diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/xsd/XsdHelper.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/xsd/XsdHelper.java
index 173a08b31f..da847568e3 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/xsd/XsdHelper.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/xsd/XsdHelper.java
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ package org.hibernate.boot.xsd;
 public class XsdHelper {
 	public static boolean isValidJpaVersion(String version) {
 		return switch ( version ) {
-			case "1.0", "2.0", "2.1", "2.2", "3.0", "3.1", "3.2" -> true;
+			case "1.0", "2.0", "2.1", "2.2", "3.0", "3.1", "3.2", "7.0" -> true;
 			default -> false;
 		};
 	}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/mappings/models/dynamic/dynamic-id-class.xml b/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/mappings/models/dynamic/dynamic-id-class.xml
index 6df583175d..4c72da46c2 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/mappings/models/dynamic/dynamic-id-class.xml
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/mappings/models/dynamic/dynamic-id-class.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   -->
 <entity-mappings xmlns="http://www.hibernate.org/xsd/orm/mapping"
                  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-                 version="3.1">
+                 version="7.0">
     <entity class="org.hibernate.orm.test.boot.models.xml.dynamic.Employee" access="FIELD">
         <id-class class="org.hibernate.orm.test.boot.models.xml.dynamic.EmployeePK"/>
         <attributes>
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/mappings/models/dynamic/dynamic-named-entity-graph.xml b/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/mappings/models/dynamic/dynamic-named-entity-graph.xml
index f67ac05419..2f8ae71880 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/mappings/models/dynamic/dynamic-named-entity-graph.xml
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/mappings/models/dynamic/dynamic-named-entity-graph.xml
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
   ~ SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
   ~ Copyright: Red Hat Inc. and Hibernate Authors
   -->
-<entity-mappings xmlns="http://www.hibernate.org/xsd/orm/mapping"
-                 version="3.2">
+<entity-mappings xmlns="http://www.hibernate.org/xsd/orm/mapping" version="7.0">
     <entity name="Employee" metadata-complete="true">
         <named-entity-graph name="employee" include-all-attributes="true">
             <named-attribute-node name="name"/>
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/mappings/models/dynamic/dynamic-plurals.xml b/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/mappings/models/dynamic/dynamic-plurals.xml
index f45e2768b2..d42fc86e7b 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/mappings/models/dynamic/dynamic-plurals.xml
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/mappings/models/dynamic/dynamic-plurals.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   -->
 <entity-mappings xmlns="http://www.hibernate.org/xsd/orm/mapping"
                  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-                 version="3.2">
+                 version="7.0">
     <entity class="org.hibernate.orm.test.boot.models.xml.dynamic.Employee" access="FIELD">
         <id-class class="org.hibernate.orm.test.boot.models.xml.dynamic.EmployeePK"/>
         <attributes>
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/mappings/models/dynamic/dynamic-rowid.xml b/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/mappings/models/dynamic/dynamic-rowid.xml
index 4f74261d0d..ec12ec8e2c 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/mappings/models/dynamic/dynamic-rowid.xml
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/mappings/models/dynamic/dynamic-rowid.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   -->
 <entity-mappings xmlns="http://www.hibernate.org/xsd/orm/mapping"
                  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-                 version="3.2">
+                 version="7.0">
     <entity name="EntityWithoutRowId" metadata-complete="true">
         <attributes>
             <id name="id">
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/mappings/models/dynamic/dynamic-semi-simple.xml b/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/mappings/models/dynamic/dynamic-semi-simple.xml
index 55d2bb2a45..4dd37070cc 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/mappings/models/dynamic/dynamic-semi-simple.xml
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/mappings/models/dynamic/dynamic-semi-simple.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   -->
 <entity-mappings xmlns="http://www.hibernate.org/xsd/orm/mapping"
                  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-                 version="3.2">
+                 version="7.0">
     <entity name="Contact" metadata-complete="true">
         <attributes>
             <id name="id">
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/mappings/models/dynamic/dynamic-simple.xml b/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/mappings/models/dynamic/dynamic-simple.xml
index 2292cb2991..6f17ca40a3 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/mappings/models/dynamic/dynamic-simple.xml
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/mappings/models/dynamic/dynamic-simple.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   -->
 <entity-mappings xmlns="http://www.hibernate.org/xsd/orm/mapping"
                  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-                 version="3.2">
+                 version="7.0">
     <entity name="SimpleEntity" metadata-complete="true">
         <attributes>
             <id name="id">
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/mappings/models/dynamic/dynamic-tenantid.xml b/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/mappings/models/dynamic/dynamic-tenantid.xml
index 4bc6914667..6ece1ed226 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/mappings/models/dynamic/dynamic-tenantid.xml
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/mappings/models/dynamic/dynamic-tenantid.xml
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
  ~ SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  ~ Copyright: Red Hat Inc. and Hibernate Authors
  -->
-<entity-mappings xmlns="http://www.hibernate.org/xsd/orm/mapping"
-                 version="3.2">
+<entity-mappings xmlns="http://www.hibernate.org/xsd/orm/mapping" version="7.0">
     <entity name="EntityWithoutTenantId" metadata-complete="true">
         <attributes>
             <id name="id">