diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index e52857bbc7..2d63682b6d 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [versions]
-apache-commonsIO = "2.17.0"
+apache-commonsIO = "2.18.0"
 apache-commonsCompress = "1.27.1"
 apache-commonsLang = "3.17.0"
 apache-plc4x = "0.11.0"
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ awaitility = "4.2.2"
 bouncycastle = "1.70"
 byteBuddy = "1.15.5"
 concurrentUnit = "0.4.6"
-dagger = "2.52"
+dagger = "2.53.1"
 dropwizard-metrics = "4.2.28"
 equalsVerifier = "3.17.1"
 future-converter = "1.2.0"
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ jctools = "4.0.5"
 jersey = "2.45"
 jose4j = "0.9.6"
 jsonSchemaValidator = "1.5.2"
-jsonSchemaInferrer = "0.2.1"
 junit-jupiter = "5.11.2"
 junit = "4.13.2"
 logback = "1.5.11"
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ slf4j = "2.0.16"
 spotBugs = "4.8.5"
 stefanBirkner-systemRules = "1.19.0"
 swagger-annotations = "2.2.25"
-victools-jsonschema = "4.36.0"
+victools-jsonschema = "4.37.0"
 wiremock = "3.0.1"
 zeroAllocationHashing = "0.16"
 
@@ -90,7 +89,6 @@ javax-annotation-api = { module = "javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api", versi
 jaxb-impl = { module = "com.sun.xml.bind:jaxb-impl", version.ref = "jaxb" }
 jctools = { module = "org.jctools:jctools-core", version.ref = "jctools" }
 jose4j = { module = "org.bitbucket.b_c:jose4j", version.ref = "jose4j" }
-jsonSchemaInferrer = { module = "com.github.saasquatch:json-schema-inferrer", version.ref = "jsonSchemaInferrer" }
 jsonSchemaValidator = { module = "com.networknt:json-schema-validator", version.ref = "jsonSchemaValidator" }
 julToSlf4j = { module = "org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j", version.ref = "slf4j" }
 junit = { module = "junit:junit", version.ref = "junit" }
diff --git a/hivemq-edge/build.gradle.kts b/hivemq-edge/build.gradle.kts
index 32c14aafcc..9d6ed2f226 100644
--- a/hivemq-edge/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/hivemq-edge/build.gradle.kts
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ repositories {
         }
         filter {
             includeGroup("com.github.simon622.mqtt-sn")
-            includeGroup("com.github.saasquatch")
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/modules/hivemq-edge-module-s7/src/main/java/com/hivemq/edge/adapters/s7/S7ProtocolAdapterInformation.java b/modules/hivemq-edge-module-s7/src/main/java/com/hivemq/edge/adapters/s7/S7ProtocolAdapterInformation.java
index ba0b9289bf..327f21f3b0 100644
--- a/modules/hivemq-edge-module-s7/src/main/java/com/hivemq/edge/adapters/s7/S7ProtocolAdapterInformation.java
+++ b/modules/hivemq-edge-module-s7/src/main/java/com/hivemq/edge/adapters/s7/S7ProtocolAdapterInformation.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 import com.hivemq.adapter.sdk.api.ProtocolAdapterCategory;
 import com.hivemq.adapter.sdk.api.ProtocolAdapterInformation;
 import com.hivemq.adapter.sdk.api.ProtocolAdapterTag;
-import com.hivemq.adapter.sdk.api.config.ProtocolAdapterConfig;
 import com.hivemq.adapter.sdk.api.config.ProtocolSpecificAdapterConfig;
 import com.hivemq.adapter.sdk.api.tag.Tag;
 import com.hivemq.edge.adapters.s7.config.S7AdapterConfig;
diff --git a/modules/hivemq-edge-module-s7/src/main/java/com/hivemq/edge/adapters/s7/config/S7AdapterConfig.java b/modules/hivemq-edge-module-s7/src/main/java/com/hivemq/edge/adapters/s7/config/S7AdapterConfig.java
index b5a4052fe5..f1c042f7fd 100644
--- a/modules/hivemq-edge-module-s7/src/main/java/com/hivemq/edge/adapters/s7/config/S7AdapterConfig.java
+++ b/modules/hivemq-edge-module-s7/src/main/java/com/hivemq/edge/adapters/s7/config/S7AdapterConfig.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public class S7AdapterConfig implements ProtocolSpecificAdapterConfig {
     public static final String PROPERTY_REMOTE_RACK = "remoteRack";
     public static final String PROPERTY_REMOTE_SLOT = "remoteSlot";
     public static final String PROPERTY_PDU_LENGTH = "pduLength";
-    public static final String PROPERTY_S_7_TO_MQTT_MAPPINGS = "s7ToMqttMappings";
+    public static final String PROPERTY_S_7_TO_MQTT = "s7ToMqtt";
 
     public enum ControllerType {
         S7_200,
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public enum ControllerType {
                        description = "")
     private final Integer pduLength;
 
