6ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.expeditor/build.habitat.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+env:
+  HAB_REFRESH_CHANNEL: "LTS-2024"
+
+origin: chef
+
+expeditor:
+  defaults:
+    buildkite:
+      retry:
+        automatic:
+          limit: 1
diff --git a/.expeditor/buildkite/artifact.habitat.test.ps1 b/.expeditor/buildkite/artifact.habitat.test.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b63683b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.expeditor/buildkite/artifact.habitat.test.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env powershell
+
+#Requires -Version 5
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9948517
+# TODO: Set-StrictMode -Version Latest
+$PSDefaultParameterValues['*:ErrorAction']='Stop'
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+$env:HAB_ORIGIN = 'ci'
+$env:CHEF_LICENSE = 'accept-no-persist'
+$env:HAB_LICENSE = 'accept-no-persist'
+$Plan = 'chef-vault'
+
+Write-Host "--- system details"
+$Properties = 'Caption', 'CSName', 'Version', 'BuildType', 'OSArchitecture'
+Get-CimInstance Win32_OperatingSystem | Select-Object $Properties | Format-Table -AutoSize
+
+Write-Host "--- Installing the version of Habitat required"
+
+function Stop-HabProcess {
+  $habProcess = Get-Process hab -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+  if ($habProcess) {
+      Write-Host "Stopping hab process..."
+      Stop-Process -Name hab -Force
+  }
+}
+
+function Install-Habitat {
+  Write-Host "Downloading and installing Habitat..."
+  Invoke-Expression ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/habitat-sh/habitat/main/components/hab/install.ps1'))
+}
+
+try {
+  hab --version
+}
+catch {
+  Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force
+
+  Stop-HabProcess
+
+  # Remove the existing hab.exe if it exists and if you have permissions
+  $habPath = "C:\ProgramData\Habitat\hab.exe"
+  if (Test-Path $habPath) {
+      Write-Host "Attempting to remove existing hab.exe..."
+      Remove-Item $habPath -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+      if (Test-Path $habPath) {
+          Write-Host "Failed to remove hab.exe, re-running script with elevated permissions."
+          Start-Process powershell -Verb runAs -ArgumentList "-NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File `"$PSCommandPath`""
+          exit
+      }
+  }
+
+  Install-Habitat
+}
+finally {
+  Write-Host ":habicat: I think I have the version I need to build."
+}
+
+
+Write-Host "--- Generating fake origin key"
+hab origin key generate $env:HAB_ORIGIN
+
+Write-Host "--- Building $Plan"
+$project_root = "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+Set-Location $project_root
+
+$env:DO_CHECK=$true; hab pkg build .
+
+. $project_root/results/last_build.ps1
+
+Write-Host "--- Installing $pkg_ident/$pkg_artifact"
+hab pkg install -b $project_root/results/$pkg_artifact
+
+Write-Host "+++ Testing $Plan"
+
+Push-Location $project_root
+
+try {
+    $scriptPath = Join-Path $project_root "habitat/tests/test.ps1"
+    & $scriptPath $pkg_ident
+}
+finally {
+    # Ensure we always return to the original directory
+    Pop-Location
+}
diff --git a/.expeditor/buildkite/artifact.habitat.test.sh b/.expeditor/buildkite/artifact.habitat.test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2233bd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.expeditor/buildkite/artifact.habitat.test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -eo pipefail
+
+export HAB_ORIGIN='ci'
+export PLAN='chef-vault'
+export CHEF_LICENSE="accept-no-persist"
+export HAB_LICENSE="accept-no-persist"
+
+echo "--- checking if git is installed"
+if ! command -v git &> /dev/null; then
+  echo "Git is not installed. Installing Git..."
+  sudo yum install -y git
+else
+  echo "Git is already installed."
+  git --version
+fi
+
+echo "--- add an exception for this directory since detected dubious ownership in repository at /workdir"
+git config --global --add safe.directory /workdir
+
+echo "--- git status for this workdir"
+git status
+
+echo "--- ruby version"
+ruby -v
+
+export project_root="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+echo "The value for project_root is: $project_root"
+
+export HAB_NONINTERACTIVE=true
+export HAB_NOCOLORING=true
+export HAB_STUDIO_SECRET_HAB_NONINTERACTIVE=true
+
+echo "--- system details"
+uname -a
+
+echo "--- Installing Habitat"
+id -a
+curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/habitat-sh/habitat/main/components/hab/install.sh | bash
+
+echo "--- :key: Generating fake origin key"
+hab origin key generate "$HAB_ORIGIN"
+
+
+echo "--- Building $PLAN"
+cd "$project_root"
+DO_CHECK=true hab pkg build .
+
+echo "--- Sourcing 'results/last_build.sh'"
+if [ -f ./results/last_build.env ]; then
+  cat ./results/last_build.env
+  . ./results/last_build.env
+  export pkg_artifact
+fi
+
+echo "+++ Installing ${pkg_ident:?is undefined}"
+echo "++++"
+echo $project_root
+echo "+++"
+hab pkg install -b "${project_root:?is undefined}/results/${pkg_artifact:?is undefined}"
+
+echo "+++ Testing $PLAN"
+
+PATH="$(hab pkg path ci/chef-vault)/bin:$PATH"
+export PATH
+echo "PATH is $PATH"
+
+echo "--- :mag_right: Testing $PLAN"
+"${project_root}/habitat/tests/test.sh" "$pkg_ident"
diff --git a/.expeditor/config.yml b/.expeditor/config.yml
index e5b8b05..d3b6dad 100644
--- a/.expeditor/config.yml
+++ b/.expeditor/config.yml
@@ -3,17 +3,15 @@
 
