diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/infinispan/configuration/parsing/Namespace.java b/core/src/main/java/org/infinispan/configuration/parsing/Namespace.java
index f73c5e27b1bb..505783f27edd 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/infinispan/configuration/parsing/Namespace.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/infinispan/configuration/parsing/Namespace.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.infinispan.configuration.parsing;
 
+import java.lang.annotation.Repeatable;
 import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
 
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@
  * @since 6.0
  */
 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Repeatable(Namespaces.class)
 public @interface Namespace {
    /**
     * The URI of the namespace. Defaults to the empty string.
@@ -22,4 +24,16 @@
     * The root element of this namespace.
     */
    String root();
+
+   /**
+    * The first version of the schema where this is supported. Defaults to 7.0. Only considered if {@link #uri()} ends
+    * with a wildcard
+    */
+   String since() default "7.0";
+
+   /**
+    * The last version of the schema where this is supported. Defaults to the current release. Only considered if {@link #uri()} ends
+    * with a wildcard
+    */
+   String until() default "";
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/infinispan/configuration/parsing/Parser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/infinispan/configuration/parsing/Parser.java
index d7b61c5ee2a7..aed3a0a15cd0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/infinispan/configuration/parsing/Parser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/infinispan/configuration/parsing/Parser.java
@@ -93,20 +93,9 @@
  * @since 9.0
  */
 @MetaInfServices
-@Namespaces({
-      @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:9.2", root = "infinispan"),
-      @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:9.1", root = "infinispan"),
-      @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:9.0", root = "infinispan"),
-      @Namespace(root = "infinispan"),
-
-      @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:8.0", root = "infinispan"),
-      @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:8.1", root = "infinispan"),
-      @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:8.2", root = "infinispan"),
-
-      @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:7.0", root = "infinispan"),
-      @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:7.1", root = "infinispan"),
-      @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:7.2", root = "infinispan"),
-})
+
+@Namespace(root = "infinispan")
+@Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:*", root = "infinispan")
 public class Parser implements ConfigurationParser {
 
    static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(Parser.class);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/infinispan/configuration/parsing/ParserRegistry.java b/core/src/main/java/org/infinispan/configuration/parsing/ParserRegistry.java
index a35f24b3b58e..bea62891e395 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/infinispan/configuration/parsing/ParserRegistry.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/infinispan/configuration/parsing/ParserRegistry.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamReader;
 import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamWriter;
 
+import org.infinispan.Version;
 import org.infinispan.commons.CacheConfigurationException;
 import org.infinispan.commons.util.CollectionFactory;
 import org.infinispan.commons.util.FileLookup;
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@
 public class ParserRegistry implements NamespaceMappingParser {
    private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(ParserRegistry.class);
    private final WeakReference<ClassLoader> cl;
-   private final ConcurrentMap<QName, ConfigurationParser> parserMappings;
+   private final ConcurrentMap<QName, NamespaceParserPair> parserMappings;
 
