diff --git a/packages/core/http/core-http-server/src/router/response.ts b/packages/core/http/core-http-server/src/router/response.ts
index 41f7d84f6b5d1..07ec226e8c3a9 100644
--- a/packages/core/http/core-http-server/src/router/response.ts
+++ b/packages/core/http/core-http-server/src/router/response.ts
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ import type { ResponseHeaders } from './headers';
  * HTTP response parameters
  * @public
  */
-export interface HttpResponseOptions {
+export interface HttpResponseOptions<T extends HttpResponsePayload | ResponseError = any> {
   /** HTTP message to send to the client */
-  body?: HttpResponsePayload;
+  body?: T;
   /** HTTP Headers with additional information about response */
   headers?: ResponseHeaders;
   /** Bypass the default error formatting */
diff --git a/packages/core/http/core-http-server/src/router/response_factory.ts b/packages/core/http/core-http-server/src/router/response_factory.ts
index 9f9be08dc2cb7..34303103732a2 100644
--- a/packages/core/http/core-http-server/src/router/response_factory.ts
+++ b/packages/core/http/core-http-server/src/router/response_factory.ts
@@ -27,14 +27,18 @@ export interface KibanaSuccessResponseFactory {
    * Status code: `200`.
    * @param options - {@link HttpResponseOptions} configures HTTP response body & headers.
    */
-  ok(options?: HttpResponseOptions): IKibanaResponse;
+  ok<T extends HttpResponsePayload | ResponseError = any>(
+    options?: HttpResponseOptions<T>
+  ): IKibanaResponse<T>;
 
   /**
    * The request has been accepted for processing.
    * Status code: `202`.
    * @param options - {@link HttpResponseOptions} configures HTTP response body & headers.
    */
-  accepted(options?: HttpResponseOptions): IKibanaResponse;
+  accepted<T extends HttpResponsePayload | ResponseError = any>(
+    options?: HttpResponseOptions<T>
+  ): IKibanaResponse<T>;
 
   /**
    * The server has successfully fulfilled the request and that there is no additional content to send in the response payload body.
diff --git a/packages/core/versioning/core-version-http-server/src/example.ts b/packages/core/versioning/core-version-http-server/src/example.ts
index b63c75e86a562..fc0a9b3e39aec 100644
--- a/packages/core/versioning/core-version-http-server/src/example.ts
+++ b/packages/core/versioning/core-version-http-server/src/example.ts
@@ -28,13 +28,18 @@ const versionedRoute = versionedRouter
     {
       version: '1',
       validate: {
-        query: schema.object({
-          name: schema.maybe(schema.string({ minLength: 2, maxLength: 50 })),
-        }),
-        params: schema.object({
-          id: schema.maybe(schema.string({ minLength: 10, maxLength: 13 })),
-        }),
-        body: schema.object({ foo: schema.string() }),
+        request: {
+          query: schema.object({
+            name: schema.maybe(schema.string({ minLength: 2, maxLength: 50 })),
+          }),
+          params: schema.object({
+            id: schema.maybe(schema.string({ minLength: 10, maxLength: 13 })),
+          }),
+          body: schema.object({ foo: schema.string() }),
+        },
+        response: {
+          body: schema.object({ foo: schema.string() }),
+        },
       },
     },
     async (ctx, req, res) => {
@@ -47,13 +52,18 @@ const versionedRoute = versionedRouter
     {
       version: '2',
       validate: {
-        query: schema.object({
-          name: schema.maybe(schema.string({ minLength: 2, maxLength: 50 })),
-        }),
-        params: schema.object({
-          id: schema.maybe(schema.string({ minLength: 10, maxLength: 13 })),
-        }),
-        body: schema.object({ fooString: schema.string() }),
+        request: {
+          query: schema.object({
+            name: schema.maybe(schema.string({ minLength: 2, maxLength: 50 })),
+          }),
+          params: schema.object({
+            id: schema.maybe(schema.string({ minLength: 10, maxLength: 13 })),
+          }),
+          body: schema.object({ fooString: schema.string() }),
+        },
+        response: {
+          body: schema.object({ fooName: schema.string() }),
+        },
       },
     },
     async (ctx, req, res) => {
@@ -66,13 +76,18 @@ const versionedRoute = versionedRouter
     {
       version: '3',
       validate: {
-        query: schema.object({
-          name: schema.maybe(schema.string({ minLength: 2, maxLength: 50 })),
-        }),
-        params: schema.object({
-          id: schema.maybe(schema.string({ minLength: 10, maxLength: 13 })),
-        }),
-        body: schema.object({ fooString: schema.string({ minLength: 0, maxLength: 1000 }) }),
+        request: {
+          query: schema.object({
+            name: schema.maybe(schema.string({ minLength: 2, maxLength: 50 })),
+          }),
+          params: schema.object({
+            id: schema.maybe(schema.string({ minLength: 10, maxLength: 13 })),
+          }),
+          body: schema.object({ fooString: schema.string({ minLength: 0, maxLength: 1000 }) }),
+        },
+        response: {
+          body: schema.object({ fooName: schema.string() }),
+        },
       },
     },
     async (ctx, req, res) => {
diff --git a/packages/core/versioning/core-version-http-server/src/version_http_toolkit.ts b/packages/core/versioning/core-version-http-server/src/version_http_toolkit.ts
index 7d8dd7765e476..1488184aea7e0 100644
--- a/packages/core/versioning/core-version-http-server/src/version_http_toolkit.ts
+++ b/packages/core/versioning/core-version-http-server/src/version_http_toolkit.ts
@@ -6,14 +6,18 @@
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
 
