diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 8b4be901fc..5b4d528490 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -90,6 +90,13 @@ workflows:
               ignore: /.*/
             tags:
               only: /.*/
+      -
+        goreleaser/render-version-schema:
+          requires:
+            - goreleaser/release
+          filters:
+            tags:
+              only: /.*/
       -
         goreleaser/newsletter-draft:
           chimp-list: f605a41b53
diff --git a/.schema/config.schema.json b/.schema/config.schema.json
index c27ec6e250..ddc886ae45 100644
--- a/.schema/config.schema.json
+++ b/.schema/config.schema.json
@@ -1763,6 +1763,12 @@
         "mem",
         ""
       ]
+    },
+    "version": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "title": "The Oathkeeper version this config is written for.",
+      "description": "SemVer according to https://semver.org/ prefixed with `v` as in our releases.",
+      "pattern": "^v(0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.(0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.(0|[1-9]\\d*)(?:-((?:0|[1-9]\\d*|\\d*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*)(?:\\.(?:0|[1-9]\\d*|\\d*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*))*))?(?:\\+([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?$"
     }
   },
   "required": [],
diff --git a/.schema/version.schema.json b/.schema/version.schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..14f86cbd59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.schema/version.schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "$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": []
+}