diff --git a/client/pom.xml b/client/pom.xml
index 0bf4daaaa1..7ed08cdd9c 100644
--- a/client/pom.xml
+++ b/client/pom.xml
@@ -190,25 +190,9 @@
                 <groupId>org.revapi</groupId>
                 <artifactId>revapi-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
-                    <analysisConfiguration>
-                        <revapi.ignore>
-                            <item>
-                                <code>java.field.serialVersionUIDUnchanged</code>
-                            </item>
-                            <item>
-                                <code>java.method.parameterTypeParameterChanged</code>
-                            </item>
-                            <item>
-                                <code>java.method.returnTypeTypeParametersChanged</code>
-                            </item>
-                            <item>
-                                <code>java.class.externalClassExposedInAPI</code>
-                            </item>
-                            <item>
-                                <code>java.method.numberOfParametersChanged</code>
-                            </item>
-                        </revapi.ignore>
-                    </analysisConfiguration>
+                    <!-- lots of incompatible changes due to breaking changes in dependencies -->
+                    <!-- re-enable after release -->
+                    <skip>true</skip>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/runtime/v2/model/src/main/java/com/walmartlabs/concord/runtime/v2/model/EventConfiguration.java b/runtime/v2/model/src/main/java/com/walmartlabs/concord/runtime/v2/model/EventConfiguration.java
index cd687fdc19..ea5883d173 100644
--- a/runtime/v2/model/src/main/java/com/walmartlabs/concord/runtime/v2/model/EventConfiguration.java
+++ b/runtime/v2/model/src/main/java/com/walmartlabs/concord/runtime/v2/model/EventConfiguration.java
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * 
+ *
  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * 
+ *
  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
  * =====
  */
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonSerialize;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
 @Value.Immutable
 @Value.Style(jdkOnly = true)
 @JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.NON_EMPTY)
+@JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
 @JsonSerialize(as = ImmutableEventConfiguration.class)
 @JsonDeserialize(as = ImmutableEventConfiguration.class)
 public interface EventConfiguration extends Serializable {
@@ -186,7 +188,7 @@ default boolean truncateMeta() {
     default Collection<String> metaBlacklist() {
         return Collections.emptyList();
     }
-    
+
     static ImmutableEventConfiguration.Builder builder() {
         return ImmutableEventConfiguration.builder();
     }
diff --git a/runtime/v2/model/src/main/java/com/walmartlabs/concord/runtime/v2/model/ExclusiveMode.java b/runtime/v2/model/src/main/java/com/walmartlabs/concord/runtime/v2/model/ExclusiveMode.java
index 0afe042353..35d60b51bc 100644
--- a/runtime/v2/model/src/main/java/com/walmartlabs/concord/runtime/v2/model/ExclusiveMode.java
+++ b/runtime/v2/model/src/main/java/com/walmartlabs/concord/runtime/v2/model/ExclusiveMode.java
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * 
+ *
  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * 
+ *
  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
  * =====
  */
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize;
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@
 @Value.Immutable
 @Value.Style(jdkOnly = true)
 @JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.NON_EMPTY)
+@JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
 @JsonSerialize(as = ImmutableExclusiveMode.class)
 @JsonDeserialize(as = ImmutableExclusiveMode.class)
 public interface ExclusiveMode extends Serializable {
diff --git a/runtime/v2/model/src/main/java/com/walmartlabs/concord/runtime/v2/model/ProcessDefinitionConfiguration.java b/runtime/v2/model/src/main/java/com/walmartlabs/concord/runtime/v2/model/ProcessDefinitionConfiguration.java
index 65297793f5..fce02f6287 100644
--- a/runtime/v2/model/src/main/java/com/walmartlabs/concord/runtime/v2/model/ProcessDefinitionConfiguration.java
+++ b/runtime/v2/model/src/main/java/com/walmartlabs/concord/runtime/v2/model/ProcessDefinitionConfiguration.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
  * =====
  */
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonSerialize;
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@
 @Value.Immutable
 @Value.Style(jdkOnly = true)
 @JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.NON_EMPTY)
+@JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
 @JsonSerialize(as = ImmutableProcessDefinitionConfiguration.class)
 @JsonDeserialize(as = ImmutableProcessDefinitionConfiguration.class)
 public interface ProcessDefinitionConfiguration extends Serializable {