diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 87e8925..40e9ef8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ VERSION=$(shell git describe --tags --dirty --always)
 
 .PHONY: build
 build:
-	go build -ldflags "-X 'github.com/conduitio/conduit-connector-file.version=${VERSION}'" -o conduit-connector-file cmd/connector/main.go
+	sed -i '/specification:/,/version:/ s/version: .*/version: '"${VERSION}"'/' connector.yaml
+	go build -o conduit-connector-file cmd/connector/main.go
 
 .PHONY: test
 test:
diff --git a/connector.go b/connector.go
index 22582ad..d6b7c0a 100644
--- a/connector.go
+++ b/connector.go
@@ -12,12 +12,21 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
+//go:generate specgen
+
 package file
 
-import sdk "github.com/conduitio/conduit-connector-sdk"
+import (
+	_ "embed"
+
+	sdk "github.com/conduitio/conduit-connector-sdk"
+)
+
+//go:embed connector.yaml
+var specs string
 
 var Connector = sdk.Connector{
-	NewSpecification: Specification,
+	NewSpecification: sdk.YAMLSpecification(specs),
 	NewSource:        NewSource,
 	NewDestination:   NewDestination,
 }
diff --git a/connector.yaml b/connector.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..134e7ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/connector.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+version: "1.0"
+specification:
+  name: file
+  summary: A file source and destination plugin for Conduit.
+  description: |-
+    The file source allows you to listen to a local file and
+    detect any changes happening to it. Each change will create a new record. The
+    destination allows you to write record payloads to a destination file, each new
+    record payload is appended to the file in a new line.
+  version: v0.9.0-3-g02b18ea
+  author: Meroxa, Inc.
+  source:
+    parameters:
+      - name: path
+        description: Path is the file path used by the connector to read/write records.
+        type: string
+        default: ""
+        validations:
+          - type: required
+            value: ""
+      - name: sdk.batch.delay
+        description: Maximum delay before an incomplete batch is read from the source.
+        type: duration
+        default: "0"
+        validations:
+          - type: greater-than
+            value: "-1"
+      - name: sdk.batch.size
+        description: Maximum size of batch before it gets read from the source.
+        type: int
+        default: "0"
+        validations:
+          - type: greater-than
+            value: "-1"
+      - name: sdk.schema.context.enabled
+        description: |-
+          Specifies whether to use a schema context name. If set to false, no schema context name will
+          be used, and schemas will be saved with the subject name specified in the connector
+          (not safe because of name conflicts).
+        type: bool
+        default: "true"
+        validations: []
+      - name: sdk.schema.context.name
+        description: |-
+          Schema context name to be used. Used as a prefix for all schema subject names.
+          If empty, defaults to the connector ID.
+        type: string
+        default: ""
+        validations: []
+      - name: sdk.schema.extract.key.enabled
+        description: Whether to extract and encode the record key with a schema.
+        type: bool
+        default: "false"
+        validations: []
+      - name: sdk.schema.extract.key.subject
+        description: |-
+          The subject of the key schema. If the record metadata contains the field
+          "opencdc.collection" it is prepended to the subject name and separated
+          with a dot.
+        type: string
+        default: key
+        validations: []
+      - name: sdk.schema.extract.payload.enabled
+        description: Whether to extract and encode the record payload with a schema.
+        type: bool
+        default: "false"
+        validations: []
+      - name: sdk.schema.extract.payload.subject
+        description: |-
+          The subject of the payload schema. If the record metadata contains the
+          field "opencdc.collection" it is prepended to the subject name and
+          separated with a dot.
+        type: string
+        default: payload
+        validations: []
+      - name: sdk.schema.extract.type
+        description: The type of the payload schema.
+        type: string
+        default: avro
+        validations:
+          - type: inclusion
+            value: avro
+  destination:
+    parameters:
+      - name: path
+        description: Path is the file path used by the connector to read/write records.
+        type: string
+        default: ""
+        validations:
+          - type: required
+            value: ""
+      - name: sdk.batch.delay
+        description: Maximum delay before an incomplete batch is written to the destination.
+        type: duration
+        default: "0"
+        validations: []
+      - name: sdk.batch.size
+        description: Maximum size of batch before it gets written to the destination.
+        type: int
+        default: "0"
+        validations:
+          - type: greater-than
+            value: "-1"
+      - name: sdk.rate.burst
+        description: |-
+          Allow bursts of at most X records (0 or less means that bursts are not
+          limited). Only takes effect if a rate limit per second is set. Note that
+          if `sdk.batch.size` is bigger than `sdk.rate.burst`, the effective batch
+          size will be equal to `sdk.rate.burst`.
+        type: int
+        default: "0"
+        validations:
+          - type: greater-than
+            value: "-1"
+      - name: sdk.rate.perSecond
+        description: Maximum number of records written per second (0 means no rate limit).
+        type: float
+        default: "0"
+        validations:
+          - type: greater-than
+            value: "-1"
+      - name: sdk.record.format
+        description: |-
+          The format of the output record. See the Conduit documentation for a full
+          list of supported formats (https://conduit.io/docs/using/connectors/configuration-parameters/output-format).
+        type: string
+        default: opencdc/json
+        validations: []
+      - name: sdk.record.format.options
+        description: |-
+          Options to configure the chosen output record format. Options are normally
+          key=value pairs separated with comma (e.g. opt1=val2,opt2=val2), except
+          for the `template` record format, where options are a Go template.
+        type: string
+        default: ""
+        validations: []
+      - name: sdk.schema.extract.key.enabled
+        description: Whether to extract and decode the record key with a schema.
+        type: bool
+        default: "true"
+        validations: []
+      - name: sdk.schema.extract.payload.enabled
+        description: Whether to extract and decode the record payload with a schema.
+        type: bool
+        default: "true"
+        validations: []
diff --git a/destination.go b/destination.go
index d352b05..86a57b4 100644
--- a/destination.go
+++ b/destination.go
@@ -12,15 +12,12 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-//go:generate paramgen -output destination_paramgen.go DestinationConfig
-
 package file
 
