diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9ca5a87..25be1cb 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ matrix:
     - php: 5.6
       env:
         - DEPS=locked
-        - LEGACY_DEPS="phpunit/phpunit"
-        - TEST_COVERAGE=true
+        - LEGACY_DEPS="phpunit/phpunit zendframework/zend-hydrator"
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@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ matrix:
     - php: 7
       env:
         - DEPS=locked
-        - LEGACY_DEPS="phpunit/phpunit"
+        - LEGACY_DEPS="phpunit/phpunit zendframework/zend-hydrator"
         - CS_CHECK=true
     - php: 7
       env:
@@ -42,6 +41,8 @@ matrix:
     - php: 7.1
       env:
         - DEPS=locked
+        - LEGACY_DEPS="zendframework/zend-hydrator"
+        - TEST_COVERAGE=true
     - php: 7.1
       env:
         - DEPS=latest
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2a8953b..e7f2803 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file, in reverse chronological order by release.
 
-## 1.5.1 - TBD
+## 1.6.0 - 2018-12-11
 
 ### Added
 
-- Nothing.
+- [#172](https://github.com/zfcampus/zf-hal/pull/172) adds support for zend-hydrator v3 releases (while retaining support for v1 and v2).
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 3dd8baf..32aac0a 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
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-        "zendframework/zend-hydrator": "^1.1 || ^2.2.1",
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@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
         "zendframework/zend-coding-standard": "~1.0.0"
     },
     "autoload": {
+        "files": [
+            "src/_autoload.php"
+        ],
         "psr-4": {
             "ZF\\Hal\\": "src/"
         }
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 7c41595..04811e7 100644
--- a/composer.lock
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+    "content-hash": "cc3fb02778e5217b3c85f26b303f8820",
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+            "time": "2018-08-13T18:47:03+00:00"
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-                "zendframework/zend-servicemanager": "^2.7.5 || ^3.0.3, to support hydrator plugin manager usage"
+                "zendframework/zend-eventmanager": "^3.2, to support aggregate hydrator usage",
+                "zendframework/zend-serializer": "^2.9, to use the SerializableStrategy",
+                "zendframework/zend-servicemanager": "^3.3, to support hydrator plugin manager usage"
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-                "zendframework/zend-json": "Zend\\Json component",
                 "zendframework/zend-mvc": "Zend\\Mvc component",
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         {
             "name": "phpunit/phpunit",
-            "version": "6.5.8",
+            "version": "6.5.13",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit.git",
-                "reference": "4f21a3c6b97c42952fd5c2837bb354ec0199b97b"
+                "reference": "0973426fb012359b2f18d3bd1e90ef1172839693"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/zipball/4f21a3c6b97c42952fd5c2837bb354ec0199b97b",
-                "reference": "4f21a3c6b97c42952fd5c2837bb354ec0199b97b",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/zipball/0973426fb012359b2f18d3bd1e90ef1172839693",
+                "reference": "0973426fb012359b2f18d3bd1e90ef1172839693",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -1900,7 +1902,7 @@
                 "phpunit/php-file-iterator": "^1.4.3",
                 "phpunit/php-text-template": "^1.2.1",
                 "phpunit/php-timer": "^1.0.9",
-                "phpunit/phpunit-mock-objects": "^5.0.5",
+                "phpunit/phpunit-mock-objects": "^5.0.9",
                 "sebastian/comparator": "^2.1",
                 "sebastian/diff": "^2.0",
                 "sebastian/environment": "^3.1",
@@ -1953,20 +1955,20 @@
                 "testing",
                 "xunit"
             ],
-            "time": "2018-04-10T11:38:34+00:00"
+            "time": "2018-09-08T15:10:43+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "phpunit/phpunit-mock-objects",
-            "version": "5.0.6",
+            "version": "5.0.10",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit-mock-objects.git",
-                "reference": "33fd41a76e746b8fa96d00b49a23dadfa8334cdf"
+                "reference": "cd1cf05c553ecfec36b170070573e540b67d3f1f"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/sebastianbergmann/phpunit-mock-objects/zipball/33fd41a76e746b8fa96d00b49a23dadfa8334cdf",
-                "reference": "33fd41a76e746b8fa96d00b49a23dadfa8334cdf",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/sebastianbergmann/phpunit-mock-objects/zipball/cd1cf05c553ecfec36b170070573e540b67d3f1f",
+                "reference": "cd1cf05c553ecfec36b170070573e540b67d3f1f",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -1979,7 +1981,7 @@
                 "phpunit/phpunit": "<6.0"
             },
             "require-dev": {
-                "phpunit/phpunit": "^6.5"
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "^6.5.11"
             },
             "suggest": {
                 "ext-soap": "*"
@@ -2012,7 +2014,7 @@
                 "mock",
                 "xunit"
             ],
-            "time": "2018-01-06T05:45:45+00:00"
+            "time": "2018-08-09T05:50:03+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "sebastian/code-unit-reverse-lookup",
@@ -2575,16 +2577,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "squizlabs/php_codesniffer",
-            "version": "2.9.1",
+            "version": "2.9.2",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer.git",
-                "reference": "dcbed1074f8244661eecddfc2a675430d8d33f62"
+                "reference": "2acf168de78487db620ab4bc524135a13cfe6745"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/zipball/dcbed1074f8244661eecddfc2a675430d8d33f62",
-                "reference": "dcbed1074f8244661eecddfc2a675430d8d33f62",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/zipball/2acf168de78487db620ab4bc524135a13cfe6745",
+                "reference": "2acf168de78487db620ab4bc524135a13cfe6745",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -2649,7 +2651,7 @@
                 "phpcs",
                 "standards"
             ],
-            "time": "2017-05-22T02:43:20+00:00"
+            "time": "2018-11-07T22:31:41+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "theseer/tokenizer",
diff --git a/phpunit.xml.dist b/phpunit.xml.dist
index 91bbff9..66128c6 100644
--- a/phpunit.xml.dist
+++ b/phpunit.xml.dist
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
     <filter>
         <whitelist processUncoveredFilesFromWhitelist="true">
             <directory suffix=".php">src</directory>
+            <exclude>
+                <file>./src/Extractor/EntityExtractorHydratorV3.php</file>
+            </exclude>
         </whitelist>
     </filter>
 </phpunit>
diff --git a/src/EntityHydratorManager.php b/src/EntityHydratorManager.php
index 20216c0..d707e06 100644
--- a/src/EntityHydratorManager.php
+++ b/src/EntityHydratorManager.php
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@
 