    public ParserRegistry() {
       this(Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader());
@@ -90,9 +91,9 @@ public ParserRegistry(ClassLoader classLoader, boolean defaultOnly) {
          if (!skipParser) {
             for (Namespace ns : namespaces) {
                QName qName = new QName(ns.uri(), ns.root());
-               ConfigurationParser existingParser = parserMappings.putIfAbsent(qName, parser);
-               if (existingParser != null && !parser.getClass().equals(existingParser.getClass())) {
-                  log.parserRootElementAlreadyRegistered(qName, parser.getClass().getName(), existingParser.getClass().getName());
+               NamespaceParserPair existing = parserMappings.putIfAbsent(qName, new NamespaceParserPair(ns, parser));
+               if (existing != null && !parser.getClass().equals(existing.parser.getClass())) {
+                  log.parserRootElementAlreadyRegistered(qName, parser.getClass().getName(), existing.parser.getClass().getName());
                }
             }
          }
@@ -161,16 +162,32 @@ public void parse(XMLExtendedStreamReader reader, ConfigurationBuilderHolder hol
    @Override
    public void parseElement(XMLExtendedStreamReader reader, ConfigurationBuilderHolder holder) throws XMLStreamException {
       QName name = reader.getName();
-      ConfigurationParser parser = parserMappings.get(name);
+      // First we attempt to get the direct name
+      NamespaceParserPair parser = parserMappings.get(name);
       if (parser == null) {
-         throw log.unsupportedConfiguration(name.getLocalPart(), name.getNamespaceURI());
+         // Next we strip off the version from the URI and look for a wildcard match
+         String uri = name.getNamespaceURI();
+         int lastColon = uri.lastIndexOf(':');
+         String baseUri = uri.substring(0,  lastColon + 1) + "*";
+         parser = parserMappings.get(new QName(baseUri, name.getLocalPart()));
+         if (parser == null || !isSupportedNamespaceVersion(parser.namespace, uri.substring(lastColon + 1)))
+            throw log.unsupportedConfiguration(name.getLocalPart(), name.getNamespaceURI());
       }
       Schema oldSchema = reader.getSchema();
       reader.setSchema(Schema.fromNamespaceURI(name.getNamespaceURI()));
-      parser.readElement(reader, holder);
+      parser.parser.readElement(reader, holder);
       reader.setSchema(oldSchema);
    }
 
+   private boolean isSupportedNamespaceVersion(Namespace namespace, String version) {
+      short reqVersion = Version.getVersionShort(version);
+      if (reqVersion < Version.getVersionShort(namespace.since())) {
+         return false;
+      }
+      short untilVersion = namespace.until().length() > 0 ? Version.getVersionShort(namespace.until()) : Version.getVersionShort();
+      return reqVersion <= untilVersion;
+   }
+
    /**
     * Serializes a full configuration to an {@link OutputStream}
     *
@@ -229,4 +246,14 @@ public String serialize(String name, Configuration configuration) {
          throw new CacheConfigurationException(e);
       }
    }
+
+   public static class NamespaceParserPair {
+      Namespace namespace;
+      ConfigurationParser parser;
+
+      NamespaceParserPair(Namespace namespace, ConfigurationParser parser) {
+         this.namespace = namespace;
+         this.parser = parser;
+      }
+   }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/infinispan/configuration/module/MyParserExtension.java b/core/src/test/java/org/infinispan/configuration/module/MyParserExtension.java
index 12333a2bc9ab..ef8cd647bcb8 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/infinispan/configuration/module/MyParserExtension.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/infinispan/configuration/module/MyParserExtension.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ConfigurationBuilderHolder;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ConfigurationParser;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Namespace;
-import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Namespaces;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ParseUtils;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ParserScope;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.XMLExtendedStreamReader;
@@ -19,10 +18,8 @@
  * @author Tristan Tarrant
  * @since 5.2
  */
-@Namespaces({
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:mymodule", root = "sample-element"),
-   @Namespace(root = "sample-element")
-})
+@Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:mymodule", root = "sample-element")
+@Namespace(root = "sample-element")
 public class MyParserExtension implements ConfigurationParser {
 
    @Override
diff --git a/counter/src/main/java/org/infinispan/counter/configuration/CounterConfigurationParser.java b/counter/src/main/java/org/infinispan/counter/configuration/CounterConfigurationParser.java
index 35832b75e55a..6178d9c84882 100644
--- a/counter/src/main/java/org/infinispan/counter/configuration/CounterConfigurationParser.java
+++ b/counter/src/main/java/org/infinispan/counter/configuration/CounterConfigurationParser.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ConfigurationBuilderHolder;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ConfigurationParser;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Namespace;
-import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Namespaces;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ParseUtils;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ParserScope;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.XMLExtendedStreamReader;
@@ -33,12 +32,8 @@
  * @since 9.0
  */
 @MetaInfServices
-@Namespaces({
-      @Namespace(root = "counters"),
-      @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:counters:9.2", root = "counters"),
-      @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:counters:9.1", root = "counters"),
-      @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:counters:9.0", root = "counters")
-})
+@Namespace(root = "counters")
+@Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:counters:*", root = "counters", since = "9.0")
 public class CounterConfigurationParser implements ConfigurationParser {
 
