diff --git a/schemas/v3/PublishState.schema.json b/schemas/v3/PublishState.schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1fc85d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schemas/v3/PublishState.schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{
+  "$defs": {
+    "HWCSState": {
+      "enum": [
+        "IDLE",
+        "EXECUTING",
+        "CALIBRATING",
+        "OFFLINE"
+      ],
+      "title": "HWCSState",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "PublishStatePayloadSchema": {
+      "properties": {
+        "timestamp": {
+          "description": "Timestamp of the instantiation of the message (return value of time.time())",
+          "title": "Timestamp",
+          "type": "number"
+        },
+        "state": {
+          "$ref": "#/$defs/HWCSState"
+        }
+      },
+      "required": [
+        "timestamp",
+        "state"
+      ],
+      "title": "PublishStatePayloadSchema",
+      "type": "object"
+    }
+  },
+  "description": "This message is used to publish the state of the hardware controller system (HWCS).",
+  "properties": {
+    "command": {
+      "const": "publish_state",
+      "title": "Command",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "payload": {
+      "$ref": "#/$defs/PublishStatePayloadSchema"
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "command",
+    "payload"
+  ],
+  "title": "Publish state message",
+  "type": "object"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/schemas/v3/QuantumHardwareDynamicDataRequest.schema.json b/schemas/v3/QuantumHardwareDynamicDataRequest.schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..712d849
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schemas/v3/QuantumHardwareDynamicDataRequest.schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "properties": {
+    "command": {
+      "const": "get_dynamic",
+      "title": "Command",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "session_id": {
+      "format": "uuid",
+      "title": "Session Id",
+      "type": "string"
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "command",
+    "session_id"
+  ],
+  "title": "QuantumHardwareDynamicDataRequest",
+  "type": "object"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/schemas/v3/QuantumHardwareDynamicDataResponse.schema.json b/schemas/v3/QuantumHardwareDynamicDataResponse.schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0036f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schemas/v3/QuantumHardwareDynamicDataResponse.schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{
+  "$defs": {
+    "DynamicDataSchema": {
+      "additionalProperties": true,
+      "title": "DynamicDataSchema",
+      "type": "object"
+    }
+  },
+  "description": "A successful response to a dynamic data request.",
+  "properties": {
+    "status": {
+      "const": "success",
+      "title": "Status",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "payload": {
+      "$ref": "#/$defs/DynamicDataSchema"
+    },
+    "session_id": {
+      "format": "uuid",
+      "title": "Session Id",
+      "type": "string"
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "status",
+    "payload",
+    "session_id"
+  ],
+  "title": "Get hardware data reply",
+  "type": "object"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/schemas/v3/QuantumHardwareExecuteRequest.schema.json b/schemas/v3/QuantumHardwareExecuteRequest.schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd6362d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schemas/v3/QuantumHardwareExecuteRequest.schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+{
+  "$defs": {
+    "RunCircuitPayloadSchema": {
+      "properties": {
+        "job_id": {
+          "description": "Client identifier for the execution",
+          "title": "Job Id",
+          "type": "integer"
+        },
+        "circuit": {
+          "description": "Circuit description in cQASM language",
+          "title": "Circuit",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "number_of_shots": {
+          "description": "Number of shots to be executed for the circuit.",
+          "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
+          "title": "Number Of Shots",
+          "type": "integer"
+        },
+        "include_raw_data": {
+          "default": false,
+          "description": "Whether or not to return all bitstrings in the order in which they were measured.",
+          "title": "Include Raw Data",
+          "type": "boolean"
+        }
+      },
+      "required": [
+        "job_id",
+        "circuit",
+        "number_of_shots"
+      ],
+      "title": "RunCircuitPayloadSchema",
