diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a0e0b75f7..12b898d8f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -38,16 +38,23 @@ matrix:
     - php: 5.5
       env:
         - EXECUTE_CS_CHECK=true
-        - PECL_INSTALL_APCU='apcu-4.0.8'
+    - php: 5.5
+      env:
+        - SERVICE_MANAGER_V2=true
     - php: 5.6
       env:
         - EXECUTE_TEST_COVERALLS=true
-        - PECL_INSTALL_APCU='apcu-4.0.8'
+    - php: 5.6
+      env:
+        - SERVICE_MANAGER_V2=true
+    - php: 7
     - php: 7
       env:
-        - PECL_INSTALL_APCU='apcu'
-        - PECL_INSTALL_APCU_BC='apcu_bc-beta'
+        - SERVICE_MANAGER_V2=true
+    - php: hhvm
     - php: hhvm
+      env:
+        - SERVICE_MANAGER_V2=true
   allow_failures:
     - php: 7
     - php: hhvm
@@ -60,11 +67,13 @@ before_install:
   - if [[ $EXECUTE_TEST_COVERALLS != 'true' ]]; then phpenv config-rm xdebug.ini || return 0 ; fi
   - composer self-update
   - if [[ $EXECUTE_TEST_COVERALLS == 'true' ]]; then composer require --dev --no-update satooshi/php-coveralls ; fi
+  - if [[ $SERVICE_MANAGER_V2 == 'true' ]]; then composer require --dev --no-update "zendframework/zend-servicemanager:^2.7.2" ; fi
+  - if [[ $SERVICE_MANAGER_V2 != 'true' ]]; then composer require --dev --no-update "zendframework/zend-servicemanager:^3.0" ; fi
 
 install:
   - travis_retry composer install --no-interaction --ignore-platform-reqs
   - if [[ $PECL_INSTALL_APCU != '' ]]; then echo "yes\nno\n" | pecl install $PECL_INSTALL_APCU || return 0 ; fi
-  
+
   # see https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=21007
   # pecl install adds the "extension=*.so" directive on top of php.ini which results in wrong extension order
   # -> Attach another ini file loading the extension kind of solves the issue.
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index ff2960c15..272ddaa88 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
     },
     "require": {
         "php": ">=5.5",
-        "zendframework/zend-stdlib": "~2.5",
-        "zendframework/zend-servicemanager": "dev-develop as 2.7.0",
-        "zendframework/zend-eventmanager": "dev-develop as 2.7.0"
+        "zendframework/zend-stdlib": "~2.7",
+        "zendframework/zend-servicemanager": "^2.7.3 || ^3.0",
+        "zendframework/zend-eventmanager": "^2.6.2 || ^3.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "zendframework/zend-serializer": "dev-develop as 2.6.0",
-        "zendframework/zend-session": "~2.5",
+        "zendframework/zend-session": "dev-develop as 2.6.0",
         "fabpot/php-cs-fixer": "1.7.*",
         "phpunit/PHPUnit": "~4.0"
     },
diff --git a/src/PatternPluginManager.php b/src/PatternPluginManager.php
index fdb7c98b8..6377a793a 100644
--- a/src/PatternPluginManager.php
+++ b/src/PatternPluginManager.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 use Zend\ServiceManager\AbstractPluginManager;
 use Zend\ServiceManager\Factory\InvokableFactory;
+use Zend\ServiceManager\Exception\InvalidServiceException;
 
 /**
  * Plugin manager implementation for cache pattern adapters
@@ -42,7 +43,14 @@ class PatternPluginManager extends AbstractPluginManager
     /**
      * Don't share by default
      *
-     * @var array
+     * @var boolean
+     */
+    protected $shareByDefault = false;
+
+    /**
+     * Don't share by default
+     *
+     * @var boolean
      */
     protected $sharedByDefault = false;
 