+import { Type } from '@kbn/config-schema';
+import type { WithRequiredProperty } from '@kbn/utility-types';
 import type {
   IRouter,
   RouteConfig,
   RouteMethod,
   RequestHandler,
+  IKibanaResponse,
+  RouteConfigOptions,
   RouteValidatorFullConfig,
   RequestHandlerContextBase,
-  RouteConfigOptions,
+  RouteValidationFunction,
 } from '@kbn/core-http-server';
 
 type RqCtx = RequestHandlerContextBase;
@@ -39,53 +43,8 @@ export interface CreateVersionedRouterArgs<Ctx extends RqCtx = RqCtx> {
 /**
  * This interface is the starting point for creating versioned routers and routes
  *
- * @example
- * const versionedRouter = vtk.createVersionedRouter({ router });
+ * @example see ./example.ts
  *
- * ```ts
- * const versionedRoute = versionedRouter
- *   .post({
- *     path: '/api/my-app/foo/{id?}',
- *     options: { timeout: { payload: 60000 }, access: 'public' },
- *   })
- *   .addVersion(
- *     {
- *       version: '1',
- *       validate: {
- *         query: schema.object({
- *           name: schema.maybe(schema.string({ minLength: 2, maxLength: 50 })),
- *         }),
- *         params: schema.object({
- *           id: schema.maybe(schema.string({ minLength: 10, maxLength: 13 })),
- *         }),
- *         body: schema.object({ foo: schema.string() }),
- *       },
- *     },
- *     async (ctx, req, res) => {
- *       await ctx.fooService.create(req.body.foo, req.params.id, req.query.name);
- *       return res.ok({ body: { foo: req.body.foo } });
- *     }
- *   )
- *   // BREAKING CHANGE: { foo: string } => { fooString: string } in body
- *   .addVersion(
- *     {
- *       version: '2',
- *       validate: {
- *         query: schema.object({
- *           name: schema.maybe(schema.string({ minLength: 2, maxLength: 50 })),
- *         }),
- *         params: schema.object({
- *           id: schema.maybe(schema.string({ minLength: 10, maxLength: 13 })),
- *         }),
- *         body: schema.object({ fooString: schema.string() }),
- *       },
- *     },
- *     async (ctx, req, res) => {
- *       await ctx.fooService.create(req.body.fooString, req.params.id, req.query.name);
- *       return res.ok({ body: { fooName: req.body.fooString } });
- *     }
- *   )
- * ```
  * @experimental
  */
 export interface VersionHTTPToolkit {
@@ -100,13 +59,6 @@ export interface VersionHTTPToolkit {
   ): VersionedRouter<Ctx>;
 }
 
-/**
- * Converts an input property from optional to required. Needed for making RouteConfigOptions['access'] required.
- */
-type WithRequiredProperty<Type, Key extends keyof Type> = Type & {
-  [Property in Key]-?: Type[Property];
-};
-
 /**
  * Versioned route access flag, required
  * - '/api/foo' is 'public'
@@ -154,12 +106,39 @@ export interface VersionedRouter<Ctx extends RqCtx = RqCtx> {
   options: VersionedRouteRegistrar<'options', Ctx>;
 }
 