+      "type": "object"
+    }
+  },
+  "properties": {
+    "session_id": {
+      "description": "An arbitrary string, filled in in the request, which is copied into the reply object.",
+      "format": "uuid",
+      "title": "Session Id",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "command": {
+      "const": "execute",
+      "title": "Command",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "payload": {
+      "$ref": "#/$defs/RunCircuitPayloadSchema"
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "session_id",
+    "command",
+    "payload"
+  ],
+  "title": "Execution request",
+  "type": "object"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/schemas/v3/QuantumHardwareExecuteResponse.schema.json b/schemas/v3/QuantumHardwareExecuteResponse.schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe121aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schemas/v3/QuantumHardwareExecuteResponse.schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+{
+  "$defs": {
+    "RunCircuitResultSchema": {
+      "properties": {
+        "job_id": {
+          "description": "Client defined identifier for the execution.",
+          "title": "Job Id",
+          "type": "integer"
+        },
+        "results": {
+          "additionalProperties": {
+            "type": "integer"
+          },
+          "description": "Mapping of measured bitstring (little endian notation; q[n]...q[0]) to count of occurrences.",
+          "title": "Results",
+          "type": "object"
+        },
+        "raw_data": {
+          "anyOf": [
+            {
+              "items": {
+                "type": "string"
+              },
+              "type": "array"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "null"
+            }
+          ],
+          "default": null,
+          "description": "A list of bitstrings (little endian notation; `q[n]...q[0]`) ordered by the shot in which it             was measured.",
+          "title": "Raw Data"
+        }
+      },
+      "required": [
+        "job_id",
+        "results"
+      ],
+      "title": "Execute Payload",
+      "type": "object"
+    }
+  },
+  "description": "A successful response to a circuit execution request.",
+  "properties": {
+    "session_id": {
+      "description": "An arbitrary string, filled in in the request, which is copied into the reply object.",
+      "format": "uuid",
+      "title": "Session Id",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "status": {
+      "const": "success",
+      "title": "Status",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "payload": {
+      "$ref": "#/$defs/RunCircuitResultSchema"
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "session_id",
+    "status",
+    "payload"
+  ],
+  "title": "Operation success reply",
+  "type": "object"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/schemas/v3/QuantumHardwareFailureResponse.schema.json b/schemas/v3/QuantumHardwareFailureResponse.schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..804c7fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schemas/v3/QuantumHardwareFailureResponse.schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{
+  "$defs": {
+    "FailureDataSchema": {
+      "properties": {
+        "error_msg": {
+          "description": "A descriptive error message to be passed on to the user.",
+          "title": "Error Msg",
+          "type": "string"
+        }
+      },
+      "required": [
+        "error_msg"
+      ],
+      "title": "FailureDataSchema",
+      "type": "object"
+    }
+  },
+  "description": "Response that indicates a failure in the operation.\n\nCan be sent in response to any request.",
+  "properties": {
+    "session_id": {
+      "description": "An arbitrary string, filled in in the request, which is copied into the reply object.",
+      "format": "uuid",
+      "title": "Session Id",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "status": {
+      "const": "failure",
+      "title": "Status",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "payload": {
+      "$ref": "#/$defs/FailureDataSchema"
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "session_id",
+    "status",
+    "payload"
+  ],
+  "title": "Operation failure reply",
+  "type": "object"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/schemas/v3/QuantumHardwareInitializeRequest.schema.json b/schemas/v3/QuantumHardwareInitializeRequest.schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..937a06d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schemas/v3/QuantumHardwareInitializeRequest.schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  "description": "This message signals that execution is about to begin.\n\nThe initialize should be picked up as a request for locking.",