    private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(CounterConfigurationParser.class, Log.class);
diff --git a/persistence/cli/src/main/java/org/infinispan/persistence/cli/configuration/CLInterfaceLoaderConfigurationParser.java b/persistence/cli/src/main/java/org/infinispan/persistence/cli/configuration/CLInterfaceLoaderConfigurationParser.java
index 307b946baf35..e24973bdd13b 100644
--- a/persistence/cli/src/main/java/org/infinispan/persistence/cli/configuration/CLInterfaceLoaderConfigurationParser.java
+++ b/persistence/cli/src/main/java/org/infinispan/persistence/cli/configuration/CLInterfaceLoaderConfigurationParser.java
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ConfigurationBuilderHolder;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ConfigurationParser;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Namespace;
-import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Namespaces;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ParseUtils;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Parser;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.XMLExtendedStreamReader;
@@ -22,17 +21,8 @@
  * @since 9.0
  */
 @MetaInfServices
-@Namespaces({
-   @Namespace(root = "cli-loader"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:cli:9.2", root = "cli-loader"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:cli:9.1", root = "cli-loader"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:cli:9.0", root = "cli-loader"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:cli:8.0", root = "cli-loader"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:cli:7.2", root = "cli-loader"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:cli:7.1", root = "cli-loader"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:cli:7.0", root = "cli-loader"),
-
-})
+@Namespace(root = "cli-loader")
+@Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:cli:*", root = "cli-loader")
 public class CLInterfaceLoaderConfigurationParser implements ConfigurationParser {
 
    @Override
diff --git a/persistence/jdbc/src/main/java/org/infinispan/persistence/jdbc/configuration/JdbcStoreConfigurationParser.java b/persistence/jdbc/src/main/java/org/infinispan/persistence/jdbc/configuration/JdbcStoreConfigurationParser.java
index c68e1b27c4d3..83c279ffbdd3 100644
--- a/persistence/jdbc/src/main/java/org/infinispan/persistence/jdbc/configuration/JdbcStoreConfigurationParser.java
+++ b/persistence/jdbc/src/main/java/org/infinispan/persistence/jdbc/configuration/JdbcStoreConfigurationParser.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package org.infinispan.persistence.jdbc.configuration;
 
 import static org.infinispan.commons.util.StringPropertyReplacer.replaceProperties;
-import static org.infinispan.persistence.jdbc.configuration.Element.MIXED_KEYED_JDBC_STORE;
 
 import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamConstants;
 import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException;
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ConfigurationBuilderHolder;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ConfigurationParser;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Namespace;
-import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Namespaces;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ParseUtils;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Parser;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.XMLExtendedStreamReader;
@@ -26,28 +24,12 @@
  * @since 9.0
  */
 @MetaInfServices
-@Namespaces({
-   @Namespace(root = "string-keyed-jdbc-store"),
-   @Namespace(root = "binary-keyed-jdbc-store"),
-   @Namespace(root = "mixed-keyed-jdbc-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:jdbc:9.2", root = "string-keyed-jdbc-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:jdbc:9.1", root = "string-keyed-jdbc-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:jdbc:9.0", root = "string-keyed-jdbc-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:jdbc:9.0", root = "binary-keyed-jdbc-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:jdbc:9.0", root = "mixed-keyed-jdbc-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:jdbc:8.0", root = "string-keyed-jdbc-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:jdbc:8.0", root = "binary-keyed-jdbc-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:jdbc:8.0", root = "mixed-keyed-jdbc-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:jdbc:7.0", root = "string-keyed-jdbc-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:jdbc:7.1", root = "string-keyed-jdbc-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:jdbc:7.2", root = "string-keyed-jdbc-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:jdbc:7.0", root = "binary-keyed-jdbc-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:jdbc:7.1", root = "binary-keyed-jdbc-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:jdbc:7.2", root = "binary-keyed-jdbc-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:jdbc:7.0", root = "mixed-keyed-jdbc-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:jdbc:7.1", root = "mixed-keyed-jdbc-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:jdbc:7.2", root = "mixed-keyed-jdbc-store"),
-})
+@Namespace(root = "string-keyed-jdbc-store")
+@Namespace(root = "binary-keyed-jdbc-store")
+@Namespace(root = "mixed-keyed-jdbc-store")
+@Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:jdbc:*", root = "string-keyed-jdbc-store")
+@Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:jdbc:*", root = "binary-keyed-jdbc-store", until = "9.0")
+@Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:jdbc:*", root = "mixed-keyed-jdbc-store", until = "9.0")
 public class JdbcStoreConfigurationParser implements ConfigurationParser {
 