 import (
 	"context"
 	"os"
 
-	"github.com/conduitio/conduit-commons/config"
 	"github.com/conduitio/conduit-commons/opencdc"
 	sdk "github.com/conduitio/conduit-connector-sdk"
 )
@@ -33,30 +30,19 @@ type Destination struct {
 	file *os.File
 }
 
+func (d *Destination) Config() sdk.DestinationConfig {
+	return &d.config
+}
+
 type DestinationConfig struct {
+	sdk.DefaultDestinationMiddleware
 	Config // embed the global config
 }
 
-func (c DestinationConfig) Validate() error { return c.Config.Validate() }
+func (c DestinationConfig) Validate(context.Context) error { return c.Config.Validate() }
 
 func NewDestination() sdk.Destination {
-	return sdk.DestinationWithMiddleware(&Destination{}, sdk.DefaultDestinationMiddleware()...)
-}
-
-func (d *Destination) Parameters() config.Parameters {
-	return d.config.Parameters()
-}
-
-func (d *Destination) Configure(ctx context.Context, cfg config.Config) error {
-	err := sdk.Util.ParseConfig(ctx, cfg, &d.config, NewDestination().Parameters())
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	err = d.config.Validate()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
+	return sdk.DestinationWithMiddleware(&Destination{})
 }
 
 func (d *Destination) Open(context.Context) error {
diff --git a/destination_paramgen.go b/destination_paramgen.go
deleted file mode 100644
index d86f235..0000000
--- a/destination_paramgen.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-// Code generated by paramgen. DO NOT EDIT.
-// Source: github.com/ConduitIO/conduit-commons/tree/main/paramgen
-
-package file
-
-import (
-	"github.com/conduitio/conduit-commons/config"
-)
-
-const (
-	DestinationConfigPath = "path"
-)
-
-func (DestinationConfig) Parameters() map[string]config.Parameter {
-	return map[string]config.Parameter{
-		DestinationConfigPath: {
-			Default:     "",
-			Description: "Path is the file path used by the connector to read/write records.",
-			Type:        config.ParameterTypeString,
-			Validations: []config.Validation{
-				config.ValidationRequired{},
-			},
-		},
-	}
-}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4cd3970..7509a20 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.23.2
 