-    @JsonProperty(value = PROPERTY_S_7_TO_MQTT_MAPPINGS, required = true)
+    @JsonProperty(value = PROPERTY_S_7_TO_MQTT, required = true)
     @ModuleConfigField(title = "S7 To MQTT Config",
                        description = "The configuration for a data stream from S7 to MQTT",
                        required = true)
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public S7AdapterConfig(
             @JsonProperty(value = PROPERTY_REMOTE_RACK) final @Nullable Integer remoteRack,
             @JsonProperty(value = PROPERTY_REMOTE_SLOT) final @Nullable Integer remoteSlot,
             @JsonProperty(value = PROPERTY_PDU_LENGTH) final @Nullable Integer pduLength,
-            @JsonProperty(value = PROPERTY_S_7_TO_MQTT_MAPPINGS, required = true) final @NotNull S7ToMqttConfig s7ToMqttConfig) {
+            @JsonProperty(value = PROPERTY_S_7_TO_MQTT, required = true) final @NotNull S7ToMqttConfig s7ToMqttConfig) {
         this.host = host;
         this.controllerType = controllerType;
         this.port = port;
diff --git a/modules/hivemq-edge-module-s7/src/test/java/com/hivemq/edge/adapters/s7/config/S7AdapterConfigTest.java b/modules/hivemq-edge-module-s7/src/test/java/com/hivemq/edge/adapters/s7/config/S7AdapterConfigTest.java
index 400061b211..dd340b2ee5 100644
--- a/modules/hivemq-edge-module-s7/src/test/java/com/hivemq/edge/adapters/s7/config/S7AdapterConfigTest.java
+++ b/modules/hivemq-edge-module-s7/src/test/java/com/hivemq/edge/adapters/s7/config/S7AdapterConfigTest.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package com.hivemq.edge.adapters.s7.config;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-import com.hivemq.adapter.sdk.api.config.MqttUserProperty;
 import com.hivemq.adapter.sdk.api.factories.ProtocolAdapterFactoryInput;
 import com.hivemq.adapter.sdk.api.tag.Tag;
 import com.hivemq.configuration.entity.HiveMQConfigEntity;
@@ -9,19 +8,20 @@
 import com.hivemq.configuration.reader.ConfigFileReaderWriter;
 import com.hivemq.configuration.reader.ConfigurationFile;
 import com.hivemq.edge.adapters.s7.S7ProtocolAdapterFactory;
-import com.hivemq.protocols.AdapterConfigAndTags;
+import com.hivemq.protocols.ProtocolAdapterConfig;
+import com.hivemq.protocols.ProtocolAdapterConfigConverter;
+import com.hivemq.protocols.ProtocolAdapterFactoryManager;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
-import static com.hivemq.adapter.sdk.api.config.MessageHandlingOptions.MQTTMessagePerSubscription;
-import static com.hivemq.adapter.sdk.api.config.MessageHandlingOptions.MQTTMessagePerTag;
-import static com.hivemq.edge.adapters.s7.S7ProtocolAdapterInformation.PROTOCOL_ID;
 import static com.hivemq.protocols.ProtocolAdapterUtils.createProtocolAdapterMapper;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
@@ -34,51 +34,21 @@ class S7AdapterConfigTest {
     @Test
     public void convertConfigObject_fullConfig_valid() throws Exception {
         final URL resource = getClass().getResource("/s7-adapter-full-config.xml");
-        final File path = Path.of(resource.toURI()).toFile();
-
-        final HiveMQConfigEntity configEntity = loadConfig(path);
-        final ProtocolAdapterEntity adapter = configEntity.getProtocolAdapterConfig().get(0);
-
-        final ProtocolAdapterFactoryInput mockInput = mock(ProtocolAdapterFactoryInput.class);
-        when(mockInput.isWritingEnabled()).thenReturn(false);
-        final S7ProtocolAdapterFactory s7ProtocolAdapterFactory = new S7ProtocolAdapterFactory(mockInput);
 
