diff --git a/.schema/version.schema.json b/.schema/version.schema.json
index 0c5ce6a3e1..1a82a745e1 100644
--- a/.schema/version.schema.json
+++ b/.schema/version.schema.json
@@ -1,120 +1,177 @@
 {
-    "$id": "https://github.com/ory/oathkeeper/.schema/versions.config.schema.json",
-    "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ory/cli/v0.0.21/.schema/version_meta.schema.json#",
-    "title": "All Versions of the ORY Oathkeeper Configuration",
-    "type": "object",
-    "oneOf": [
-        {
-            "allOf": [
-                {
-                    "properties": {
-                        "version": {
-                            "const": "v0.38.4-beta.1"
-                        }
-                    }
-                },
-                {
-                    "$ref": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ory/oathkeeper/v0.38.4-beta.1/.schema/config.schema.json"
-                }
-            ]
+  "$id": "https://github.com/ory/oathkeeper/.schema/versions.config.schema.json",
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
+  "title": "All Versions of the ORY Oathkeeper Configuration",
+  "type": "object",
+  "oneOf": [
+    {
+      "allOf": [
+        {
+          "properties": {
+            "version": {
+              "const": "v0.38.4-beta.1"
+            }
+          },
+          "required": [
+            "version"
+          ]
         },
         {
-            "allOf": [
-                {
-                    "properties": {
-                        "version": {
-                            "const": "v0.38.5-beta.1"
-                        }
-                    }
-                },
-                {
-                    "$ref": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ory/oathkeeper/v0.38.5-beta.1/.schema/config.schema.json"
-                }
-            ]
+          "$ref": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ory/oathkeeper/v0.38.4-beta.1/.schema/config.schema.json"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "allOf": [
+        {
+          "properties": {
+            "version": {
+              "const": "v0.38.5-beta.1"
+            }
+          },
+          "required": [
+            "version"
+          ]
         },
         {
-            "allOf": [
-                {
-                    "properties": {
-                        "version": {
-                            "const": "v0.38.9-beta.1"
-                        }
-                    }
-                },
-                {
-                    "$ref": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ory/oathkeeper/v0.38.9-beta.1/.schema/config.schema.json"
-                }
-            ]
+          "$ref": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ory/oathkeeper/v0.38.5-beta.1/.schema/config.schema.json"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "allOf": [
+        {
+          "properties": {
+            "version": {
+              "const": "v0.38.9-beta.1"
+            }
+          },
+          "required": [
+            "version"
+          ]
         },
         {
-            "allOf": [
-                {
-                    "properties": {
-                        "version": {
-                            "const": "v0.38.14-beta.1"
-                        }
-                    }
-                },
-                {
-                    "$ref": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ory/oathkeeper/v0.38.14-beta.1/.schema/config.schema.json"
-                }
-            ]
+          "$ref": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ory/oathkeeper/v0.38.9-beta.1/.schema/config.schema.json"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "allOf": [
+        {
+          "properties": {
+            "version": {
+              "const": "v0.38.14-beta.1"
+            }
+          },
+          "required": [
+            "version"
+          ]
         },
         {
-            "allOf": [
-                {
-                    "properties": {
-                        "version": {
-                            "const": "v0.38.15-beta.1"
-                        }
-                    }
-                },
-                {
-                    "$ref": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ory/oathkeeper/v0.38.15-beta.1/.schema/config.schema.json"
-                }
-            ]
+          "$ref": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ory/oathkeeper/v0.38.14-beta.1/.schema/config.schema.json"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "allOf": [
+        {
+          "properties": {
+            "version": {
+              "const": "v0.38.15-beta.1"
+            }
+          },
+          "required": [
+            "version"
+          ]
         },
         {
-            "allOf": [
-                {
-                    "properties": {
-                        "version": {
-                            "const": "v0.38.17-beta.1"
-                        }
-                    }
-                },
-                {
-                    "$ref": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ory/oathkeeper/v0.38.17-beta.1/.schema/config.schema.json"
-                }
-            ]
+          "$ref": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ory/oathkeeper/v0.38.15-beta.1/.schema/config.schema.json"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "allOf": [
+        {
+          "properties": {
+            "version": {
+              "const": "v0.38.17-beta.1"
+            }
+          },
+          "required": [
+            "version"
+          ]
         },
         {
-            "allOf": [
-                {
-                    "properties": {
-                        "version": {
-                            "const": "v0.38.19-beta.1"
-                        }
-                    }
-                },
-                {
-                    "$ref": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ory/oathkeeper/v0.38.19-beta.1/.schema/config.schema.json"
-                }
-            ]
+          "$ref": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ory/oathkeeper/v0.38.17-beta.1/.schema/config.schema.json"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "allOf": [
+        {
+          "properties": {
+            "version": {
+              "const": "v0.38.19-beta.1"
+            }
+          },
+          "required": [
+            "version"
+          ]
         },
         {
-            "allOf": [
-                {
-                    "properties": {
-                        "version": {
-                            "const": "v0.38.20-beta.1"
-                        }
-                    }
-                },
-                {
-                    "$ref": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ory/oathkeeper/v0.38.20-beta.1/.schema/config.schema.json"
+          "$ref": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ory/oathkeeper/v0.38.19-beta.1/.schema/config.schema.json"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "allOf": [
+        {
+          "properties": {
+            "version": {
+              "const": "v0.38.20-beta.1"
+            }
+          },
+          "required": [
+            "version"
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "$ref": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ory/oathkeeper/v0.38.20-beta.1/.schema/config.schema.json"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "description": "This is the fallback to the latest version (the first one in this schema) in case no version is specified.",
+      "allOf": [
+        {
+          "oneOf": [
+            {
+              "properties": {
+                "version": {
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "maxLength": 0
                 }
-            ]
+              },
+              "required": [
+                "version"
+              ]
+            },
+            {
+              "not": {
+                "properties": {
+                  "version": {}
+                },
+                "required": [
+                  "version"
+                ]
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "$ref": "#/oneOf/0/allOf/1"
         }
-    ]
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
 }