 use Zend\Hydrator\ExtractionInterface;
 use Zend\Hydrator\HydratorPluginManager;
+use Zend\Hydrator\HydratorPluginManagerInterface;
 use ZF\Hal\Metadata\MetadataMap;
 
 class EntityHydratorManager
 {
     /**
-     * @var HydratorPluginManager
+     * @var HydratorPluginManager|HydratorPluginManagerInterface
      */
     protected $hydrators;
 
@@ -37,17 +38,31 @@ class EntityHydratorManager
     protected $defaultHydrator;
 
     /**
-     * @param HydratorPluginManager $hydrators
+     * @param HydratorPluginManager|HydratorPluginManagerInterface $hydrators
      * @param MetadataMap $map
+     * @throws Exception\InvalidArgumentException if $hydrators is of invalid type.
      */
-    public function __construct(HydratorPluginManager $hydrators, MetadataMap $map)
+    public function __construct($hydrators, MetadataMap $map)
     {
+        if ($hydrators instanceof HydratorPluginManagerInterface) {
+            $this->hydrators = $hydrators;
+        } elseif ($hydrators instanceof HydratorPluginManager) {
+            $this->hydrators = $hydrators;
+        } else {
+            throw new Exception\InvalidArgumentException(sprintf(
+                '$hydrators argument to %s must be an instance of either %s or %s; received %s',
+                __CLASS__,
+                HydratorPluginManagerInterface::class,
+                HydratorPluginManager::class,
+                is_object($hydrators) ? get_class($hydrators) : gettype($hydrators)
+            ));
+        }
         $this->hydrators   = $hydrators;
         $this->metadataMap = $map;
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return HydratorPluginManager
+     * @return HydratorPluginManager|HydratorPluginManagerInterface
      */
     public function getHydratorManager()
     {
diff --git a/src/Extractor/EntityExtractor.php b/src/Extractor/EntityExtractorHydratorV2.php
similarity index 86%
rename from src/Extractor/EntityExtractor.php
rename to src/Extractor/EntityExtractorHydratorV2.php
index 069ef77..8dfabd4 100644
--- a/src/Extractor/EntityExtractor.php
+++ b/src/Extractor/EntityExtractorHydratorV2.php
@@ -11,7 +11,13 @@
 use Zend\Hydrator\ExtractionInterface;
 use ZF\Hal\EntityHydratorManager;
 