+  "properties": {
+    "session_id": {
+      "description": "An arbitrary string, filled in in the request, which is copied into the reply object.",
+      "format": "uuid",
+      "title": "Session Id",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "command": {
+      "const": "initialize",
+      "title": "Command",
+      "type": "string"
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "session_id",
+    "command"
+  ],
+  "title": "Initialize request",
+  "type": "object"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/schemas/v3/QuantumHardwareSimpleSuccessResponse.schema.json b/schemas/v3/QuantumHardwareSimpleSuccessResponse.schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28216fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schemas/v3/QuantumHardwareSimpleSuccessResponse.schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  "description": "A simple success response to an initialize or terminate request.",
+  "properties": {
+    "session_id": {
+      "description": "An arbitrary string, filled in in the request, which is copied into the reply object.",
+      "format": "uuid",
+      "title": "Session Id",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "status": {
+      "const": "success",
+      "title": "Status",
+      "type": "string"
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "session_id",
+    "status"
+  ],
+  "title": "Operation success reply",
+  "type": "object"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/schemas/v3/QuantumHardwareStaticDataRequest.schema.json b/schemas/v3/QuantumHardwareStaticDataRequest.schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f32d09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schemas/v3/QuantumHardwareStaticDataRequest.schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "properties": {
+    "command": {
+      "const": "get_static",
+      "title": "Command",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "session_id": {
+      "format": "uuid",
+      "title": "Session Id",
+      "type": "string"
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "command",
+    "session_id"
+  ],
+  "title": "QuantumHardwareStaticDataRequest",
+  "type": "object"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/schemas/v3/QuantumHardwareStaticDataResponse.schema.json b/schemas/v3/QuantumHardwareStaticDataResponse.schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16ff183
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schemas/v3/QuantumHardwareStaticDataResponse.schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+{
+  "$defs": {
+    "CompilerConfig": {
+      "description": "Specifies a series of compiler passes to be applied to the circuit before execution.",
+      "properties": {
+        "decomposition": {
+          "default": [],
+          "items": {
+            "$ref": "#/$defs/CompilerPass"
+          },
+          "title": "Decomposition",
+          "type": "array"
+        },
+        "mapping": {
+          "default": [],
+          "items": {
+            "$ref": "#/$defs/CompilerPass"
+          },
+          "title": "Mapping",
+          "type": "array"
+        },
+        "optimization": {
+          "default": [],
+          "items": {
+            "$ref": "#/$defs/CompilerPass"
+          },
+          "title": "Optimization",
+          "type": "array"
+        },
+        "routing": {
+          "default": [],
+          "items": {
+            "$ref": "#/$defs/CompilerPass"
+          },
+          "title": "Routing",
+          "type": "array"
+        }
+      },
+      "title": "CompilerConfig",
+      "type": "object"
+    },
+    "CompilerPass": {
+      "properties": {
+        "path": {
+          "description": "Path to OpenSquirrel object that does the compiler pass",
+          "examples": [
+            "opensquirrel.passes.decomposer.mckay_decomposer.McKayDecomposer"
+          ],
+          "title": "Path",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "method": {
+          "description": "Method on OpenSquirrel object that does the compiler pass",
+          "examples": [
+            "decompose"
+          ],
+          "title": "Method",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "arguments": {
+          "additionalProperties": true,
+          "default": {},
+          "description": "Arguments for the compiler pass",
+          "title": "Arguments",
+          "type": "object"
+        }
+      },
+      "required": [
+        "path",
+        "method"
+      ],
+      "title": "CompilerPass",
+      "type": "object"
+    },
