diff --git a/snomed/com.b2international.snowowl.snomed.reasoner/src/com/b2international/snowowl/snomed/reasoner/SnomedReasonerPlugin.java b/snomed/com.b2international.snowowl.snomed.reasoner/src/com/b2international/snowowl/snomed/reasoner/SnomedReasonerPlugin.java
index 9688cf2eba..d986fb4ec8 100644
--- a/snomed/com.b2international.snowowl.snomed.reasoner/src/com/b2international/snowowl/snomed/reasoner/SnomedReasonerPlugin.java
+++ b/snomed/com.b2international.snowowl.snomed.reasoner/src/com/b2international/snowowl/snomed/reasoner/SnomedReasonerPlugin.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import com.b2international.index.Index;
 import com.b2international.snowowl.core.RepositoryManager;
 import com.b2international.snowowl.core.config.SnowOwlConfiguration;
+import com.b2international.snowowl.core.plugin.ClassPathScanner;
 import com.b2international.snowowl.core.plugin.Component;
 import com.b2international.snowowl.core.repository.TerminologyRepositoryConfigurer;
 import com.b2international.snowowl.core.setup.Environment;
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@
 import com.b2international.snowowl.snomed.common.SnomedTerminologyComponentConstants;
 import com.b2international.snowowl.snomed.datastore.config.SnomedCoreConfiguration;
 import com.b2international.snowowl.snomed.reasoner.classification.ClassificationTracker;
+import com.b2international.snowowl.snomed.reasoner.equivalence.IEquivalentConceptMerger;
 import com.b2international.snowowl.snomed.reasoner.index.*;
 
 /**
@@ -45,8 +47,10 @@ public void run(final SnowOwlConfiguration configuration, final Environment env)
 			final int maximumReasonerRuns = snomedConfig.getMaxReasonerRuns();
 			final long classificationCleanUpInterval = snomedConfig.getClassificationCleanUpInterval();
 			final ClassificationTracker classificationTracker = new ClassificationTracker(repositoryIndex, maximumReasonerRuns, TimeUnit.MINUTES.toMillis(classificationCleanUpInterval));
-			
 			env.services().registerService(ClassificationTracker.class, classificationTracker);
+			
+			final ClassPathScanner scanner = env.service(ClassPathScanner.class);
+			env.services().registerService(IEquivalentConceptMerger.Registry.class, new IEquivalentConceptMerger.Registry(scanner));
 		}
 	}
 	
diff --git a/snomed/com.b2international.snowowl.snomed.reasoner/src/com/b2international/snowowl/snomed/reasoner/equivalence/IEquivalentConceptMerger.java b/snomed/com.b2international.snowowl.snomed.reasoner/src/com/b2international/snowowl/snomed/reasoner/equivalence/IEquivalentConceptMerger.java
index 4b629f63ea..4cd7bccbfe 100644
--- a/snomed/com.b2international.snowowl.snomed.reasoner/src/com/b2international/snowowl/snomed/reasoner/equivalence/IEquivalentConceptMerger.java
+++ b/snomed/com.b2international.snowowl.snomed.reasoner/src/com/b2international/snowowl/snomed/reasoner/equivalence/IEquivalentConceptMerger.java
@@ -16,10 +16,15 @@
 package com.b2international.snowowl.snomed.reasoner.equivalence;
 
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import com.b2international.snowowl.core.plugin.ClassPathScanner;
+import com.b2international.snowowl.core.plugin.Component;
 import com.b2international.snowowl.snomed.core.domain.SnomedConcept;
+import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
+import com.google.common.collect.Ordering;
 
 /**
  * Implementations of this interface can define a customized way for
@@ -45,6 +50,16 @@ public interface IEquivalentConceptMerger {
 	 */
 	String PREFIX_UPDATED = "U_";
 	