-class EntityExtractor implements ExtractionInterface
+/**
+ * Extract entities.
+ *
+ * This version targets zend-hydrator v1 and v2, and will be aliased to
+ * ZF\Hal\Extractor\EntityExtractor when one of those versions is in use.
+ */
+class EntityExtractorHydratorV2 implements ExtractionInterface
 {
     /**
      * @var EntityHydratorManager
diff --git a/src/Extractor/EntityExtractorHydratorV3.php b/src/Extractor/EntityExtractorHydratorV3.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd75f01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Extractor/EntityExtractorHydratorV3.php
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @license   http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause BSD-3-Clause
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2014 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
+ */
+
+namespace ZF\Hal\Extractor;
+
+use JsonSerializable;
+use SplObjectStorage;
+use Zend\Hydrator\ExtractionInterface;
+use ZF\Hal\EntityHydratorManager;
+
+/**
+ * Extract entities.
+ *
+ * This version targets zend-hydrator v3, and will be aliased to
+ * ZF\Hal\Extractor\EntityExtractor when that versions is in use.
+ */
+class EntityExtractorHydratorV3 implements ExtractionInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * @var EntityHydratorManager
+     */
+    protected $entityHydratorManager;
+
+    /**
+     * Map of entities to their ZF\Hal\Entity serializations
+     *
+     * @var SplObjectStorage
+     */
+    protected $serializedEntities;
+
+    /**
+     * @param EntityHydratorManager $entityHydratorManager
+     */
+    public function __construct(EntityHydratorManager $entityHydratorManager)
+    {
+        $this->entityHydratorManager = $entityHydratorManager;
+        $this->serializedEntities    = new SplObjectStorage();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritDoc
+     */
+    public function extract(object $entity) : array
+    {
+        if (isset($this->serializedEntities[$entity])) {
+            return $this->serializedEntities[$entity];
+        }
+
+        $this->serializedEntities[$entity] = $this->extractEntity($entity);
+
+        return $this->serializedEntities[$entity];
+    }
+
+    private function extractEntity(object $entity) : array
+    {
+        $hydrator = $this->entityHydratorManager->getHydratorForEntity($entity);
+
+        if ($hydrator) {
+            return $hydrator->extract($entity);
+        }
+
+        if ($entity instanceof JsonSerializable) {
+            return $entity->jsonSerialize();
+        }
+
+        return get_object_vars($entity);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Metadata/Metadata.php b/src/Metadata/Metadata.php
index 141712e..edc87d8 100644
--- a/src/Metadata/Metadata.php
+++ b/src/Metadata/Metadata.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 use Zend\Filter\FilterChain;
 use Zend\Hydrator\ExtractionInterface;
 use Zend\Hydrator\HydratorPluginManager;
+use Zend\Hydrator\HydratorPluginManagerInterface;
 use ZF\Hal\Exception;
 
 class Metadata
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ class Metadata
     protected $hydrator;
 
     /**
-     * @var HydratorPluginManager
+     * @var HydratorPluginManager|HydratorPluginManagerInterface
      */
     protected $hydrators;
 
@@ -128,10 +129,10 @@ class Metadata
      *
      * @param  string $class
      * @param  array $options
-     * @param  HydratorPluginManager $hydrators
+     * @param  null|HydratorPluginManager|HydratorPluginManagerInterface $hydrators
      * @throws Exception\InvalidArgumentException
      */
-    public function __construct($class, array $options = [], HydratorPluginManager $hydrators = null)
+    public function __construct($class, array $options = [], $hydrators = null)
     {
         $filter = new FilterChain();
         $filter->attachByName('WordUnderscoreToCamelCase')
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ public function __construct($class, array $options = [], HydratorPluginManager $
         $this->class = $class;
 
         if (null !== $hydrators) {
-            $this->hydrators = $hydrators;
+            $this->setHydrators($hydrators);
         }
 
         $legacyIdentifierName = false;
@@ -602,4 +603,25 @@ public function setForceSelfLink($forceSelfLink)
         $this->forceSelfLink = $forceSelfLink;
         return $this;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param HydratorPluginManager|HydratorPluginManagerInterface $hydrators
+     * @throws Exception\InvalidArgumentException if $hydrators is an invaild type.
+     */
+    private function setHydrators($hydrators)
+    {
+        if ($hydrators instanceof HydratorPluginManagerInterface) {
+            $this->hydrators = $hydrators;
+        } elseif ($hydrators instanceof HydratorPluginManager) {
+            $this->hydrators = $hydrators;
+        } else {
+            throw new Exception\InvalidArgumentException(sprintf(
+                '$hydrators argument to %s must be an instance of either %s or %s; received %s',
+                __CLASS__,
+                HydratorPluginManagerInterface::class,
+                HydratorPluginManager::class,
+                is_object($hydrators) ? get_class($hydrators) : gettype($hydrators)
+            ));
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Metadata/MetadataMap.php b/src/Metadata/MetadataMap.php
index fd8bf59..01d65bf 100644
--- a/src/Metadata/MetadataMap.php
+++ b/src/Metadata/MetadataMap.php
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@
 namespace ZF\Hal\Metadata;
 