+    "StaticDataSchema": {
+      "properties": {
+        "protocol_version": {
+          "const": 3,
+          "title": "Protocol Version",
+          "type": "integer"
+        },
+        "nqubits": {
+          "description": "The number of qubits.",
+          "title": "Nqubits",
+          "type": "integer"
+        },
+        "topology": {
+          "$ref": "#/$defs/Topology",
+          "description": "List of the edges between the various qubits"
+        },
+        "name": {
+          "description": "Name of the system.",
+          "title": "Name",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "pgs": {
+          "description": "Supported primitive gates set of the system. Gate names as described in cQASM (in uppercase).",
+          "items": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "title": "Pgs",
+          "type": "array"
+        },
+        "default_compiler_config": {
+          "$ref": "#/$defs/CompilerConfig",
+          "default": {
+            "decomposition": [],
+            "mapping": [],
+            "optimization": [],
+            "routing": []
+          },
+          "description": "A suitable default compiler configuration for the hardware backend"
+        },
+        "starttime": {
+          "description": "Timestamp of start-up of the system (return value of time.time())",
+          "title": "Starttime",
+          "type": "number"
+        },
+        "supports_raw_data": {
+          "default": false,
+          "description": "Whether the hardware backend supports shot memory. If True, the include_raw_data flag in the QuantumHardwareRunCircuitPayload should trigger the backend to store shot memory in the raw_data field of the results.",
+          "title": "Supports Raw Data",
+          "type": "boolean"
+        }
+      },
+      "required": [
+        "protocol_version",
+        "nqubits",
+        "topology",
+        "name",
+        "pgs",
+        "starttime"
+      ],
+      "title": "StaticDataSchema",
+      "type": "object"
+    },
+    "Topology": {
+      "description": "A class representing the topology of a quantum chip.\n\nIt is a list of tuples, where each tuple represents a unidirectional connection between two qubits. The first\nelement of the tuple is the source qubit, and the second element is the target qubit.",
+      "items": {
+        "maxItems": 2,
+        "minItems": 2,
+        "prefixItems": [
+          {
+            "type": "integer"
+          },
+          {
+            "type": "integer"
+          }
+        ],
+        "type": "array"
+      },
+      "title": "Topology",
+      "type": "array"
+    }
+  },
+  "description": "A successful response to a static data request.",
+  "properties": {
+    "status": {
+      "const": "success",
+      "title": "Status",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "session_id": {
+      "format": "uuid",
+      "title": "Session Id",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "payload": {
+      "$ref": "#/$defs/StaticDataSchema"
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "status",
+    "session_id",
+    "payload"
+  ],
+  "title": "Get hardware data reply",
+  "type": "object"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/schemas/v3/QuantumHardwareTerminateRequest.schema.json b/schemas/v3/QuantumHardwareTerminateRequest.schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6bd4e5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schemas/v3/QuantumHardwareTerminateRequest.schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  "description": "This message signals the end of a session.",
+  "properties": {
+    "session_id": {
+      "description": "An arbitrary string, filled in in the request, which is copied into the reply object.",
+      "format": "uuid",
+      "title": "Session Id",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "command": {
+      "const": "terminate",
+      "title": "Command",
+      "type": "string"
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "session_id",
+    "command"
+  ],
+  "title": "Terminate request",
+  "type": "object"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/control-software-validator/models/PublishState.py b/tests/control-software-validator/models/PublishState.py
index d5df89b..659c2b7 100644
--- a/tests/control-software-validator/models/PublishState.py
+++ b/tests/control-software-validator/models/PublishState.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from enum import Enum
-from typing import Literal, Optional
+from typing import Literal
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 
@@ -26,11 +26,5 @@ class PublishStatePayloadSchema(BaseModel):
 
