diff --git a/Resources/config/routing.xml b/Resources/config/routing.xml
index a470e8071..dda8ba397 100644
--- a/Resources/config/routing.xml
+++ b/Resources/config/routing.xml
@@ -5,15 +5,6 @@
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/routing
         http://symfony.com/schema/routing/routing-1.0.xsd">
 
-    <route id="liip_imagine_filter_runtime" path="/media/cache/resolve/{filter}/rc/{hash}/{path}" methods="GET">
-        <default key="_controller">%liip_imagine.controller.filter_runtime_action%</default>
-        <requirement key="filter">[A-z0-9_\-]*</requirement>
-        <requirement key="path">.+</requirement>
-    </route>
+    <import resource="@LiipImagineBundle/Resources/config/routing.yaml" />
 
-    <route id="liip_imagine_filter" path="/media/cache/resolve/{filter}/{path}" methods="GET">
-        <default key="_controller">%liip_imagine.controller.filter_action%</default>
-        <requirement key="filter">[A-z0-9_\-]*</requirement>
-        <requirement key="path">.+</requirement>
-    </route>
 </routes>
diff --git a/Resources/config/routing.yaml b/Resources/config/routing.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..001f2f7f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Resources/config/routing.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+liip_imagine_filter_runtime:
+    path: /media/cache/resolve/{filter}/rc/{hash}/{path}
+    defaults:
+        _controller: '%liip_imagine.controller.filter_runtime_action%'
+    methods:
+        - GET
+    requirements:
+        filter: '[A-z0-9_-]*'
+        path: .+
+
+liip_imagine_filter:
+    path: /media/cache/resolve/{filter}/{path}
+    defaults:
+        _controller: '%liip_imagine.controller.filter_action%'
+    methods:
+        - GET
+    requirements:
+        filter: '[A-z0-9_-]*'
+        path: .+
diff --git a/Resources/doc/installation.rst b/Resources/doc/installation.rst
index d140e42f3..d9558663b 100644
--- a/Resources/doc/installation.rst
+++ b/Resources/doc/installation.rst
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ routing file:
 
         # app/config/routing.yml
         _liip_imagine:
-            resource: "@LiipImagineBundle/Resources/config/routing.xml"
+            resource: "@LiipImagineBundle/Resources/config/routing.yaml"
 
     .. code-block:: xml
 
-        <import resource="@LiipImagineBundle/Resources/config/routing.xml"/>
+        <import resource="@LiipImagineBundle/Resources/config/routing.yaml"/>
 
 Congratulations; you are ready to rock your images!
 
diff --git a/Tests/Binary/Loader/FileSystemLoaderTest.php b/Tests/Binary/Loader/FileSystemLoaderTest.php
index ab47d579b..7d0b00396 100644
--- a/Tests/Binary/Loader/FileSystemLoaderTest.php
+++ b/Tests/Binary/Loader/FileSystemLoaderTest.php
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ public function testThrowsIfRootPathDoesNotExist()
     public function provideOutsideRootPathsData()
     {
         return array(
-            array('../Loader/../../Binary/Loader/../../../Resources/config/routing.xml'),
+            array('../Loader/../../Binary/Loader/../../../Resources/config/routing.yaml'),
             array('../../Binary/'),
         );
     }
diff --git a/Tests/Binary/Locator/AbstractFileSystemLocatorTest.php b/Tests/Binary/Locator/AbstractFileSystemLocatorTest.php
index 0fe0701aa..20583495d 100644
--- a/Tests/Binary/Locator/AbstractFileSystemLocatorTest.php
+++ b/Tests/Binary/Locator/AbstractFileSystemLocatorTest.php
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public function testMultipleRootLoadCases($root, $path)
     public function provideOutsideRootPathsData()
     {
         return array(
-            array('../Loader/../../Binary/Loader/../../../Resources/config/routing.xml'),
+            array('../Loader/../../Binary/Loader/../../../Resources/config/routing.yaml'),
             array('../../Binary/'),
         );
     }
diff --git a/UPGRADE.md b/UPGRADE.md
index a7444ba5f..ea6737044 100644
--- a/UPGRADE.md
+++ b/UPGRADE.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Upgrade
 
+## 1.8.0
+
+ - __[Routing]__ The `Resources/config/routing.xml` file has been deprecated and will be removed in `2.0`. Use the new
+ YAML variant moving forward `Resources/config/routing.yaml`.
+
 ## 1.7.3
 
   - __[Data Loader]__ The `FileSystemLoader` now allows you to assign keys to data roots, and directly reference them when