 use Zend\Hydrator\HydratorPluginManager;
+use Zend\Hydrator\HydratorPluginManagerInterface;
 use Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceManager;
 use ZF\Hal\Exception;
 
 class MetadataMap
 {
     /**
-     * @var HydratorPluginManager
+     * @var HydratorPluginManager|HydratorPluginManagerInterface
      */
     protected $hydrators;
 
@@ -29,9 +30,9 @@ class MetadataMap
      * If provided, will pass $hydrators to setHydratorManager().
      *
      * @param  null|array $map
-     * @param  null|HydratorPluginManager $hydrators
+     * @param  null|HydratorPluginManager|HydratorPluginManagerInterface $hydrators
      */
-    public function __construct(array $map = null, HydratorPluginManager $hydrators = null)
+    public function __construct(array $map = null, $hydrators = null)
     {
         if (null !== $hydrators) {
             $this->setHydratorManager($hydrators);
@@ -43,17 +44,30 @@ public function __construct(array $map = null, HydratorPluginManager $hydrators
     }
 
     /**
-     * @param  HydratorPluginManager $hydrators
+     * @param  HydratorPluginManager|HydratorPluginManagerInterface $hydrators
      * @return self
      */
-    public function setHydratorManager(HydratorPluginManager $hydrators)
+    public function setHydratorManager($hydrators)
     {
-        $this->hydrators = $hydrators;
+        if ($hydrators instanceof HydratorPluginManagerInterface) {
+            $this->hydrators = $hydrators;
+        } elseif ($hydrators instanceof HydratorPluginManager) {
+            $this->hydrators = $hydrators;
+        } else {
+            throw new Exception\InvalidArgumentException(sprintf(
+                '$hydrators argument to %s must be an instance of either %s or %s; received %s',
+                __CLASS__,
+                HydratorPluginManagerInterface::class,
+                HydratorPluginManager::class,
+                is_object($hydrators) ? get_class($hydrators) : gettype($hydrators)
+            ));
+        }
+
         return $this;
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return HydratorPluginManager
+     * @return HydratorPluginManager|HydratorPluginManagerInterface
      */
     public function getHydratorManager()
     {
diff --git a/src/Plugin/Hal.php b/src/Plugin/Hal.php
index e110f15..dd059a3 100644
--- a/src/Plugin/Hal.php
+++ b/src/Plugin/Hal.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 use Zend\EventManager\EventManagerInterface;
 use Zend\Hydrator\ExtractionInterface;
 use Zend\Hydrator\HydratorPluginManager;
+use Zend\Hydrator\HydratorPluginManagerInterface;
 use Zend\Mvc\Controller\Plugin\PluginInterface as ControllerPluginInterface;
 use Zend\Paginator\Paginator;
 use Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceManager;
@@ -122,14 +123,26 @@ class Hal extends AbstractHelper implements
     protected $entityHashStack = [];
 