 # Slack channel in Chef Software slack to send notifications about build failures, etc
 slack:
-  notify_channel: chef-infra-notify
+  notify_channel: chef-ws-notify
 
 # This publish is triggered by the `built_in:publish_rubygems` artifact_action.
 rubygems:
   - chef-vault
 
-release_branches:
-  - workstation-LTS:
-      version_constraint: 4.*
-  - main:
-      version_constraint: 4.*
+artifact_channels:
+  - unstable
+  - chef-dke-lts2024
 
 github:
   # This deletes the GitHub PR branch after successfully merged into the release branch
@@ -27,6 +25,10 @@ github:
   major_bump_labels:
     - "Expeditor: Bump Version Major"
 
+release_branches:
+  - main:
+      version_constraint: 4.*
+
 changelog:
   rollup_header: Changes not yet released to rubygems.org
 
@@ -46,12 +48,35 @@ subscriptions:
             - "Expeditor: Skip All"
       - built_in:build_gem:
           only_if: built_in:bump_version
+      - trigger_pipeline:habitat/build:
+          only_if: built_in:bump_version
+          ignore_labels:
+            - "Expeditor: Skip Habitat"
+            - "Expeditor: Skip All"
+
   - workload: project_promoted:{{agent_id}}:*
     actions:
       - built_in:rollover_changelog
+
+  # Subscribe to the promotion of the unstable channel to stable(chef-dke-lts2024)
+  - workload: project_promoted:{{agent_id}}:unstable:*
+    actions:
+      - built_in:promote_habitat_packages
       - built_in:publish_rubygems
 
 pipelines:
   - verify:
       description: Pull Request validation tests
-      public: true
+  - habitat/build:
+      env:
+        - HAB_NONINTERACTIVE: "true"
+        - HAB_NOCOLORING: "true"
+        - HAB_STUDIO_SECRET_HAB_NONINTERACTIVE: "true"
+  - habitat/test:
+      description: Execute tests against the habitat artifact
+      definition: .expeditor/habitat-test.pipeline.yml
+      env:
+        - HAB_NONINTERACTIVE: "true"
+        - HAB_NOCOLORING: "true"
+        - HAB_STUDIO_SECRET_HAB_NONINTERACTIVE: "true"
+      trigger: pull_request
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.expeditor/habitat-test.pipeline.yml b/.expeditor/habitat-test.pipeline.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f85d2a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.expeditor/habitat-test.pipeline.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+---
+expeditor:
+  defaults:
+    buildkite:
+      timeout_in_minutes: 30
+      env: 
+        HAB_REFRESH_CHANNEL: "LTS-2024"
+      retry:
+        automatic:
+          limit: 1
+
+steps:
+
+  - label: ":linux: Validate Habitat Builds of Chef-vault"
+    commands:
+      - .expeditor/buildkite/artifact.habitat.test.sh
+    expeditor:
+      executor:
+        docker:
+          image: ruby:3.1
+          privileged: true
+
+  - label: ":windows: Validate Habitat Builds of Chef-vault"
+    commands:
+      - .expeditor/buildkite/artifact.habitat.test.ps1
+    expeditor:
+      executor:
+        docker:
+          host_os: windows
+          shell: ["powershell", "-Command"]
+          image: rubydistros/windows-2019:3.1
+          user: 'NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM'
+          environment:
+            - FORCE_FFI_YAJL=ext
+            - EXPIRE_CACHE=true
+            - CHEF_LICENSE=accept-no-persist
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.expeditor/run_windows_tests.ps1 b/.expeditor/run_windows_tests.ps1
index 3cce207..2f80a4b 100644
--- a/.expeditor/run_windows_tests.ps1
+++ b/.expeditor/run_windows_tests.ps1
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ If ($lastexitcode -ne 0) { Exit $lastexitcode }
 Write-Output "--- Bundle Execute"
 
