diff --git a/pkg/api/api.go b/pkg/api/api.go
index 36d9077..72e631d 100644
--- a/pkg/api/api.go
+++ b/pkg/api/api.go
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ func (api *API) Handler() http.Handler {
 // EnableUpdates registers the `updates` endpoints
 func (api *API) EnableUpdates(f updates.InvokedFunc, updateLock *sync.Mutex) {
 	api.route("/v1/updates").post(updates.PostV1(f, updateLock))
+	api.route("/v2/updates/apply").post(updates.PostV2Apply(f, updateLock))
+	api.route("/v2/updates/check").post(updates.PostV2Check(f, updateLock))
 }
 
 // EnableMetrics registers the `metrics` endpoints
diff --git a/pkg/api/updates/updates_v2.go b/pkg/api/updates/updates_v2.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6dc0ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/api/updates/updates_v2.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package updates
+
+import (
+	. "github.com/containrrr/watchtower/pkg/api/prelude"
+	"github.com/containrrr/watchtower/pkg/filters"
+	"github.com/containrrr/watchtower/pkg/types"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+func postV2(onInvoke InvokedFunc, updateLock *sync.Mutex, monitorOnly bool) HandlerFunc {
+	return func(c *Context) Response {
+		log.Info("Updates triggered by HTTP API request.")
+
+		images := parseImages(c.Request.URL)
+
+		if updateLock.TryLock() {
+			defer updateLock.Unlock()
+
+			result := onInvoke(func(up *types.UpdateParams) {
+				up.Filter = filters.FilterByImage(images, up.Filter)
+				up.MonitorOnly = monitorOnly
+			})
+			return OK(result)
+		} else {
+			return Error(ErrUpdateRunning)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func PostV2Check(onInvoke InvokedFunc, updateLock *sync.Mutex) HandlerFunc {
+	return postV2(onInvoke, updateLock, true)
+}
+
+func PostV2Apply(onInvoke InvokedFunc, updateLock *sync.Mutex) HandlerFunc {
+	return postV2(onInvoke, updateLock, false)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/notifications/json.go b/pkg/notifications/json.go
index 20da92b..4d6246c 100644
--- a/pkg/notifications/json.go
+++ b/pkg/notifications/json.go
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ package notifications
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-
-	t "github.com/containrrr/watchtower/pkg/types"
 )
 
 type jsonMap = map[string]interface{}
@@ -20,42 +18,12 @@ func (d Data) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	var report jsonMap
-	if d.Report != nil {
-		report = jsonMap{
-			`scanned`: marshalReports(d.Report.Scanned()),
-			`updated`: marshalReports(d.Report.Updated()),
-			`failed`:  marshalReports(d.Report.Failed()),
-			`skipped`: marshalReports(d.Report.Skipped()),
-			`stale`:   marshalReports(d.Report.Stale()),
-			`fresh`:   marshalReports(d.Report.Fresh()),
-		}
-	}
-
 	return json.Marshal(jsonMap{
-		`report`:  report,
+		`report`:  d.Report,
 		`title`:   d.Title,
 		`host`:    d.Host,
 		`entries`: entries,
 	})
 }
 
-func marshalReports(reports []t.ContainerReport) []jsonMap {
-	jsonReports := make([]jsonMap, len(reports))
-	for i, report := range reports {
-		jsonReports[i] = jsonMap{
-			`id`:             report.ID().ShortID(),
-			`name`:           report.Name(),
-			`currentImageId`: report.CurrentImageID().ShortID(),
-			`latestImageId`:  report.LatestImageID().ShortID(),
-			`imageName`:      report.ImageName(),
-			`state`:          report.State(),
-		}
-		if errorMessage := report.Error(); errorMessage != "" {
-			jsonReports[i][`error`] = errorMessage
-		}
-	}
-	return jsonReports
-}
-
 var _ json.Marshaler = &Data{}
diff --git a/pkg/session/report.go b/pkg/session/report.go
index 707eb91..1af1918 100644
--- a/pkg/session/report.go
+++ b/pkg/session/report.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package session
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"sort"
 
 	"github.com/containrrr/watchtower/pkg/types"
@@ -61,6 +62,38 @@ func (r *report) All() []types.ContainerReport {
 	return all
 }
 
+type jsonMap = map[string]interface{}
+
+// MarshalJSON implements json.Marshaler
+func (r *report) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	return json.Marshal(jsonMap{
+		`scanned`: marshalReports(r.Scanned()),
+		`updated`: marshalReports(r.Updated()),
+		`failed`:  marshalReports(r.Failed()),
+		`skipped`: marshalReports(r.Skipped()),
+		`stale`:   marshalReports(r.Stale()),
+		`fresh`:   marshalReports(r.Fresh()),
+	})
+}
+
+func marshalReports(reports []types.ContainerReport) []jsonMap {
+	jsonReports := make([]jsonMap, len(reports))
+	for i, report := range reports {
+		jsonReports[i] = jsonMap{
+			`id`:             report.ID().ShortID(),
+			`name`:           report.Name(),
+			`currentImageId`: report.CurrentImageID().ShortID(),
+			`latestImageId`:  report.LatestImageID().ShortID(),
+			`imageName`:      report.ImageName(),
+			`state`:          report.State(),
+		}
+		if errorMessage := report.Error(); errorMessage != "" {
+			jsonReports[i][`error`] = errorMessage
+		}
+	}
+	return jsonReports
+}
+
 // NewReport creates a types.Report from the supplied Progress
 func NewReport(progress Progress) types.Report {
 	report := &report{