 require (
 	github.com/conduitio/conduit-commons v0.5.0
-	github.com/conduitio/conduit-connector-sdk v0.12.0
+	github.com/conduitio/conduit-connector-sdk v0.12.1-0.20241223110702-9d9a69d4f885
 	github.com/golangci/golangci-lint v1.62.2
 	github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.11
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/chavacava/garif v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/ckaznocha/intrange v0.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/conduitio/conduit-connector-protocol v0.9.0 // indirect
+	github.com/conduitio/evolviconf v0.0.0-20241105144321-27c16bddeb38 // indirect
+	github.com/conduitio/evolviconf/evolviyaml v0.0.0-20241105144803-b3ba81765197 // indirect
+	github.com/conduitio/yaml/v3 v3.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/curioswitch/go-reassign v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/daixiang0/gci v0.13.5 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc // indirect
@@ -70,7 +73,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-xmlfmt/xmlfmt v1.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/gobwas/glob v0.2.3 // indirect
-	github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.3 // indirect
+	github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.4 // indirect
 	github.com/gofrs/flock v0.12.1 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4 // indirect
 	github.com/golangci/dupl v0.0.0-20180902072040-3e9179ac440a // indirect
@@ -157,6 +160,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/ryanrolds/sqlclosecheck v0.5.1 // indirect
 	github.com/sagikazarmark/locafero v0.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/sagikazarmark/slog-shim v0.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/samber/lo v1.44.0 // indirect
+	github.com/samber/slog-common v0.17.0 // indirect
+	github.com/samber/slog-zerolog/v2 v2.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/sanposhiho/wastedassign/v2 v2.0.7 // indirect
 	github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v5 v5.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/sashamelentyev/interfacebloat v1.1.0 // indirect
@@ -202,18 +208,18 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/mock v0.5.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.29.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.31.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20241009180824-f66d83c29e7c // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp/typeparams v0.0.0-20241108190413-2d47ceb2692f // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.22.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.31.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.9.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.27.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.20.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.32.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.10.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.21.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.8.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.27.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240930140551-af27646dc61f // indirect