-        final AdapterConfigAndTags adapterConfigAndTags =
-                AdapterConfigAndTags.fromAdapterConfigMap((Map<String, Object>) adapters.get(PROTOCOL_ID),
-                        false,
-                        mapper,
-                        s7ProtocolAdapterFactory);
+        final ProtocolAdapterConfig protocolAdapterConfig = getProtocolAdapterConfig(resource);
 
-        final S7AdapterConfig config = (S7AdapterConfig) adapterConfigAndTags.getAdapterConfig();
+        final S7AdapterConfig config = (S7AdapterConfig) protocolAdapterConfig.getAdapterConfig();
+        assertThat(protocolAdapterConfig.missingTags())
+                .isEmpty();
 
-        assertThat(config.getId()).isEqualTo("my-s7-protocol-adapter");
         assertThat(config.getPort()).isEqualTo(1234);
         assertThat(config.getHost()).isEqualTo("my.s7-server.com");
         assertThat(config.getControllerType()).isEqualTo(S7AdapterConfig.ControllerType.S7_400);
-        assertThat(config.getPollingIntervalMillis()).isEqualTo(10);
-        assertThat(config.getMaxPollingErrorsBeforeRemoval()).isEqualTo(9);
-        assertThat(config.getPublishChangedDataOnly()).isFalse();
-        assertThat(config.getS7ToMqttMappings()).satisfiesExactly(mapping -> {
-            assertThat(mapping.getMqttTopic()).isEqualTo("my/topic");
-            assertThat(mapping.getMqttQos()).isEqualTo(1);
-            assertThat(mapping.getMessageHandlingOptions()).isEqualTo(MQTTMessagePerSubscription);
-            assertThat(mapping.getIncludeTimestamp()).isTrue();
-            assertThat(mapping.getIncludeTagNames()).isTrue();
-            assertThat(mapping.getTagName()).isEqualTo("tag-name");
-
-        }, mapping -> {
-            assertThat(mapping.getMqttTopic()).isEqualTo("my/topic/2");
-            assertThat(mapping.getMqttQos()).isEqualTo(1);
-            assertThat(mapping.getMessageHandlingOptions()).isEqualTo(MQTTMessagePerSubscription);
-            assertThat(mapping.getIncludeTimestamp()).isTrue();
-            assertThat(mapping.getIncludeTagNames()).isTrue();
-            assertThat(mapping.getTagName()).isEqualTo("tag-name");
-        });
+        assertThat(config.getS7ToMqttConfig().getPollingIntervalMillis()).isEqualTo(10);
+        assertThat(config.getS7ToMqttConfig().getMaxPollingErrorsBeforeRemoval()).isEqualTo(9);
+        assertThat(config.getS7ToMqttConfig().getPublishChangedDataOnly()).isFalse();
 
-
-        assertThat(adapterConfigAndTags.missingTags()).isEmpty();
-
-        assertThat(adapterConfigAndTags.getTags())
+        assertThat(protocolAdapterConfig.getTags())
                 .allSatisfy(t -> {
                     assertThat(t)
                             .isInstanceOf(S7Tag.class)
@@ -90,44 +60,21 @@ public void convertConfigObject_fullConfig_valid() throws Exception {
     @Test
     public void convertConfigObject_defaults_valid() throws Exception {
         final URL resource = getClass().getResource("/s7-adapter-minimal-config.xml");
-        final File path = Path.of(resource.toURI()).toFile();
-
-        final HiveMQConfigEntity configEntity = loadConfig(path);
-        final Map<String, Object> adapters = configEntity.getProtocolAdapterConfig();
-
-        final ProtocolAdapterFactoryInput mockInput = mock(ProtocolAdapterFactoryInput.class);
-        when(mockInput.isWritingEnabled()).thenReturn(false);
-        final S7ProtocolAdapterFactory s7ProtocolAdapterFactory = new S7ProtocolAdapterFactory(mockInput);
-
-        final AdapterConfigAndTags adapterConfigAndTags =
-                AdapterConfigAndTags.fromAdapterConfigMap((Map<String, Object>) adapters.get(PROTOCOL_ID),
-                        false,
-                        mapper,
-                        s7ProtocolAdapterFactory);
+        final ProtocolAdapterConfig protocolAdapterConfig = getProtocolAdapterConfig(resource);
 