 
 class PublishState(BaseModel):
-    version: Optional[str] = Field(
-        '0.2.0',
-        description='Version of the message schema. Has been made optional to allow for moving to the new versioning scheme.',
-        pattern='^\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d$',
-        title='Version',
-    )
     command: Literal['publish_state'] = Field(..., title='Command')
     payload: PublishStatePayloadSchema
diff --git a/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareDynamicDataRequest.py b/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareDynamicDataRequest.py
index de7e444..582124d 100644
--- a/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareDynamicDataRequest.py
+++ b/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareDynamicDataRequest.py
@@ -10,6 +10,5 @@
 
 
 class QuantumHardwareDynamicDataRequest(BaseModel):
-    version: str = Field(..., pattern='^\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d$', title='Version')
     command: Literal['get_dynamic'] = Field(..., title='Command')
     session_id: UUID = Field(..., title='Session Id')
diff --git a/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareDynamicDataResponse.py b/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareDynamicDataResponse.py
index 6b001ac..24f69b6 100644
--- a/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareDynamicDataResponse.py
+++ b/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareDynamicDataResponse.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from typing import Literal
+from uuid import UUID
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, Field
 
@@ -16,6 +17,6 @@ class DynamicDataSchema(BaseModel):
 
 
 class QuantumHardwareDynamicDataResponse(BaseModel):
-    version: str = Field(..., pattern='^\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d$', title='Version')
     status: Literal['success'] = Field(..., title='Status')
     payload: DynamicDataSchema
+    session_id: UUID = Field(..., title='Session Id')
diff --git a/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareExecuteRequest.py b/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareExecuteRequest.py
index e715f6f..0206327 100644
--- a/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareExecuteRequest.py
+++ b/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareExecuteRequest.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ class RunCircuitPayloadSchema(BaseModel):
 
 
 class QuantumHardwareExecuteRequest(BaseModel):
-    version: str = Field(..., pattern='^\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d$', title='Version')
     session_id: UUID = Field(
         ...,
         description='An arbitrary string, filled in in the request, which is copied into the reply object.',
diff --git a/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareExecuteResponse.py b/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareExecuteResponse.py
index 8928515..2f89b12 100644
--- a/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareExecuteResponse.py
+++ b/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareExecuteResponse.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ class RunCircuitResultSchema(BaseModel):
 
 
 class QuantumHardwareExecuteResponse(BaseModel):
-    version: str = Field(..., pattern='^\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d$', title='Version')
     session_id: UUID = Field(
         ...,
         description='An arbitrary string, filled in in the request, which is copied into the reply object.',
diff --git a/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareFailureResponse.py b/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareFailureResponse.py
index 72a978d..a910365 100644
--- a/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareFailureResponse.py
+++ b/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareFailureResponse.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ class FailureDataSchema(BaseModel):
 
 
 class QuantumHardwareFailureResponse(BaseModel):
-    version: str = Field(..., pattern='^\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d$', title='Version')
     session_id: UUID = Field(
         ...,
         description='An arbitrary string, filled in in the request, which is copied into the reply object.',
diff --git a/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareInitializeRequest.py b/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareInitializeRequest.py
index eaf0794..67f8a6b 100644
--- a/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareInitializeRequest.py
+++ b/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareInitializeRequest.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 
 class QuantumHardwareInitializeRequest(BaseModel):
-    version: str = Field(..., pattern='^\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d$', title='Version')
     session_id: UUID = Field(
         ...,
         description='An arbitrary string, filled in in the request, which is copied into the reply object.',
diff --git a/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareSimpleSuccessResponse.py b/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareSimpleSuccessResponse.py
index cc8445b..186f64b 100644
--- a/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareSimpleSuccessResponse.py
+++ b/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareSimpleSuccessResponse.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 
 class QuantumHardwareSimpleSuccessResponse(BaseModel):
-    version: str = Field(..., pattern='^\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d$', title='Version')
     session_id: UUID = Field(
         ...,
         description='An arbitrary string, filled in in the request, which is copied into the reply object.',
diff --git a/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareStaticDataRequest.py b/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareStaticDataRequest.py
index 2fd67e0..d212032 100644
--- a/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareStaticDataRequest.py
+++ b/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareStaticDataRequest.py
@@ -10,6 +10,5 @@
 
 
 class QuantumHardwareStaticDataRequest(BaseModel):
-    version: str = Field(..., pattern='^\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d$', title='Version')
     command: Literal['get_static'] = Field(..., title='Command')
     session_id: UUID = Field(..., title='Session Id')
diff --git a/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareStaticDataResponse.py b/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareStaticDataResponse.py
index ade1128..d3dcac7 100644
--- a/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareStaticDataResponse.py
+++ b/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareStaticDataResponse.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Literal, Optional
+from uuid import UUID
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, RootModel
 