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.68.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.28.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20241015192408-796eee8c2d53 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.69.2 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/tomb.v1 v1.0.0-20141024135613-dd632973f1e7 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c3ac857..0cf4ce1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -80,8 +80,14 @@ github.com/conduitio/conduit-commons v0.5.0 h1:28UIuOIo+6WvBZ4EU54KfPhSf44I1/Y65
 github.com/conduitio/conduit-commons v0.5.0/go.mod h1:xyT6XpGvj79gdtsn3qaD2KxadhsAYS+mmBOdln08Wio=
 github.com/conduitio/conduit-connector-protocol v0.9.0 h1:7MailxYxAsr376Nz8WStVYSXnlf86bjtzpA/d/66if0=
 github.com/conduitio/conduit-connector-protocol v0.9.0/go.mod h1:lF7RUjr9ZMj1rtNubaryHw4mPfjj4DGYDW+wvvRwBkM=
-github.com/conduitio/conduit-connector-sdk v0.12.0 h1:WD/ZQhEAJMkvkq0KIyVCGeU8ni2ASMyPpBbAWZQ+lKo=
-github.com/conduitio/conduit-connector-sdk v0.12.0/go.mod h1:keZ4eZ4q+7GFEz+Q8G97wvPrrdnBoxh+Bmxl9P9pZW0=
+github.com/conduitio/conduit-connector-sdk v0.12.1-0.20241223110702-9d9a69d4f885 h1:R/GqFK0Gi4ZAJwAywvYK1irFMNG7TgzjYXXXXTm9XP0=
+github.com/conduitio/conduit-connector-sdk v0.12.1-0.20241223110702-9d9a69d4f885/go.mod h1:Ex9puhGrJxjRCTp1SUFZXpsxa2Edqo8SpVFrZaeFP2E=
+github.com/conduitio/evolviconf v0.0.0-20241105144321-27c16bddeb38 h1:hUvQ2irc5CVELscW0kSuTTTqjI/uBqtbCTTbUxDLv70=
+github.com/conduitio/evolviconf v0.0.0-20241105144321-27c16bddeb38/go.mod h1:xhvEztHqNrIpDFYfbdxZaCpw4E8iM8R0R2mhoOHUfbM=
+github.com/conduitio/evolviconf/evolviyaml v0.0.0-20241105144803-b3ba81765197 h1:XlsNXamx9GdCanxvAENHl5qwp0gICa9AsHI2OBn2lUE=
+github.com/conduitio/evolviconf/evolviyaml v0.0.0-20241105144803-b3ba81765197/go.mod h1:22+FHPuroT5pPZpg0fuhE8ACIMCl1S+HsAFN1CM3Vho=
+github.com/conduitio/yaml/v3 v3.3.0 h1:kbbaOSHcuH39gP4+rgbJGl6DSbLZcJgEaBvkEXJlCsI=
+github.com/conduitio/yaml/v3 v3.3.0/go.mod h1:JNgFMOX1t8W4YJuRZOh6GggVtSMsgP9XgTw+7dIenpc=
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0/go.mod h1:Y58oyj3AT4RCenI/lSvhwexgC+NSVTIJ3seZv2GcEnc=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/curioswitch/go-reassign v0.2.0 h1:G9UZyOcpk/d7Gd6mqYgd8XYWFMw/znxwGDUstnC9DIo=
@@ -116,6 +122,8 @@ github.com/go-critic/go-critic v0.11.5 h1:TkDTOn5v7EEngMxu8KbuFqFR43USaaH8XRJLz1
 github.com/go-critic/go-critic v0.11.5/go.mod h1:wu6U7ny9PiaHaZHcvMDmdysMqvDem162Rh3zWTrqk8M=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2 h1:6pFjapn8bFcIbiKo3XT4j/BhANplGihG6tvd+8rYgrY=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2/go.mod h1:9T104GzyrTigFIr8wt5mBrctHMim0Nb2HLGrmQ40KvY=
+github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 h1:hSWxHoqTgW2S2qGc0LTAI563KZ5YKYRhT3MFKZMbjag=