 bundle exec rake 
-If ($lastexitcode -ne 0) { Exit $lastexitcode }
\ No newline at end of file
+If ($lastexitcode -ne 0) { Exit $lastexitcode }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 47fb5f4..43484ac 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 # chef-vault Change Log
 
-<!-- latest_release 4.1.13 -->
-## [v4.1.13](https://github.com/chef/chef-vault/tree/v4.1.13) (2024-09-25)
+<!-- latest_release 0.1.2 -->
+## [v0.1.2](https://github.com/chef/chef-vault/tree/v0.1.2) (2025-01-06)
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
-- CHEF-3710-chef-vault warning message includes sensitive info [#414](https://github.com/chef/chef-vault/pull/414) ([nikhil2611](https://github.com/nikhil2611))
+- Empty commit to test pipelines [#427](https://github.com/chef/chef-vault/pull/427) ([nikhil2611](https://github.com/nikhil2611))
 <!-- latest_release -->
 
 <!-- release_rollup since=4.1.11 -->
 ### Changes not yet released to rubygems.org
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
+- Empty commit to test pipelines [#427](https://github.com/chef/chef-vault/pull/427) ([nikhil2611](https://github.com/nikhil2611)) <!-- 0.1.2 -->
+- Adding pipelines to trigger pipeline automatically [#426](https://github.com/chef/chef-vault/pull/426) ([nikhil2611](https://github.com/nikhil2611)) <!-- 0.1.1 -->
+- Removed the manually created pipelines and added the channels [#425](https://github.com/chef/chef-vault/pull/425) ([nikhil2611](https://github.com/nikhil2611)) <!-- 0.1.0 -->
+- Test commit for pipeline testing [#424](https://github.com/chef/chef-vault/pull/424) ([ashiqueps](https://github.com/ashiqueps)) <!-- 4.1.14 -->
 - CHEF-3710-chef-vault warning message includes sensitive info [#414](https://github.com/chef/chef-vault/pull/414) ([nikhil2611](https://github.com/nikhil2611)) <!-- 4.1.13 -->
 - Integrating with sonarQube [#406](https://github.com/chef/chef-vault/pull/406) ([nikhil2611](https://github.com/nikhil2611)) <!-- 4.1.12 -->
 <!-- release_rollup -->
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index c8defbb..75b5b37 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ gemspec
 group :development do
   gem "chefstyle"
   gem "rake"
+  gem "appbundler"
   if Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION) < Gem::Version.new("3.0.0")
     gem "contracts", "~> 0.16.1" # pin until we drop ruby < 2.7
     gem "chef-zero"
diff --git a/habitat/plan.ps1 b/habitat/plan.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c3a7fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/habitat/plan.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
+$PSDefaultParameterValues['*:ErrorAction']='Stop'
+
+$pkg_name="chef-vault"
+$pkg_origin="chef"
+$pkg_version=$(Get-Content "$PLAN_CONTEXT/../VERSION")
+$pkg_maintainer="The Chef Maintainers <humans@chef.io>"
+
+$pkg_deps=@(
+  "chef/ruby31-plus-devkit"
+  "core/git"
+)
+$pkg_bin_dirs=@("bin"
+                "vendor/bin")
+$project_root= (Resolve-Path "$PLAN_CONTEXT/../").Path
+
+function pkg_version {
+    Get-Content "$SRC_PATH/VERSION"
+}
+
+function Invoke-Before {
+    Set-PkgVersion
+}
+function Invoke-SetupEnvironment {
+    Push-RuntimeEnv -IsPath GEM_PATH "$pkg_prefix/vendor"
+
+    Set-RuntimeEnv APPBUNDLER_ALLOW_RVM "true" # prevent appbundler from clearing out the carefully constructed runtime GEM_PATH
+    Set-RuntimeEnv FORCE_FFI_YAJL "ext"
+    Set-RuntimeEnv LANG "en_US.UTF-8"
+    Set-RuntimeEnv LC_CTYPE "en_US.UTF-8"
+}
+
+function Invoke-Build {
+    try {