     /**
-     * @param null|HydratorPluginManager $hydrators
+     * @param null|HydratorPluginManager|HydratorPluginManagerInterface $hydrators
+     * @throws Exception\InvalidArgumentException if $hydrators is of invalid type.
      */
-    public function __construct(HydratorPluginManager $hydrators = null)
+    public function __construct($hydrators = null)
     {
         if (null === $hydrators) {
-            $hydrators = new HydratorPluginManager(new ServiceManager());
+            $this->hydrators = new HydratorPluginManager(new ServiceManager());
+        } elseif ($hydrators instanceof HydratorPluginManagerInterface) {
+            $this->hydrators = $hydrators;
+        } elseif ($hydrators instanceof HydratorPluginManager) {
+            $this->hydrators = $hydrators;
+        } else {
+            throw new Exception\InvalidArgumentException(sprintf(
+                '$hydrators argument to %s must be an instance of either %s or %s; received %s',
+                __CLASS__,
+                HydratorPluginManagerInterface::class,
+                HydratorPluginManager::class,
+                is_object($hydrators) ? get_class($hydrators) : gettype($hydrators)
+            ));
         }
-        $this->hydrators = $hydrators;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/_autoload.php b/src/_autoload.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc89c2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/_autoload.php
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @see       https://github.com/zfcampus/zf-hal for the canonical source repository
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2018 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (https://www.zend.com)
+ * @license   https://github.com/zfcampus/zf-hal/blob/master/LICENSE.md New BSD License
+ */
+
+namespace ZF\Hal;
+
+use Zend\Hydrator\HydratorPluginManagerInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Alias ZF\Hal\Extractor\EntityExtractor to the appropriate class based on
+ * which version of zend-hydrator we detect. HydratorPluginManagerInterface
+ * is added in v3.
+ */
+if (interface_exists(HydratorPluginManagerInterface::class, true)) {
+    class_alias(Extractor\EntityExtractorHydratorV3::class, Extractor\EntityExtractor::class, true);
+} else {
+    class_alias(Extractor\EntityExtractorHydratorV2::class, Extractor\EntityExtractor::class, true);
+}
diff --git a/test/EntityHydratorManagerTest.php b/test/EntityHydratorManagerTest.php
index ff9dd47..d98dd34 100644
--- a/test/EntityHydratorManagerTest.php
+++ b/test/EntityHydratorManagerTest.php
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 namespace ZFTest\Hal;
 
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use stdClass;
 use Zend\Hydrator\HydratorPluginManager;
+use Zend\Hydrator\HydratorPluginManagerInterface;
 use Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceManager;
 use ZF\Hal\EntityHydratorManager;
 use ZF\Hal\Metadata\MetadataMap;
@@ -18,10 +20,20 @@
  */
 class EntityHydratorManagerTest extends TestCase
 {
+    /** @var string */
+    private $hydratorClass;
+
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        $this->hydratorClass = interface_exists(HydratorPluginManagerInterface::class)
+            ? TestAsset\DummyV3Hydrator::class
+            : TestAsset\DummyHydrator::class;
+    }
+
     public function testAddHydratorGivenEntityClassAndHydratorInstanceShouldAssociateThem()
     {
         $entity        = new TestAsset\Entity('foo', 'Foo Bar');
-        $hydratorClass = TestAsset\DummyHydrator::class;
+        $hydratorClass = $this->hydratorClass;
         $hydrator      = new $hydratorClass();
 
         $metadataMap = new MetadataMap();
@@ -40,7 +52,7 @@ public function testAddHydratorGivenEntityClassAndHydratorInstanceShouldAssociat
     public function testAddHydratorGivenEntityAndHydratorClassesShouldAssociateThem()
     {
         $entity        = new TestAsset\Entity('foo', 'Foo Bar');
-        $hydratorClass = TestAsset\DummyHydrator::class;
+        $hydratorClass = $this->hydratorClass;
 
         $metadataMap = new MetadataMap();
         $metadataMap->setHydratorManager(new HydratorPluginManager(new ServiceManager()));
@@ -58,24 +70,24 @@ public function testAddHydratorGivenEntityAndHydratorClassesShouldAssociateThem(
 
     public function testAddHydratorDoesntFailWithAutoInvokables()
     {
-        $metadataMap           = new MetadataMap();
+        $metadataMap = new MetadataMap();
         $metadataMap->setHydratorManager(new HydratorPluginManager(new ServiceManager()));
 
         $hydratorPluginManager = new HydratorPluginManager(new ServiceManager());
         $entityHydratorManager = new EntityHydratorManager($hydratorPluginManager, $metadataMap);
 
-        $entityHydratorManager->addHydrator('stdClass', TestAsset\DummyHydrator::class);
+        $entityHydratorManager->addHydrator(stdClass::class, $this->hydratorClass);
 
         $this->assertInstanceOf(
-            TestAsset\DummyHydrator::class,
-            $entityHydratorManager->getHydratorForEntity(new \stdClass)
+            $this->hydratorClass,
+            $entityHydratorManager->getHydratorForEntity(new stdClass())
         );
     }
 
     public function testGetHydratorForEntityGivenEntityDefinedInMetadataMapShouldReturnDefaultHydrator()
     {
         $entity        = new TestAsset\Entity('foo', 'Foo Bar');
-        $hydratorClass = TestAsset\DummyHydrator::class;
+        $hydratorClass = $this->hydratorClass;
 