    public JdbcStoreConfigurationParser() {
diff --git a/persistence/jpa/src/main/java/org/infinispan/persistence/jpa/configuration/JpaStoreConfigurationParser.java b/persistence/jpa/src/main/java/org/infinispan/persistence/jpa/configuration/JpaStoreConfigurationParser.java
index 5445c722af77..2bfe9605bfa8 100644
--- a/persistence/jpa/src/main/java/org/infinispan/persistence/jpa/configuration/JpaStoreConfigurationParser.java
+++ b/persistence/jpa/src/main/java/org/infinispan/persistence/jpa/configuration/JpaStoreConfigurationParser.java
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ConfigurationBuilderHolder;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ConfigurationParser;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Namespace;
-import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Namespaces;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ParseUtils;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Parser;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.XMLExtendedStreamReader;
@@ -20,16 +19,9 @@
  * @since 9.0
  */
 @MetaInfServices
-@Namespaces({
-   @Namespace(root = "jpa-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:jpa:9.2", root = "jpa-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:jpa:9.1", root = "jpa-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:jpa:9.0", root = "jpa-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:jpa:8.0", root = "jpa-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:jpa:7.2", root = "jpa-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:jpa:7.1", root = "jpa-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:jpa:7.0", root = "jpa-store"),
-})
+
+@Namespace(root = "jpa-store")
+@Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:jpa:*", root = "jpa-store")
 public class JpaStoreConfigurationParser implements ConfigurationParser {
    @Override
    public void readElement(XMLExtendedStreamReader reader,
diff --git a/persistence/leveldb/src/main/java/org/infinispan/persistence/leveldb/configuration/LevelDBStoreConfigurationParser.java b/persistence/leveldb/src/main/java/org/infinispan/persistence/leveldb/configuration/LevelDBStoreConfigurationParser.java
index 9d6afc983e16..b4fd3f7d02b1 100644
--- a/persistence/leveldb/src/main/java/org/infinispan/persistence/leveldb/configuration/LevelDBStoreConfigurationParser.java
+++ b/persistence/leveldb/src/main/java/org/infinispan/persistence/leveldb/configuration/LevelDBStoreConfigurationParser.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ConfigurationBuilderHolder;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ConfigurationParser;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Namespace;
-import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Namespaces;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ParseUtils;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Parser;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.XMLExtendedStreamReader;
@@ -24,13 +23,8 @@
  */
 @Deprecated
 @MetaInfServices
-@Namespaces({
-   @Namespace(root = "leveldb-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:leveldb:8.0", root = "leveldb-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:leveldb:7.2", root = "leveldb-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:leveldb:7.1", root = "leveldb-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:leveldb:7.0", root = "leveldb-store"),
-})
+@Namespace(root = "leveldb-store")
+@Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:leveldb:*", root = "leveldb-store", until = "8.0")
 public class LevelDBStoreConfigurationParser implements ConfigurationParser {
 