+        $env:Path += ";c:\\Program Files\\Git\\bin"
+        Push-Location $project_root
+        $env:GEM_HOME = "$HAB_CACHE_SRC_PATH/$pkg_dirname/vendor"
+
+        Write-BuildLine " ** Configuring bundler for this build environment"
+        bundle config --local without integration deploy maintenance
+        bundle config --local jobs 4
+        bundle config --local retry 5
+        bundle config --local silence_root_warning 1
+        Write-BuildLine " ** Using bundler to retrieve the Ruby dependencies"
+        bundle install
+
+        gem build chef-vault.gemspec
+	    Write-BuildLine " ** Using gem to  install"
+	    gem install chef-vault*.gem --no-document
+
+        If ($lastexitcode -ne 0) { Exit $lastexitcode }
+    } finally {
+        Pop-Location
+    }
+}
+
+function Invoke-Install {
+    Write-BuildLine "** Copy built & cached gems to install directory"
+    Copy-Item -Path "$HAB_CACHE_SRC_PATH/$pkg_dirname/*" -Destination $pkg_prefix -Recurse -Force -Exclude @("gem_make.out", "mkmf.log", "Makefile",
+                     "*/latest", "latest",
+                     "*/JSON-Schema-Test-Suite", "JSON-Schema-Test-Suite")
+
+    try {
+        Push-Location $pkg_prefix
+        bundle config --local gemfile $project_root/Gemfile
+         Write-BuildLine "** generating binstubs for chef-vault with precise version pins"
+	 Write-BuildLine "** generating binstubs for chef-vault with precise version pins $project_root $pkg_prefix/bin " 
+            Invoke-Expression -Command "appbundler.bat $project_root $pkg_prefix/bin chef-vault"
+            If ($lastexitcode -ne 0) { Exit $lastexitcode }
+	Write-BuildLine " ** Running the chef-vault project's 'rake install' to install the path-based gems so they look like any other installed gem."
+
+        If ($lastexitcode -ne 0) { Exit $lastexitcode }
+    } finally {
+        Pop-Location
+    }
+}
+
+function Invoke-After {
+    # We don't need the cache of downloaded .gem files ...
+    Remove-Item $pkg_prefix/vendor/cache -Recurse -Force
+    # We don't need the gem docs.
+    Remove-Item $pkg_prefix/vendor/doc -Recurse -Force
+    # We don't need to ship the test suites for every gem dependency,
+    # only inspec's for package verification.
+    Get-ChildItem $pkg_prefix/vendor/gems -Filter "spec" -Directory -Recurse -Depth 1 `
+        | Where-Object -FilterScript { $_.FullName -notlike "*chef-vault*" }             `
+        | Remove-Item -Recurse -Force
+    # Remove the byproducts of compiling gems with extensions
+    Get-ChildItem $pkg_prefix/vendor/gems -Include @("gem_make.out", "mkmf.log", "Makefile") -File -Recurse `
+        | Remove-Item -Force
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/habitat/plan.sh b/habitat/plan.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d83e23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/habitat/plan.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+ruby_pkg="core/ruby3_1"
+pkg_name="chef-vault"
+pkg_origin="chef"
+pkg_maintainer="The Chef Maintainers <humans@chef.io>"
+pkg_description="Gem that allows you to encrypt a Chef Data Bag Item using the public keys of a list of chef nodes. This allows only those chef nodes to decrypt the encrypted values."
+pkg_license=('Apache-2.0')
+pkg_bin_dirs=(
+  bin
+)
+pkg_build_deps=(
+  core/make
+  core/bash
+  core/gcc
+  core/libarchive
+)
+pkg_deps=(${ruby_pkg} core/coreutils core/git)
+
+pkg_svc_user=root
+
+do_setup_environment() {
+  build_line 'Setting GEM_HOME="$pkg_prefix/vendor"'
+  export GEM_HOME="$pkg_prefix/vendor"