         $metadataMap = new MetadataMap([
             TestAsset\Entity::class => [
@@ -96,10 +108,11 @@ public function testGetHydratorForEntityGivenEntityDefinedInMetadataMapShouldRet
 
     public function testGetHydratorForEntityGivenUnkownEntityShouldReturnDefaultHydrator()
     {
-        $entity = new TestAsset\Entity('foo', 'Foo Bar');
-        $defaultHydrator = new TestAsset\DummyHydrator();
+        $entity          = new TestAsset\Entity('foo', 'Foo Bar');
+        $hydratorClass   = $this->hydratorClass;
+        $defaultHydrator = new $hydratorClass();
 
-        $metadataMap           = new MetadataMap();
+        $metadataMap = new MetadataMap();
         $metadataMap->setHydratorManager(new HydratorPluginManager(new ServiceManager()));
 
         $hydratorPluginManager = new HydratorPluginManager(new ServiceManager());
diff --git a/test/Extractor/EntityExtractorTest.php b/test/Extractor/EntityExtractorTest.php
index 10e5cb7..ae3224c 100644
--- a/test/Extractor/EntityExtractorTest.php
+++ b/test/Extractor/EntityExtractorTest.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 use Zend\Hydrator\ObjectProperty;
+use Zend\Hydrator\ObjectPropertyHydrator;
 use ZF\Hal\EntityHydratorManager;
 use ZF\Hal\Extractor\EntityExtractor;
 use ZFTest\Hal\Plugin\TestAsset;
@@ -17,9 +18,19 @@
  */
 class EntityExtractorTest extends TestCase
 {
+    /** @var string */
+    private $hydratorClass;
+
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        $this->hydratorClass = class_exists(ObjectPropertyHydrator::class)
+            ? ObjectPropertyHydrator::class
+            : ObjectProperty::class;
+    }
+
     public function testExtractGivenEntityWithAssociateHydratorShouldExtractData()
     {
-        $hydrator = new ObjectProperty();
+        $hydrator = new $this->hydratorClass();
 
         $entity = new TestAsset\Entity('foo', 'Foo Bar');
         $entityHydratorManager = $this->prophesize(EntityHydratorManager::class);
diff --git a/test/Plugin/HalTest.php b/test/Plugin/HalTest.php
index 3fa3938..c7fc30d 100644
--- a/test/Plugin/HalTest.php
+++ b/test/Plugin/HalTest.php
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 use ReflectionObject;
 use Zend\Hydrator;
-use Zend\Hydrator\ObjectProperty;
 use Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractRestfulController;
 use Zend\Mvc\MvcEvent;
 use Zend\Mvc\Router\Exception as V2RouterException;
@@ -44,6 +43,11 @@
  */
 class HalTest extends TestCase
 {
+    /**
+     * @var MvcEvent
+     */
+    protected $event;
+
     /**
      * @var HalHelper
      */
@@ -54,11 +58,6 @@ class HalTest extends TestCase
      */
     protected $router;
 
-    /**
-     * @var MvcEvent
-     */
-    protected $event;
-
     /**
      * @var ServerUrlHelper
      */
@@ -152,6 +151,26 @@ public function setUp()
         $plugin->setLinkCollectionExtractor($linkCollectionExtractor);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getArraySerializableHydratorClass()
+    {
+        return class_exists(Hydrator\ArraySerializableHydrator::class)
+            ? Hydrator\ArraySerializableHydrator::class
+            : Hydrator\ArraySerializable::class;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getObjectPropertyHydratorClass()
+    {
+        return class_exists(Hydrator\ObjectPropertyHydrator::class)
+            ? Hydrator\ObjectPropertyHydrator::class
+            : Hydrator\ObjectProperty::class;
+    }
+
     public function assertRelationalLinkContains($match, $relation, $entity)
     {
         $this->assertInternalType('array', $entity);
@@ -258,19 +277,19 @@ public function testRendersEmbeddedEntitiesInsideEntitiesBasedOnMetadataMap()
 
         $metadata = new MetadataMap([
             TestAsset\Entity::class => [
-                'hydrator'   => ObjectProperty::class,
+                'hydrator'   => $this->getObjectPropertyHydratorClass(),
                 'route_name' => 'hostname/resource',
                 'route_identifier_name' => 'id',
                 'entity_identifier_name' => 'id',
             ],
             TestAsset\EmbeddedEntity::class => [
-                'hydrator' => ObjectProperty::class,
+                'hydrator' => $this->getObjectPropertyHydratorClass(),
                 'route'    => 'hostname/embedded',
                 'route_identifier_name' => 'id',
                 'entity_identifier_name' => 'id',
             ],
             TestAsset\EmbeddedEntityWithCustomIdentifier::class => [
-                'hydrator'        => ObjectProperty::class,
+                'hydrator'        => $this->getObjectPropertyHydratorClass(),
                 'route'           => 'hostname/embedded_custom',
                 'route_identifier_name' => 'custom_id',
                 'entity_identifier_name' => 'custom_id',
@@ -311,19 +330,19 @@ public function testMetadataMapLooksForParentClasses()
 