@@ -46,11 +47,7 @@ class CompilerConfig(BaseModel):
 
 
 class StaticDataSchema(BaseModel):
-    protocol_version: Optional[int] = Field(
-        2,
-        description='Version of the Compute Runtime Schema to use',
-        title='Protocol Version',
-    )
+    protocol_version: Literal[3] = Field(..., title='Protocol Version')
     nqubits: int = Field(..., description='The number of qubits.', title='Nqubits')
     topology: Topology = Field(
         ..., description='List of the edges between the various qubits'
@@ -80,6 +77,6 @@ class StaticDataSchema(BaseModel):
 
 
 class QuantumHardwareStaticDataResponse(BaseModel):
-    version: str = Field(..., pattern='^\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d$', title='Version')
     status: Literal['success'] = Field(..., title='Status')
+    session_id: UUID = Field(..., title='Session Id')
     payload: StaticDataSchema
diff --git a/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareTerminateRequest.py b/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareTerminateRequest.py
index e7a87fa..eb974e9 100644
--- a/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareTerminateRequest.py
+++ b/tests/control-software-validator/models/QuantumHardwareTerminateRequest.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 
 class QuantumHardwareTerminateRequest(BaseModel):
-    version: str = Field(..., pattern='^\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d$', title='Version')
     session_id: UUID = Field(
         ...,
         description='An arbitrary string, filled in in the request, which is copied into the reply object.',
diff --git a/tests/control-software-validator/test_flows.py b/tests/control-software-validator/test_flows.py
index a783288..bc7a0cc 100644
--- a/tests/control-software-validator/test_flows.py
+++ b/tests/control-software-validator/test_flows.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ async def test_publish_state(sub_channel: SubscribeChannel) -> None:
 async def test_static_data_request(req_channel: RequestChannel) -> None:
     # Test if static data reply is correctly formatted
     static_data_request = QuantumHardwareStaticDataRequest(
-        version=version, command="get_static", session_id=uuid.uuid4()
+        command="get_static", session_id=uuid.uuid4()
     )
     await req_channel.request(static_data_request, QuantumHardwareStaticDataResponse)
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ async def test_static_data_request(req_channel: RequestChannel) -> None:
 async def test_dynamic_data_request(req_channel: RequestChannel) -> None:
     # Test if dynamic data reply is correctly formatted
     dynamic_data_request = QuantumHardwareDynamicDataRequest(
-        version=version, command="get_dynamic", session_id=uuid.uuid4()
+        command="get_dynamic", session_id=uuid.uuid4()
     )
     await req_channel.request(dynamic_data_request, QuantumHardwareDynamicDataResponse)
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ async def test_happy_flow(req_channel: RequestChannel):
     session_id = uuid.uuid4()
 
     init_request = QuantumHardwareInitializeRequest(
-        version=version, session_id=session_id, command="initialize"
+        session_id=session_id, command="initialize"
     )
     await req_channel.request(init_request, QuantumHardwareSimpleSuccessResponse)
 
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ async def test_happy_flow(req_channel: RequestChannel):
         include_raw_data=False,
     )
     exec_request = QuantumHardwareExecuteRequest(
-        version=version,
         session_id=session_id,
         command="execute",
         payload=exec_payload,
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ async def test_happy_flow(req_channel: RequestChannel):
     await req_channel.request(exec_request, QuantumHardwareExecuteResponse)
 
     terminate_request = QuantumHardwareTerminateRequest(
-        version=version, session_id=session_id, command="terminate"
+        session_id=session_id, command="terminate"
     )
     await req_channel.request(terminate_request, QuantumHardwareSimpleSuccessResponse)
 
@@ -130,7 +129,6 @@ async def test_exec_without_init(req_channel: RequestChannel):
         include_raw_data=False,
     )
     exec_request = QuantumHardwareExecuteRequest(
-        version=version,
         session_id=session_id,
         command="execute",
         payload=exec_payload,