diff --git a/pkg/kapp/cmd/app/deploy.go b/pkg/kapp/cmd/app/deploy.go
index 2cd46a824..8ed35d955 100644
--- a/pkg/kapp/cmd/app/deploy.go
+++ b/pkg/kapp/cmd/app/deploy.go
@@ -183,6 +183,13 @@ func (o *DeployOptions) Run() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if o.DeployFlags.ChangeGraphFile != "" {
+		err = clusterChangesGraph.WriteToFile(o.DeployFlags.ChangeGraphFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
 	if o.DiffFlags.UI {
 		return o.presentDiffUI(clusterChangesGraph)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kapp/cmd/app/deploy_flags.go b/pkg/kapp/cmd/app/deploy_flags.go
index 09dd2e150..d9cca1b09 100644
--- a/pkg/kapp/cmd/app/deploy_flags.go
+++ b/pkg/kapp/cmd/app/deploy_flags.go
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ type DeployFlags struct {
 	AppMetadataFile string
 
 	DisableGKScoping bool
+
+	ChangeGraphFile string
 }
 
 func (s *DeployFlags) Set(cmd *cobra.Command) {
@@ -63,4 +65,6 @@ func (s *DeployFlags) Set(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&s.DisableGKScoping, "dangerous-disable-gk-scoping",
 		false, "Disable scoping of resource searching to used GroupKinds")
+
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&s.ChangeGraphFile, "change-graph-file-output", "", "Render the deployment graph to a file")
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kapp/diffgraph/change_graph.go b/pkg/kapp/diffgraph/change_graph.go
index 375437ca1..7fd7148c9 100644
--- a/pkg/kapp/diffgraph/change_graph.go
+++ b/pkg/kapp/diffgraph/change_graph.go
@@ -4,12 +4,15 @@
 package diffgraph
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
 	ctlconf "carvel.dev/kapp/pkg/kapp/config"
 	"carvel.dev/kapp/pkg/kapp/logger"
+	ctlres "carvel.dev/kapp/pkg/kapp/resources"
 )
 
 type ChangeGraph struct {
@@ -314,3 +317,50 @@ func (g *ChangeGraph) checkCyclesVisit(nodeN *Change, markedTemp, markedPerm map
 	markedPerm[nodeN] = struct{}{}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (g *ChangeGraph) WriteToFile(outputFile string) error {
+	sb := &strings.Builder{}
+	encoder := json.NewEncoder(sb)
+	nodes := []RenderedNode{}
+	edges := []RenderedEdge{}
+
+	for _, change := range g.All() {
+		change.Change.Resource().UnstructuredObject()
+		changeGroups, _ := change.Groups()
+
+		groups := []string{}
+		for _, changeGroup := range changeGroups {
+			groups = append(groups, changeGroup.Name)
+		}
+		changeID := ctlres.NewAssociationLabel(change.Change.Resource()).Value()
+		var namespaceRef *string
+		namespace := change.Change.Resource().Namespace()
+		if namespace != "" {
+			namespaceRef = &namespace
+		}
+		node := RenderedNode{
+			ID: changeID,
+			Data: RenderedNodeData{
+				Name:         change.Change.Resource().Name(),
+				Namespace:    namespaceRef,
+				ChangeGroups: groups,
+				GroupKind:    RenderedGroupKind(change.Change.Resource().GroupKind()),
+				Op:           change.Change.Op(),
+			},
+		}
+		nodes = append(nodes, node)
+		changeDependencies := change.WaitingFor
+		for _, dependency := range changeDependencies {
+			depID := ctlres.NewAssociationLabel(dependency.Change.Resource()).Value()
+			edges = append(edges, RenderedEdge{
+				Source: changeID,
+				Target: depID,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+	encoder.Encode(RenderedGraph{
+		Nodes: nodes,
+		Edges: edges,
+	})
+	return os.WriteFile(outputFile, []byte(sb.String()), os.ModePerm)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/kapp/diffgraph/change_graph_test.go b/pkg/kapp/diffgraph/change_graph_test.go
index c22b62cba..47162faac 100644
--- a/pkg/kapp/diffgraph/change_graph_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kapp/diffgraph/change_graph_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package diffgraph_test
 
 import (
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -840,6 +841,48 @@ func buildChangeGraph(resourcesBs string, op ctldgraph.ActualChangeOp, t *testin
 	return buildChangeGraphWithOpts(buildGraphOpts{resourcesBs: resourcesBs, op: op}, t)
 }
 