         $metadata = new MetadataMap([
             TestAsset\Entity::class => [
-                'hydrator'   => ObjectProperty::class,
+                'hydrator'   => $this->getObjectPropertyHydratorClass(),
                 'route_name' => 'hostname/resource',
                 'route_identifier_name' => 'id',
                 'entity_identifier_name' => 'id',
             ],
             TestAsset\EmbeddedEntity::class => [
-                'hydrator' => ObjectProperty::class,
+                'hydrator' => $this->getObjectPropertyHydratorClass(),
                 'route'    => 'hostname/embedded',
                 'route_identifier_name' => 'id',
                 'entity_identifier_name' => 'id',
             ],
             TestAsset\EmbeddedEntityWithCustomIdentifier::class => [
-                'hydrator'        => ObjectProperty::class,
+                'hydrator'        => $this->getObjectPropertyHydratorClass(),
                 'route'           => 'hostname/embedded_custom',
                 'route_identifier_name' => 'custom_id',
                 'entity_identifier_name' => 'custom_id',
@@ -434,7 +453,7 @@ public function testRendersEmbeddedCollectionsInsideCollectionsBasedOnMetadataMa
                 'entity_identifier_name' => 'id',
             ],
             TestAsset\Entity::class => [
-                'hydrator'   => ObjectProperty::class,
+                'hydrator'   => $this->getObjectPropertyHydratorClass(),
                 'route_name' => 'hostname/resource',
                 'route_identifier_name' => 'id',
                 'entity_identifier_name' => 'id',
@@ -485,11 +504,11 @@ public function testDoesNotRenderEmbeddedEntitiesInsideCollectionsBasedOnMetadat
 
         $metadata = new MetadataMap([
             TestAsset\EmbeddedEntity::class => [
-                'hydrator' => ObjectProperty::class,
+                'hydrator' => $this->getObjectPropertyHydratorClass(),
                 'route'    => 'hostname/embedded',
             ],
             TestAsset\EmbeddedEntityWithCustomIdentifier::class => [
-                'hydrator'        => ObjectProperty::class,
+                'hydrator'        => $this->getObjectPropertyHydratorClass(),
                 'route'           => 'hostname/embedded_custom',
                 'route_identifier_name' => 'custom_id',
                 'entity_identifier_name' => 'custom_id',
@@ -500,7 +519,7 @@ public function testDoesNotRenderEmbeddedEntitiesInsideCollectionsBasedOnMetadat
                 'entity_route'   => 'hostname/embedded',
             ],
             TestAsset\Entity::class => [
-                'hydrator'   => ObjectProperty::class,
+                'hydrator'   => $this->getObjectPropertyHydratorClass(),
                 'route_name' => 'hostname/resource',
             ],
         ]);
@@ -751,7 +770,7 @@ public function testRetainsLinksInjectedViaMetadataDuringCreateEntity()
 
         $metadata = new MetadataMap([
             TestAsset\Entity::class => [
-                'hydrator'   => ObjectProperty::class,
+                'hydrator'   => $this->getObjectPropertyHydratorClass(),
                 'route_name' => 'hostname/resource',
                 'links'      => [
                     [
@@ -948,7 +967,7 @@ public function testRenderingCollectionUsesCollectionNameFromMetadataMap()
 