+/** @experimental */
+export type RequestValidation<P, Q, B> = RouteValidatorFullConfig<P, Q, B>;
+
+/** @experimental */
+export interface ResponseValidation<R> {
+  body: RouteValidationFunction<R> | Type<R>;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Versioned route validation
+ * @experimental
+ */
+interface FullValidationConfig<P, Q, B, R> {
+  /**
+   * Validation to run against route inputs: params, query and body
+   * @experimental
+   */
+  request?: RequestValidation<P, Q, B>;
+  /**
+   * Validation to run against route output
+   * @note This validation is only intended to run in development. Do not use this
+   *       for setting default values!
+   * @experimental
+   */
+  response?: ResponseValidation<R>;
+}
+
 /**
  * Options for a versioned route. Probably needs a lot more options like sunsetting
  * of an endpoint etc.
  * @experimental
  */
-export interface AddVersionOpts<P, Q, B, Method extends RouteMethod = RouteMethod> {
+export interface AddVersionOpts<P, Q, B, R> {
   /**
    * Version to assign to this route
    * @experimental
@@ -169,7 +148,7 @@ export interface AddVersionOpts<P, Q, B, Method extends RouteMethod = RouteMetho
    * Validation for this version of a route
    * @experimental
    */
-  validate: false | RouteValidatorFullConfig<P, Q, B>;
+  validate: false | FullValidationConfig<P, Q, B, R>;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -187,8 +166,8 @@ export interface VersionedRoute<
    * @returns A versioned route, allows for fluent chaining of version declarations
    * @experimental
    */
-  addVersion<P, Q, B>(
-    opts: AddVersionOpts<P, Q, B>,
-    handler: RequestHandler<P, Q, B, Ctx>
+  addVersion<P, Q, B, R>(
+    options: AddVersionOpts<P, Q, B, R>,
+    handler: (...params: Parameters<RequestHandler<P, Q, B, Ctx>>) => Promise<IKibanaResponse<R>>
   ): VersionedRoute<Method, Ctx>;
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/versioning/core-version-http-server/tsconfig.json b/packages/core/versioning/core-version-http-server/tsconfig.json
index fa73dc9c397bf..d0ff9556e176f 100644
--- a/packages/core/versioning/core-version-http-server/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/core/versioning/core-version-http-server/tsconfig.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
   "kbn_references": [
     "@kbn/config-schema",
     "@kbn/core-http-server",
+    "@kbn/utility-types",
   ],
   "exclude": [
     "target/**/*",
diff --git a/packages/kbn-utility-types/index.ts b/packages/kbn-utility-types/index.ts
index 52f707f2bc0d4..3aeaf04083c66 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-utility-types/index.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-utility-types/index.ts
@@ -140,3 +140,14 @@ export type DeepPartialObject<T> = { [P in keyof T]+?: DeepPartial<T[P]> };
 export type { DotObject, DedotObject } from './src/dot';
 
 export type ArrayElement<A> = A extends ReadonlyArray<infer T> ? T : never;
+
+/**
+ * Takes a type and makes selected properties required.
+ *
+ * @example
+ * interface Foo { bar?: string }
+ * const foo: WithRequiredProperty<Foo, 'bar'> = { bar: 'baz' }
+ */
+export type WithRequiredProperty<Type, Key extends keyof Type> = Omit<Type, Key> & {
+  [Property in Key]-?: Type[Property];
+};
diff --git a/src/plugins/data_views/server/rest_api_routes/runtime_fields/response_formatter.ts b/src/plugins/data_views/server/rest_api_routes/runtime_fields/response_formatter.ts
index 83dc31b4b713d..8bb9f58fb8668 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data_views/server/rest_api_routes/runtime_fields/response_formatter.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data_views/server/rest_api_routes/runtime_fields/response_formatter.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
 
+import { HttpResponseOptions } from '@kbn/core-http-server';
 import { DataView, DataViewField } from '../../../common';
 import { SERVICE_KEY_LEGACY, SERVICE_KEY_TYPE, SERVICE_KEY } from '../../constants';
 
@@ -15,7 +16,11 @@ interface ResponseFormatterArgs {
   dataView: DataView;
 }
 
-export const responseFormatter = ({ serviceKey, fields, dataView }: ResponseFormatterArgs) => {
+export const responseFormatter = ({
+  serviceKey,
+  fields,
+  dataView,
+}: ResponseFormatterArgs): HttpResponseOptions => {
   const response = {
     body: {
       fields: fields.map((field) => field.toSpec()),
diff --git a/src/plugins/data_views/tsconfig.json b/src/plugins/data_views/tsconfig.json
index ae13beea68d45..94fe86cb31321 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data_views/tsconfig.json
+++ b/src/plugins/data_views/tsconfig.json
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     "@kbn/config-schema",
     "@kbn/utility-types-jest",
     "@kbn/safer-lodash-set",
+    "@kbn/core-http-server",
   ],
   "exclude": [
     "target/**/*",
diff --git a/x-pack/test/plugin_api_perf/plugins/task_manager_performance/server/init_routes.ts b/x-pack/test/plugin_api_perf/plugins/task_manager_performance/server/init_routes.ts
index 845bd4cb210e2..7d5118c5d93d3 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/plugin_api_perf/plugins/task_manager_performance/server/init_routes.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/plugin_api_perf/plugins/task_manager_performance/server/init_routes.ts
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ export function initRoutes(
         }, Promise.resolve<ConcreteTaskInstance[] | undefined>(undefined));
 
       return res.ok({
-        body: await new Promise((resolve) => {
+        body: await new Promise<PerfResult>((resolve) => {
           setTimeout(() => {
-            performanceApi.endCapture().then((perf: PerfResult) => resolve(perf));
+            performanceApi.endCapture().then((perf) => resolve(perf));
           }, durationInSeconds * 1000 + 10000 /* wait extra 10s to drain queue */);
         }),
       });