@@ -50,4 +58,37 @@ class PatternPluginManager extends AbstractPluginManager
      * @var string
      */
     protected $instanceOf = Pattern\PatternInterface::class;
+
+    /**
+     * Validate the plugin is of the expected type (v3).
+     *
+     * Validates against `$instanceOf`.
+     *
+     * @param mixed $instance
+     * @throws InvalidServiceException
+     */
+    public function validate($instance)
+    {
+        if (! $instance instanceof $this->instanceOf) {
+            throw new InvalidServiceException(sprintf(
+                '%s can only create instances of %s; %s is invalid',
+                get_class($this),
+                $this->instanceOf,
+                (is_object($instance) ? get_class($instance) : gettype($instance))
+            ));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Validate the plugin is of the expected type (v2).
+     *
+     * Proxies to `validate()`.
+     *
+     * @param mixed $instance
+     * @throws InvalidServiceException
+     */
+    public function validatePlugin($instance)
+    {
+        $this->validate($instance);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Service/StorageCacheAbstractServiceFactory.php b/src/Service/StorageCacheAbstractServiceFactory.php
index e028f3c72..d40d4a83b 100644
--- a/src/Service/StorageCacheAbstractServiceFactory.php
+++ b/src/Service/StorageCacheAbstractServiceFactory.php
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class StorageCacheAbstractServiceFactory implements AbstractFactoryInterface
      * @param string $requestedName
      * @return boolean
      */
-    public function canCreateServiceWithName(ContainerInterface $container, $requestedName)
+    public function canCreate(ContainerInterface $container, $requestedName)
     {
         $config = $this->getConfig($container);
         if (empty($config)) {
@@ -44,6 +44,17 @@ public function canCreateServiceWithName(ContainerInterface $container, $request
         return (isset($config[$requestedName]) && is_array($config[$requestedName]));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param  ServiceLocatorInterface $serviceLocator
+     * @param  string $name
+     * @param  string $requestedName
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    public function canCreateServiceWithName(ServiceLocatorInterface $serviceLocator, $name, $requestedName)
+    {
+        return $this->canCreate($serviceLocator, $requestedName);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Create an object
      *
@@ -58,6 +69,11 @@ public function __invoke(ContainerInterface $container, $requestedName, array $o
         return StorageFactory::factory($config[$requestedName]);
     }
 
+    public function createServiceWithName(ServiceLocatorInterface $serviceLocator, $name, $requestedName)
+    {
+        return $this($serviceLocator, $requestedName);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Retrieve cache configuration, if any
      *
diff --git a/src/Storage/AdapterPluginManager.php b/src/Storage/AdapterPluginManager.php
index 5551d199e..9dc075746 100644
--- a/src/Storage/AdapterPluginManager.php
+++ b/src/Storage/AdapterPluginManager.php
@@ -76,8 +76,48 @@ class AdapterPluginManager extends AbstractPluginManager
      */
     protected $sharedByDefault = false;
 
+    /**
+     * Don't share by default
+     *
+     * @var boolean
+     */
+    protected $shareByDefault = false;
+
     /**
      * @var string
      */
     protected $instanceOf = StorageInterface::class;
+
+    /**
+     * Validate the plugin is of the expected type (v3).
+     *
+     * Validates against `$instanceOf`.
+     *
+     * @param mixed $instance
+     * @throws InvalidServiceException
+     */
+    public function validate($instance)
+    {
+        if (! $instance instanceof $this->instanceOf) {
+            throw new InvalidServiceException(sprintf(
+                '%s can only create instances of %s; %s is invalid',
+                get_class($this),
+                $this->instanceOf,
+                (is_object($instance) ? get_class($instance) : gettype($instance))
+            ));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Validate the plugin is of the expected type (v2).
+     *
+     * Proxies to `validate()`.
+     *
+     * @param mixed $instance
+     * @throws InvalidServiceException
+     */
+    public function validatePlugin($instance)
+    {
+        $this->validate($instance);
+    }
 }