+	/**
+	 * @return the name of this equivalent concept merging strategy (must be unique for each implementation)
+	 */
+	String getName();
+	
+	/**
+	 * @return the priority of the implementation, highest priority wins
+	 */
+	int getPriority();
+	
 	/**
 	 * Adds changes to the specified bulk request builder that effectively merges
 	 * equivalent concepts into their corresponding suggested replacement.
@@ -84,11 +99,36 @@ public interface IEquivalentConceptMerger {
 	 * 
 	 * @since 6.14
 	 */
+	@Component
 	class Default implements IEquivalentConceptMerger {
 
+		@Override
+		public String getName() {
+			return "default";
+		}
+		
+		@Override
+		public int getPriority() {
+			return 0;
+		}
+		
 		@Override
 		public Set<String> merge(final Multimap<SnomedConcept, SnomedConcept> equivalentConcepts) {
 			return Collections.emptySet();
 		}
 	}
+	
+	final class Registry {
+		private final List<IEquivalentConceptMerger> implsByPriority;
+
+		public Registry(ClassPathScanner scanner) {
+			this.implsByPriority = Ordering.natural()
+				.onResultOf(IEquivalentConceptMerger::getPriority)
+				.immutableSortedCopy(scanner.getComponentsByInterface(IEquivalentConceptMerger.class));
+		}
+		
+		public IEquivalentConceptMerger getHighestPriority() {
+			return Iterables.getLast(implsByPriority);
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/snomed/com.b2international.snowowl.snomed.reasoner/src/com/b2international/snowowl/snomed/reasoner/request/SaveJobRequest.java b/snomed/com.b2international.snowowl.snomed.reasoner/src/com/b2international/snowowl/snomed/reasoner/request/SaveJobRequest.java
index b9926f781a..ed3638b17e 100644
--- a/snomed/com.b2international.snowowl.snomed.reasoner/src/com/b2international/snowowl/snomed/reasoner/request/SaveJobRequest.java
+++ b/snomed/com.b2international.snowowl.snomed.reasoner/src/com/b2international/snowowl/snomed/reasoner/request/SaveJobRequest.java
@@ -26,11 +26,8 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
-import jakarta.validation.constraints.NotNull;
-
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.SubMonitor;
-import jakarta.validation.constraints.NotEmpty;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -49,7 +46,6 @@
 import com.b2international.snowowl.core.identity.User;
 import com.b2international.snowowl.core.internal.locks.DatastoreLockContextDescriptions;
 import com.b2international.snowowl.core.locks.Locks;
-import com.b2international.snowowl.core.plugin.Extensions;
 import com.b2international.snowowl.core.repository.RepositoryRequests;
 import com.b2international.snowowl.core.request.CommitResult;
 import com.b2international.snowowl.snomed.common.SnomedRf2Headers;
@@ -69,6 +65,9 @@
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
 
+import jakarta.validation.constraints.NotEmpty;
+import jakarta.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+
 /**
  * Represents a request that saves pre-recorded changes of a classification,
  * usually running in a remote job.
@@ -439,15 +438,10 @@ private Set<String> mergeEquivalentConcepts(final BranchContext context,
 			return Collections.emptySet();
 		}
 		
-		IEquivalentConceptMerger merger = Extensions.getFirstPriorityExtension(
-				IEquivalentConceptMerger.EXTENSION_POINT, 
-				IEquivalentConceptMerger.class);
-		if (merger == null) {
-			merger = new IEquivalentConceptMerger.Default();
-		}
-		
-		final String mergerName = merger.getClass().getSimpleName();
-		LOG.info("Reasoner service will use {} for equivalent concept merging.", mergerName);
+		final IEquivalentConceptMerger.Registry mergerRegistry = context.service(IEquivalentConceptMerger.Registry.class);
+		final IEquivalentConceptMerger merger = mergerRegistry.getHighestPriority();
+		final String mergerName = merger.getName();
+		LOG.info("Reasoner service will use '{}' implementation for equivalent concept merging.", mergerName);
 		
 		final Set<String> conceptIdsToSkip = merger.merge(equivalentConcepts);
 		final Set<String> conceptIdsToKeep = equivalentConcepts.keySet()