         $metadata = new MetadataMap([
             TestAsset\Entity::class => [
-                'hydrator'   => ObjectProperty::class,
+                'hydrator'   => $this->getObjectPropertyHydratorClass(),
                 'route_name' => 'hostname/resource',
                 'route_identifier_name' => 'id',
                 'entity_identifier_name' => 'id',
@@ -1062,7 +1081,7 @@ public function testCreateEntityShouldNotSerializeEntity()
     {
         $metadata = new MetadataMap([
             TestAsset\Entity::class => [
-                'hydrator'   => ObjectProperty::class,
+                'hydrator'   => $this->getObjectPropertyHydratorClass(),
                 'route_name' => 'hostname/resource',
                 'route_identifier_name' => 'id',
                 'entity_identifier_name' => 'id',
@@ -1238,14 +1257,14 @@ protected function createNestedMetadataMap($maxDepth = null)
     {
         return new MetadataMap([
             TestAsset\Entity::class => [
-                'hydrator'   => ObjectProperty::class,
+                'hydrator'   => $this->getObjectPropertyHydratorClass(),
                 'route_name' => 'hostname/resource',
                 'route_identifier_name' => 'id',
                 'entity_identifier_name' => 'id',
                 'max_depth' => $maxDepth,
             ],
             TestAsset\EmbeddedEntityWithBackReference::class => [
-                'hydrator' => ObjectProperty::class,
+                'hydrator' => $this->getObjectPropertyHydratorClass(),
                 'route'    => 'hostname/embedded',
                 'route_identifier_name' => 'id',
                 'entity_identifier_name' => 'id',
@@ -1504,13 +1523,13 @@ protected function createNestedCollectionMetadataMap($maxDepth = null)
                 'max_depth'           => $maxDepth,
             ],
             TestAsset\Entity::class => [
-                'hydrator'   => ObjectProperty::class,
+                'hydrator'   => $this->getObjectPropertyHydratorClass(),
                 'route_name' => 'hostname/resource',
                 'route_identifier_name' => 'id',
                 'entity_identifier_name' => 'id',
             ],
             TestAsset\EmbeddedEntityWithBackReference::class => [
-                'hydrator' => ObjectProperty::class,
+                'hydrator' => $this->getObjectPropertyHydratorClass(),
                 'route'    => 'hostname/embedded',
                 'route_identifier_name' => 'id',
                 'entity_identifier_name' => 'id',
@@ -1569,7 +1588,7 @@ public function testCreateEntityFromMetadataWithoutForcedSelfLinks()
         $object = new TestAsset\Entity('foo', 'Foo');
         $metadata = new MetadataMap([
             TestAsset\Entity::class => [
-                'hydrator'        => ObjectProperty::class,
+                'hydrator'        => $this->getObjectPropertyHydratorClass(),
                 'route_name'      => 'hostname/resource',
                 'links'           => [],
                 'force_self_link' => false,
@@ -1592,7 +1611,7 @@ public function testCreateEntityWithoutForcedSelfLinks()
 
         $metadata = new MetadataMap([
             TestAsset\Entity::class => [
-                'hydrator'        => ObjectProperty::class,
+                'hydrator'        => $this->getObjectPropertyHydratorClass(),
                 'route_name'      => 'hostname/resource',
                 'links'           => [],
                 'force_self_link' => false,
@@ -1749,9 +1768,10 @@ public function testCanRenderStdclassEntity()
 
     public function testCanSerializeHydratableEntity()
     {
+        $hydratorClass = $this->getArraySerializableHydratorClass();
         $this->plugin->addHydrator(
             HalTestAsset\ArraySerializable::class,
-            new Hydrator\ArraySerializable()
+            new $hydratorClass()
         );
 
         $item  = new Entity(new HalTestAsset\ArraySerializable(), 'identifier');
@@ -1769,8 +1789,9 @@ public function testCanSerializeHydratableEntity()
 
     public function testUsesDefaultHydratorIfAvailable()
     {
+        $hydratorClass = $this->getArraySerializableHydratorClass();
         $this->plugin->setDefaultHydrator(
-            new Hydrator\ArraySerializable()
+            new $hydratorClass()
         );
 
         $item  = new Entity(new HalTestAsset\ArraySerializable(), 'identifier');
@@ -2233,7 +2254,7 @@ public function testNotExistingRouteInMetadataLinks()
 
         $metadata = new MetadataMap([
             TestAsset\EmbeddedEntity::class => [
-                'hydrator' => ObjectProperty::class,
+                'hydrator' => $this->getObjectPropertyHydratorClass(),
                 'route'    => 'hostname/embedded',
                 'route_identifier_name' => 'id',
                 'entity_identifier_name' => 'id',
diff --git a/test/Plugin/TestAsset/DummyV3Hydrator.php b/test/Plugin/TestAsset/DummyV3Hydrator.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c44cab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Plugin/TestAsset/DummyV3Hydrator.php
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @see       https://github.com/zfcampus/zf-hal for the canonical source repository
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2018 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (https://www.zend.com)
+ * @license   https://github.com/zfcampus/zf-hal/blob/master/LICENSE.md New BSD License
+ */
+
+namespace ZFTest\Hal\Plugin\TestAsset;
+
+use Zend\Hydrator\ArraySerializableHydrator;
+
+class DummyV3Hydrator extends ArraySerializableHydrator
+{
+}