+
+  build_line "Setting GEM_PATH=$GEM_HOME"
+  export GEM_PATH="$GEM_HOME"
+}
+
+pkg_version() {
+  cat "$SRC_PATH/VERSION"
+}
+
+do_before() {
+  update_pkg_version
+}
+
+do_unpack() {
+  mkdir -pv "$HAB_CACHE_SRC_PATH/$pkg_dirname"
+  cp -RT "$PLAN_CONTEXT"/.. "$HAB_CACHE_SRC_PATH/$pkg_dirname/"
+}
+
+do_build() {
+
+  export GEM_HOME="$pkg_prefix/vendor"
+
+  build_line "Setting GEM_PATH=$GEM_HOME"
+  export GEM_PATH="$GEM_HOME"
+  bundle config --local without integration deploy maintenance
+  bundle config --local jobs 4
+  bundle config --local retry 5
+  bundle config --local silence_root_warning 1
+  bundle install
+  gem build chef-vault.gemspec
+}
+
+do_install() {
+  export GEM_HOME="$pkg_prefix/vendor"
+
+  build_line "Setting GEM_PATH=$GEM_HOME"
+  export GEM_PATH="$GEM_HOME"
+  gem install chef-vault-*.gem --no-document
+  wrap_ruby_chef_vault
+  set_runtime_env "GEM_PATH" "${pkg_prefix}/vendor"
+}
+
+wrap_ruby_chef_vault() {
+  local bin="$pkg_prefix/bin/chef-vault"
+  local real_bin="$GEM_HOME/gems/chef-vault-${pkg_version}/bin/chef-vault"
+  wrap_bin_with_ruby "$bin" "$real_bin"
+}
+
+wrap_bin_with_ruby() {
+  local bin="$1"
+  local real_bin="$2"
+  build_line "Adding wrapper $bin to $real_bin"
+  cat <<EOF > "$bin"
+#!$(pkg_path_for core/bash)/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+# Set binary path that allows chef-vault to use non-Hab pkg binaries
+export PATH="/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:\$PATH"
+
+# Set Ruby paths defined from 'do_setup_environment()'
+export GEM_HOME="$pkg_prefix/vendor"
+export GEM_PATH="$GEM_PATH"
+
+exec $(pkg_path_for ${ruby_pkg})/bin/ruby $real_bin \$@
+EOF
+  chmod -v 755 "$bin"
+}
+
+do_strip() {
+  return 0
+}
diff --git a/habitat/tests/test.ps1 b/habitat/tests/test.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07ecf03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/habitat/tests/test.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+param (
+    [Parameter()]
+    [string]$PackageIdentifier = $(throw "Usage: test.ps1 [test_pkg_ident] e.g. test.ps1 ci/user-windows/1.0.0/20190812103929")
+)
+
+
+Write-Host "--- :fire: Smokish test"
+# Pester the Package
+$help_message=hab pkg exec "${pkg_ident}" -- chef-vault -h
+$original_message="Usage: chef-vault"
+
+Write-Host "Checking the help message of the package"
+Write-Host "Expected: $original_message"
+Write-Host "Actual: $help_message"
+if ($help_message -like "*$original_message*")
+{
+    Write "Chef-vault is working fine"
+}
+else {
+    Write-Error "chef-vault binary doesn't return the correct usage message "
+    throw "Chef-vault windows pipeline not working for hab pkg"
+}
diff --git a/habitat/tests/test.sh b/habitat/tests/test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..30c7348
--- /dev/null
+++ b/habitat/tests/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+project_root="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+pkg_ident="$1"
+
+# print error message followed by usage and exit
+error () {
+  local message="$1"
+
+  echo -e "\nERROR: ${message}\n" >&2
+
+  exit 1
+}
+
+[[ -n "$pkg_ident" ]] || error 'no hab package identity provided'
+
+package_version=$(awk -F / '{print $3}' <<<"$pkg_ident")
+
+cd "${project_root}"
+
+echo "--- :mag_right: Testing ${pkg_ident} executables"
+help_message=$(hab pkg exec "${pkg_ident}" -- chef-vault -h)
+original_help="Usage: chef-vault"
+[[ $help_message =~ $original_help ]] || error "chef-vault help command is not as expected"