    private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(LevelDBStoreConfigurationParser.class);
diff --git a/persistence/remote/src/main/java/org/infinispan/persistence/remote/configuration/RemoteStoreConfigurationParser.java b/persistence/remote/src/main/java/org/infinispan/persistence/remote/configuration/RemoteStoreConfigurationParser.java
index 8f23488c7415..d469a072d026 100644
--- a/persistence/remote/src/main/java/org/infinispan/persistence/remote/configuration/RemoteStoreConfigurationParser.java
+++ b/persistence/remote/src/main/java/org/infinispan/persistence/remote/configuration/RemoteStoreConfigurationParser.java
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ConfigurationBuilderHolder;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ConfigurationParser;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Namespace;
-import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Namespaces;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ParseUtils;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Parser;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.XMLExtendedStreamReader;
@@ -27,16 +26,8 @@
  * @since 9.0
  */
 @MetaInfServices
-@Namespaces({
-   @Namespace(root = "remote-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:remote:9.2", root = "remote-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:remote:9.1", root = "remote-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:remote:9.0", root = "remote-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:remote:8.0", root = "remote-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:remote:7.2", root = "remote-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:remote:7.1", root = "remote-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:remote:7.0", root = "remote-store"),
-})
+@Namespace(root = "remote-store")
+@Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:remote:*", root = "remote-store")
 public class RemoteStoreConfigurationParser implements ConfigurationParser {
 
    private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(RemoteStoreConfigurationParser.class, Log.class);
diff --git a/persistence/rest/src/main/java/org/infinispan/persistence/rest/configuration/RestStoreConfigurationParser.java b/persistence/rest/src/main/java/org/infinispan/persistence/rest/configuration/RestStoreConfigurationParser.java
index a439b9e29a14..1eb9fa14b046 100644
--- a/persistence/rest/src/main/java/org/infinispan/persistence/rest/configuration/RestStoreConfigurationParser.java
+++ b/persistence/rest/src/main/java/org/infinispan/persistence/rest/configuration/RestStoreConfigurationParser.java
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ConfigurationBuilderHolder;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ConfigurationParser;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Namespace;
-import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Namespaces;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ParseUtils;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Parser;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.XMLExtendedStreamReader;
@@ -25,16 +24,8 @@
  * @since 9.0
  */
 @MetaInfServices
-@Namespaces({
-   @Namespace(root = "rest-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:rest:9.2", root = "rest-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:rest:9.1", root = "rest-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:rest:9.0", root = "rest-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:rest:8.0", root = "rest-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:rest:7.2", root = "rest-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:rest:7.1", root = "rest-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:rest:7.0", root = "rest-store"),
-})
+@Namespace(root = "rest-store")
+@Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:rest:*", root = "rest-store")
 public class RestStoreConfigurationParser implements ConfigurationParser {
 
    private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(RestStoreConfigurationParser.class, Log.class);
diff --git a/persistence/rocksdb/src/main/java/org/infinispan/persistence/rocksdb/configuration/RocksDBStoreConfigurationParser.java b/persistence/rocksdb/src/main/java/org/infinispan/persistence/rocksdb/configuration/RocksDBStoreConfigurationParser.java
index d3c2c819c4d9..8d805a22a4e6 100644
--- a/persistence/rocksdb/src/main/java/org/infinispan/persistence/rocksdb/configuration/RocksDBStoreConfigurationParser.java
+++ b/persistence/rocksdb/src/main/java/org/infinispan/persistence/rocksdb/configuration/RocksDBStoreConfigurationParser.java
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 package org.infinispan.persistence.rocksdb.configuration;
 
+import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamConstants;
+import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException;
+
 import org.infinispan.commons.util.StringPropertyReplacer;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.cache.ConfigurationBuilder;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ConfigurationBuilderHolder;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ConfigurationParser;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Namespace;
-import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Namespaces;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ParseUtils;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Parser;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.XMLExtendedStreamReader;
@@ -13,21 +15,14 @@
 import org.infinispan.util.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.kohsuke.MetaInfServices;
 
-import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamConstants;
-import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException;
-
 /**
  * RocksDB XML Parser
  * @author Tristan Tarrant
  * @since 9.0
  */
 @MetaInfServices
-@Namespaces({
-   @Namespace(root = "rocksdb-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:rocksdb:9.2", root = "rocksdb-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:rocksdb:9.1", root = "rocksdb-store"),
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:rocksdb:9.0", root = "rocksdb-store")
-})
+@Namespace(root = "rocksdb-store")
+@Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:rocksdb:*", root = "rocksdb-store", since = "9.0")
 public class RocksDBStoreConfigurationParser implements ConfigurationParser {
 