-        final S7AdapterConfig config = (S7AdapterConfig) adapterConfigAndTags.getAdapterConfig();
+        final S7AdapterConfig config = (S7AdapterConfig) protocolAdapterConfig.getAdapterConfig();
+        assertThat(protocolAdapterConfig.missingTags())
+                .isEmpty();
 
         assertThat(config).isNotNull();
-        assertThat(config.getId()).isEqualTo("my-s7-protocol-adapter");
         assertThat(config.getPort()).isEqualTo(1234);
         assertThat(config.getHost()).isEqualTo("my.s7-server.com");
         assertThat(config.getControllerType()).isEqualTo(S7AdapterConfig.ControllerType.S7_400);
-        assertThat(config.getPollingIntervalMillis()).isEqualTo(1000);
-        assertThat(config.getMaxPollingErrorsBeforeRemoval()).isEqualTo(10);
-        assertThat(config.getPublishChangedDataOnly()).isTrue();
-        assertThat(config.getS7ToMqttMappings()).satisfiesExactly(mapping -> {
-            assertThat(mapping.getMqttTopic()).isEqualTo("my/topic");
-            assertThat(mapping.getMqttQos()).isEqualTo(0);
-            assertThat(mapping.getMessageHandlingOptions()).isEqualTo(MQTTMessagePerTag);
-            assertThat(mapping.getIncludeTimestamp()).isTrue();
-            assertThat(mapping.getIncludeTagNames()).isFalse();
-            assertThat(mapping.getTagName()).isEqualTo("tag-name");
-        });
-
+        assertThat(config.getS7ToMqttConfig().getPollingIntervalMillis()).isEqualTo(1000);
+        assertThat(config.getS7ToMqttConfig().getMaxPollingErrorsBeforeRemoval()).isEqualTo(10);
+        assertThat(config.getS7ToMqttConfig().getPublishChangedDataOnly()).isTrue();
 
-        assertThat(adapterConfigAndTags.missingTags()).isEmpty();
-
-        assertThat(adapterConfigAndTags.getTags())
+        assertThat(protocolAdapterConfig.getTags())
                 .allSatisfy(t -> {
                     assertThat(t)
                             .isInstanceOf(S7Tag.class)
@@ -138,26 +85,21 @@ public void convertConfigObject_defaults_valid() throws Exception {
 
     @Test
     public void unconvertConfigObject_full_valid() {
-        final S7ToMqttConfig pollingContext = new S7ToMqttConfig("my/destination",
+        final S7ToMqttConfig pollingContext = new S7ToMqttConfig(
+                3000,
                 1,
-                MQTTMessagePerSubscription,
-                false,
-                true,
-                "tag-name",
-                List.of(new MqttUserProperty("my-name", "my-value"))
+                false
         );
 
-        final S7AdapterConfig s7AdapterConfig = new S7AdapterConfig("my-s7-adapter",
+        final S7AdapterConfig s7AdapterConfig = new S7AdapterConfig(
+                "my-s7-adapter",
                 14,
                 "my.host.com",
                 S7AdapterConfig.ControllerType.S7_1500,
                 1,
                 2,
                 3,
-                4,
-                5,
-                false,
-                List.of(pollingContext));
+                pollingContext);
 
         final ProtocolAdapterFactoryInput mockInput = mock(ProtocolAdapterFactoryInput.class);
         when(mockInput.isWritingEnabled()).thenReturn(false);
@@ -191,6 +133,29 @@ public void unconvertConfigObject_full_valid() {
         });
     }
 