+func TestRenderGraph(t *testing.T) {
+	configYAML := `
+kind: Job
+metadata:
+  name: import-etcd-into-db
+  annotations:
+    kapp.k14s.io/change-group: "apps.big.co/import-etcd-into-db"
+---
+kind: Job
+metadata:
+  name: after-migrations
+  annotations:
+    kapp.k14s.io/change-group.group1: "apps.big.co/after-migrations-1"
+    kapp.k14s.io/change-group.group2: "apps.big.co/after-migrations-2"
+---
+kind: Job
+metadata:
+  name: migrations
+  annotations:
+    kapp.k14s.io/change-rule.rule1: "upsert after upserting apps.big.co/import-etcd-into-db"
+    kapp.k14s.io/change-rule.rule2: "upsert before upserting apps.big.co/after-migrations-1"
+    kapp.k14s.io/change-rule.rule3: "upsert before upserting apps.big.co/after-migrations-2"
+`
+
+	graph, err := buildChangeGraph(configYAML, ctldgraph.ActualChangeOpUpsert, t)
+	require.NoErrorf(t, err, "Expected graph to build")
+	tmpFile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "*")
+	defer func() {
+		os.Remove(tmpFile.Name())
+	}()
+	require.NoErrorf(t, err, "Failed to create temp file")
+	err = graph.WriteToFile(tmpFile.Name())
+	require.NoErrorf(t, err, "Failed to write to file")
+	contents, err := os.ReadFile(tmpFile.Name())
+	require.NoErrorf(t, err, "Failed to read file")
+
+	expectedOutput := strings.TrimSpace(`
+{"nodes":[{"id":"v1.88b09231fb1239b5798a9fc230ef23f3","data":{"name":"import-etcd-into-db","namespace":null,"changeGroups":["apps.big.co/import-etcd-into-db"],"groupKind":{"group":"","kind":"Job"},"op":"upsert"}},{"id":"v1.3258dfc11ef4e6bfbfe728d7f6ed8193","data":{"name":"after-migrations","namespace":null,"changeGroups":["apps.big.co/after-migrations-1","apps.big.co/after-migrations-2"],"groupKind":{"group":"","kind":"Job"},"op":"upsert"}},{"id":"v1.cb954b4a1b9d4fbaaf4ff3ce5a9df1ba","data":{"name":"migrations","namespace":null,"changeGroups":[],"groupKind":{"group":"","kind":"Job"},"op":"upsert"}}],"edges":[{"source":"v1.3258dfc11ef4e6bfbfe728d7f6ed8193","target":"v1.cb954b4a1b9d4fbaaf4ff3ce5a9df1ba"},{"source":"v1.cb954b4a1b9d4fbaaf4ff3ce5a9df1ba","target":"v1.88b09231fb1239b5798a9fc230ef23f3"}]}
+  `)
+	require.Equal(t, expectedOutput, strings.TrimSpace(string(contents)))
+}
+
 type buildGraphOpts struct {
 	resources           []ctlres.Resource
 	resourcesBs         string
diff --git a/pkg/kapp/diffgraph/graph_meta.go b/pkg/kapp/diffgraph/graph_meta.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..991d9965b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/kapp/diffgraph/graph_meta.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// Copyright 2024 The Carvel Authors.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package diffgraph
+
+type RenderedNodeData struct {
+	Name         string            `json:"name"`
+	Namespace    *string           `json:"namespace"`
+	ChangeGroups []string          `json:"changeGroups"`
+	GroupKind    RenderedGroupKind `json:"groupKind"`
+	Op           ActualChangeOp    `json:"op"`
+}
+
+type RenderedNode struct {
+	ID   string           `json:"id"`
+	Data RenderedNodeData `json:"data"`
+}
+
+type RenderedGroupKind struct {
+	Group string `json:"group"`
+	Kind  string `json:"kind"`
+}
+
+type RenderedEdge struct {
+	Source string `json:"source"`
+	Target string `json:"target"`
+}
+
+type RenderedGraph struct {
+	Nodes []RenderedNode `json:"nodes"`
+	Edges []RenderedEdge `json:"edges"`
+}