    private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(RocksDBStoreConfigurationParser.class, Log.class);
diff --git a/persistence/soft-index/src/main/java/org/infinispan/persistence/sifs/configuration/SoftIndexFileStoreConfigurationParser.java b/persistence/soft-index/src/main/java/org/infinispan/persistence/sifs/configuration/SoftIndexFileStoreConfigurationParser.java
index d40a40099094..8a828317dd3c 100644
--- a/persistence/soft-index/src/main/java/org/infinispan/persistence/sifs/configuration/SoftIndexFileStoreConfigurationParser.java
+++ b/persistence/soft-index/src/main/java/org/infinispan/persistence/sifs/configuration/SoftIndexFileStoreConfigurationParser.java
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ConfigurationBuilderHolder;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ConfigurationParser;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Namespace;
-import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Namespaces;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ParseUtils;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Parser;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.XMLExtendedStreamReader;
@@ -21,22 +20,9 @@
  *
  */
 @MetaInfServices
-@Namespaces({
-      @Namespace(root = SoftIndexFileStoreConfigurationParser.ROOT_ELEMENT),
-      @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:soft-index:9.2",
-            root = SoftIndexFileStoreConfigurationParser.ROOT_ELEMENT),
-      @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:soft-index:9.0",
-                 root = SoftIndexFileStoreConfigurationParser.ROOT_ELEMENT),
-      @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:soft-index:8.0",
-            root = SoftIndexFileStoreConfigurationParser.ROOT_ELEMENT),
-      @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:soft-index:7.2",
-            root = SoftIndexFileStoreConfigurationParser.ROOT_ELEMENT),
-      @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:soft-index:7.1",
-            root = SoftIndexFileStoreConfigurationParser.ROOT_ELEMENT),
-      @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:soft-index:7.0",
-            root = SoftIndexFileStoreConfigurationParser.ROOT_ELEMENT)
-
-})
+@Namespace(root = SoftIndexFileStoreConfigurationParser.ROOT_ELEMENT)
+@Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:soft-index:*",
+      root = SoftIndexFileStoreConfigurationParser.ROOT_ELEMENT)
 public class SoftIndexFileStoreConfigurationParser implements ConfigurationParser {
    public static final String ROOT_ELEMENT = "soft-index-file-store";
 
diff --git a/tools/src/main/java/org/infinispan/tools/config/v6/Parser60.java b/tools/src/main/java/org/infinispan/tools/config/v6/Parser60.java
index 5ef02c4864c9..33cae855892d 100644
--- a/tools/src/main/java/org/infinispan/tools/config/v6/Parser60.java
+++ b/tools/src/main/java/org/infinispan/tools/config/v6/Parser60.java
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ConfigurationBuilderHolder;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ConfigurationParser;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Namespace;
-import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Namespaces;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ParseUtils;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ParsedCacheMode;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.XMLExtendedStreamReader;
@@ -75,9 +74,7 @@
  * @since 6.0
  */
 @MetaInfServices
-@Namespaces({
-      @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:6.0", root = "infinispan"),
-})
+@Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:6.0", root = "infinispan")
 public class Parser60 implements ConfigurationParser {
    public static final String INFINISPAN_FACTORY = "infinispan-factory";
 
diff --git a/tools/src/main/java/org/infinispan/tools/config/v6/jdbc/JdbcStoreConfigurationParser60.java b/tools/src/main/java/org/infinispan/tools/config/v6/jdbc/JdbcStoreConfigurationParser60.java
index 8f78e8232f75..be7b1529fb1c 100644
--- a/tools/src/main/java/org/infinispan/tools/config/v6/jdbc/JdbcStoreConfigurationParser60.java
+++ b/tools/src/main/java/org/infinispan/tools/config/v6/jdbc/JdbcStoreConfigurationParser60.java
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ConfigurationBuilderHolder;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ConfigurationParser;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Namespace;
-import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Namespaces;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ParseUtils;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.XMLExtendedStreamReader;
 import org.infinispan.persistence.jdbc.configuration.AbstractJdbcStoreConfigurationBuilder;
@@ -31,11 +30,9 @@
  * @since 6.0
  */
 @MetaInfServices
-@Namespaces({
-      @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:jdbc:6.0", root = "stringKeyedJdbcStore"),
-      @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:jdbc:6.0", root = "binaryKeyedJdbcStore"),
-      @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:jdbc:6.0", root = "mixedKeyedJdbcStore"),
-})
+@Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:jdbc:6.0", root = "stringKeyedJdbcStore")
+@Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:jdbc:6.0", root = "binaryKeyedJdbcStore")
+@Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:jdbc:6.0", root = "mixedKeyedJdbcStore")
 public class JdbcStoreConfigurationParser60 implements ConfigurationParser {
 