+    private @NotNull ProtocolAdapterConfig getProtocolAdapterConfig(final @NotNull URL resource) throws
+            URISyntaxException {
+        final File path = Path.of(resource.toURI()).toFile();
+
+        final HiveMQConfigEntity configEntity = loadConfig(path);
+        final ProtocolAdapterEntity adapterEntity = configEntity.getProtocolAdapterConfig().get(0);
+
+        final ProtocolAdapterConfigConverter converter = createConverter();
+
+        return converter.fromEntity(adapterEntity);
+    }
+
+    private @NotNull ProtocolAdapterConfigConverter createConverter() {
+        final ProtocolAdapterFactoryInput mockInput = mock(ProtocolAdapterFactoryInput.class);
+        when(mockInput.isWritingEnabled()).thenReturn(true);
+
+        S7ProtocolAdapterFactory protocolAdapterFactory = new S7ProtocolAdapterFactory(mockInput);
+        ProtocolAdapterFactoryManager manager = mock(ProtocolAdapterFactoryManager.class);
+        when(manager.get("s7-new")).thenReturn(Optional.of(protocolAdapterFactory));
+        ProtocolAdapterConfigConverter converter = new ProtocolAdapterConfigConverter(manager, mapper);
+        return converter;
+    }
+
     private @NotNull HiveMQConfigEntity loadConfig(final @NotNull File configFile) {
         final ConfigFileReaderWriter readerWriter = new ConfigFileReaderWriter(new ConfigurationFile(configFile),
                 mock(),
diff --git a/modules/hivemq-edge-module-s7/src/test/resources/s7-adapter-full-config.xml b/modules/hivemq-edge-module-s7/src/test/resources/s7-adapter-full-config.xml
index 35e24fec2d..26b0572697 100644
--- a/modules/hivemq-edge-module-s7/src/test/resources/s7-adapter-full-config.xml
+++ b/modules/hivemq-edge-module-s7/src/test/resources/s7-adapter-full-config.xml
@@ -17,21 +17,23 @@
 -->
 <hivemq>
     <protocol-adapters>
-        <s7-new>
+        <protocol-adapter>
+            <protocolId>s7-new</protocolId>
+            <adapterId>my-s7-protocol-adapter</adapterId>
             <config>
-            <id>my-s7-protocol-adapter</id>
-            <host>my.s7-server.com</host>
-            <port>1234</port>
-            <controllerType>S7_400</controllerType>
-            <remoteRack>1</remoteRack>
-            <remoteSlot>3</remoteSlot>2>
-            <pollingIntervalMillis>10</pollingIntervalMillis>
-            <maxPollingErrorsBeforeRemoval>9</maxPollingErrorsBeforeRemoval>
-            <publishChangedDataOnly>false</publishChangedDataOnly>
-            <s7ToMqttMappings>
-                <s7ToMqttMapping>
-                    <mqttTopic>my/topic</mqttTopic>
-                    <mqttQos>1</mqttQos>
+                <controllerType>S7_400</controllerType>
+                <remoteRack>1</remoteRack>
+                <remoteSlot>3</remoteSlot>
+                <s7ToMqtt>
+                    <pollingIntervalMillis>10</pollingIntervalMillis>
+                    <maxPollingErrorsBeforeRemoval>9</maxPollingErrorsBeforeRemoval>
+                    <publishChangedDataOnly>false</publishChangedDataOnly>
+                </s7ToMqtt>
+            </config>
+            <northboundMappings>
+                <northboundMapping>
+                    <topic>my/topic</topic>
+                    <maxQos>1</maxQos>
                     <includeTagNames>true</includeTagNames>
                     <includeTimestamp>true</includeTimestamp>
                     <messageHandlingOptions>MQTTMessagePerSubscription</messageHandlingOptions>
@@ -46,10 +48,10 @@
                             <value>value2</value>
                         </mqttUserProperty>
                     </mqttUserProperties>
-                </s7ToMqttMapping>
-                <s7ToMqttMapping>
-                    <mqttTopic>my/topic/2</mqttTopic>
-                    <mqttQos>1</mqttQos>
+                </northboundMapping>
+                <northboundMapping>
+                    <topic>my/topic/2</topic>
+                    <maxQos>1</maxQos>
                     <includeTagNames>true</includeTagNames>
                     <includeTimestamp>true</includeTimestamp>
                     <messageHandlingOptions>MQTTMessagePerSubscription</messageHandlingOptions>
@@ -64,19 +66,16 @@
                             <value>value2</value>
                         </mqttUserProperty>
                     </mqttUserProperties>
-                </s7ToMqttMapping>
-            </s7ToMqttMappings>
-            </config>
+                </northboundMapping>
+            </northboundMappings>
             <tags>
-                <tag>
-                    <name>tag-name</name>
-                    <description>description</description>
-                    <definition>
-                        <address>%IB1</address>
-                        <dataType>INT32</dataType>
-                    </definition>
-                </tag>
+                <name>tag-name</name>
+                <description>description</description>
+                <definition>
+                    <address>%IB1</address>
+                    <dataType>INT32</dataType>
+                </definition>
             </tags>
-        </s7-new>
+        </protocol-adapter>
     </protocol-adapters>
 </hivemq>
diff --git a/modules/hivemq-edge-module-s7/src/test/resources/s7-adapter-minimal-config.xml b/modules/hivemq-edge-module-s7/src/test/resources/s7-adapter-minimal-config.xml
index cf552d31e8..04003c1206 100644
--- a/modules/hivemq-edge-module-s7/src/test/resources/s7-adapter-minimal-config.xml
+++ b/modules/hivemq-edge-module-s7/src/test/resources/s7-adapter-minimal-config.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@
                     </s7ToMqttMapping>
                 </s7ToMqttMappings>
             </config>
+            <northboundMappings>
+                <northboundMapping>
+                    <topic>my/topic</topic>
+                    <tagName>tag-name</tagName>
+                </northboundMapping>
+            </northboundMappings>
             <tags>
                 <tag>
                     <name>tag-name</name>