diff --git a/core/deploy/02_deploy_acre_router.ts b/core/deploy/02_deploy_acre_router.ts
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+import type { HardhatRuntimeEnvironment } from "hardhat/types"
+import type { DeployFunction } from "hardhat-deploy/types"
+
+const func: DeployFunction = async (hre: HardhatRuntimeEnvironment) => {
+  const { getNamedAccounts, deployments } = hre
+  const { deployer } = await getNamedAccounts()
+
+  await deployments.deploy("AcreRouter", {
+    from: deployer,
+    args: [],
+    log: true,
+    waitConfirmations: 1,
+  })
+
+  // TODO: Add Etherscan verification
+  // TODO: Add Tenderly verification
+}
+
+export default func
+
+func.tags = ["AcreRouter"]
+func.dependencies = ["Acre"]
diff --git a/core/deploy/22_transfer_ownership_acre_router.ts b/core/deploy/22_transfer_ownership_acre_router.ts
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+import type { HardhatRuntimeEnvironment } from "hardhat/types"
+import type { DeployFunction } from "hardhat-deploy/types"
+
+const func: DeployFunction = async (hre: HardhatRuntimeEnvironment) => {
+  const { getNamedAccounts, deployments } = hre
+  const { deployer, governance } = await getNamedAccounts()
+  const { log } = deployments
+
+  log(`transferring ownership of AcreRouter contract to ${governance}`)
+
+  await deployments.execute(
+    "AcreRouter",
+    { from: deployer, log: true, waitConfirmations: 1 },
+    "transferOwnership",
+    governance,
+  )
+}
+
+export default func
+
+func.tags = ["TransferOwnershipAcreRouter"]