    public JdbcStoreConfigurationParser60() {
diff --git a/tools/src/main/java/org/infinispan/tools/config/v6/leveldb/LevelDBStoreConfigurationParser60.java b/tools/src/main/java/org/infinispan/tools/config/v6/leveldb/LevelDBStoreConfigurationParser60.java
index 54f79c61f1ba..6d3c8ecafc9e 100644
--- a/tools/src/main/java/org/infinispan/tools/config/v6/leveldb/LevelDBStoreConfigurationParser60.java
+++ b/tools/src/main/java/org/infinispan/tools/config/v6/leveldb/LevelDBStoreConfigurationParser60.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ConfigurationBuilderHolder;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ConfigurationParser;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Namespace;
-import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Namespaces;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ParseUtils;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.XMLExtendedStreamReader;
 import org.infinispan.persistence.leveldb.configuration.CompressionType;
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@
  *
  */
 @MetaInfServices
-@Namespaces({ @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:leveldb:6.0", root = "leveldbStore") })
+@Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:leveldb:6.0", root = "leveldbStore")
 public class LevelDBStoreConfigurationParser60 implements ConfigurationParser {
 
    public LevelDBStoreConfigurationParser60() {
diff --git a/tools/src/main/java/org/infinispan/tools/config/v6/remote/RemoteStoreConfigurationParser60.java b/tools/src/main/java/org/infinispan/tools/config/v6/remote/RemoteStoreConfigurationParser60.java
index 00d3c5d425a6..9ddcc671a679 100644
--- a/tools/src/main/java/org/infinispan/tools/config/v6/remote/RemoteStoreConfigurationParser60.java
+++ b/tools/src/main/java/org/infinispan/tools/config/v6/remote/RemoteStoreConfigurationParser60.java
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ConfigurationBuilderHolder;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ConfigurationParser;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Namespace;
-import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Namespaces;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ParseUtils;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.XMLExtendedStreamReader;
 import org.infinispan.persistence.remote.configuration.ConnectionPoolConfigurationBuilder;
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@
  * @since 6.0
  */
 @MetaInfServices
-@Namespaces({ @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:remote:6.0", root = "remoteStore") })
+@Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:remote:6.0", root = "remoteStore")
 public class RemoteStoreConfigurationParser60 implements ConfigurationParser {
 
    public RemoteStoreConfigurationParser60() {
diff --git a/tools/src/main/java/org/infinispan/tools/config/v6/rest/RestStoreConfigurationParser60.java b/tools/src/main/java/org/infinispan/tools/config/v6/rest/RestStoreConfigurationParser60.java
index 5bccc1af764b..c42787143430 100644
--- a/tools/src/main/java/org/infinispan/tools/config/v6/rest/RestStoreConfigurationParser60.java
+++ b/tools/src/main/java/org/infinispan/tools/config/v6/rest/RestStoreConfigurationParser60.java
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ConfigurationBuilderHolder;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ConfigurationParser;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Namespace;
-import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.Namespaces;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.ParseUtils;
 import org.infinispan.configuration.parsing.XMLExtendedStreamReader;
 import org.infinispan.persistence.rest.configuration.ConnectionPoolConfigurationBuilder;
@@ -26,9 +25,7 @@
  * @since 6.0
  */
 @MetaInfServices
-@Namespaces({
-   @Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:rest:6.0", root = "restStore"),
-})
+@Namespace(uri = "urn:infinispan:config:store:rest:6.0", root = "restStore")
 public class RestStoreConfigurationParser60 implements ConfigurationParser {
 
    public RestStoreConfigurationParser60() {