+github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:mMo/vtBO5dYbehREoey6XUKy/eSumjCCveDpRre4VKE=
 github.com/go-quicktest/qt v1.101.0 h1:O1K29Txy5P2OK0dGo59b7b0LR6wKfIhttaAhHUyn7eI=
 github.com/go-quicktest/qt v1.101.0/go.mod h1:14Bz/f7NwaXPtdYEgzsx46kqSxVwTbzVZsDC26tQJow=
 github.com/go-task/slim-sprig/v3 v3.0.0 h1:sUs3vkvUymDpBKi3qH1YSqBQk9+9D/8M2mN1vB6EwHI=
@@ -145,8 +153,8 @@ github.com/go-xmlfmt/xmlfmt v1.1.2 h1:Nea7b4icn8s57fTx1M5AI4qQT5HEM3rVUO8MuE6g80
 github.com/go-xmlfmt/xmlfmt v1.1.2/go.mod h1:aUCEOzzezBEjDBbFBoSiya/gduyIiWYRP6CnSFIV8AM=
 github.com/gobwas/glob v0.2.3 h1:A4xDbljILXROh+kObIiy5kIaPYD8e96x1tgBhUI5J+Y=
 github.com/gobwas/glob v0.2.3/go.mod h1:d3Ez4x06l9bZtSvzIay5+Yzi0fmZzPgnTbPcKjJAkT8=
-github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.3 h1:KZ5WoDbxAIgm2HNbYckL0se1fHD6rz5j4ywS6ebzDqA=
-github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.3/go.mod h1:oq7eo15ShAhp70Anwd5lgX2pLfOS3QCiwU/PULtXL6M=
+github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.4 h1:JSwxQzIqKfmFX1swYPpUThQZp/Ka4wzJdK0LWVytLPM=
+github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.4/go.mod h1:oq7eo15ShAhp70Anwd5lgX2pLfOS3QCiwU/PULtXL6M=
 github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.4/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
 github.com/gofrs/flock v0.12.1 h1:MTLVXXHf8ekldpJk3AKicLij9MdwOWkZ+a/jHHZby9E=
 github.com/gofrs/flock v0.12.1/go.mod h1:9zxTsyu5xtJ9DK+1tFZyibEV7y3uwDxPPfbxeeHCoD0=
@@ -217,8 +225,8 @@ github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
 github.com/jgautheron/goconst v1.7.1 h1:VpdAG7Ca7yvvJk5n8dMwQhfEZJh95kl/Hl9S1OI5Jkk=
 github.com/jgautheron/goconst v1.7.1/go.mod h1:aAosetZ5zaeC/2EfMeRswtxUFBpe2Hr7HzkgX4fanO4=
-github.com/jhump/protoreflect v1.16.0 h1:54fZg+49widqXYQ0b+usAFHbMkBGR4PpXrsHc8+TBDg=
-github.com/jhump/protoreflect v1.16.0/go.mod h1:oYPd7nPvcBw/5wlDfm/AVmU9zH9BgqGCI469pGxfj/8=
+github.com/jhump/protoreflect v1.15.1 h1:HUMERORf3I3ZdX05WaQ6MIpd/NJ434hTp5YiKgfCL6c=
+github.com/jhump/protoreflect v1.15.1/go.mod h1:jD/2GMKKE6OqX8qTjhADU1e6DShO+gavG9e0Q693nKo=
 github.com/jingyugao/rowserrcheck v1.1.1 h1:zibz55j/MJtLsjP1OF4bSdgXxwL1b+Vn7Tjzq7gFzUs=
 github.com/jingyugao/rowserrcheck v1.1.1/go.mod h1:4yvlZSDb3IyDTUZJUmpZfm2Hwok+Dtp+nu2qOq+er9c=
 github.com/jjti/go-spancheck v0.6.2 h1:iYtoxqPMzHUPp7St+5yA8+cONdyXD3ug6KK15n7Pklk=
@@ -372,6 +380,12 @@ github.com/sagikazarmark/locafero v0.6.0 h1:ON7AQg37yzcRPU69mt7gwhFEBwxI6P9T4Qu3
 github.com/sagikazarmark/locafero v0.6.0/go.mod h1:77OmuIc6VTraTXKXIs/uvUxKGUXjE1GbemJYHqdNjX0=
 github.com/sagikazarmark/slog-shim v0.1.0 h1:diDBnUNK9N/354PgrxMywXnAwEr1QZcOr6gto+ugjYE=
 github.com/sagikazarmark/slog-shim v0.1.0/go.mod h1:SrcSrq8aKtyuqEI1uvTDTK1arOWRIczQRv+GVI1AkeQ=
+github.com/samber/lo v1.44.0 h1:5il56KxRE+GHsm1IR+sZ/6J42NODigFiqCWpSc2dybA=
+github.com/samber/lo v1.44.0/go.mod h1:RmDH9Ct32Qy3gduHQuKJ3gW1fMHAnE/fAzQuf6He5cU=
+github.com/samber/slog-common v0.17.0 h1:HdRnk7QQTa9ByHlLPK3llCBo8ZSX3F/ZyeqVI5dfMtI=
+github.com/samber/slog-common v0.17.0/go.mod h1:mZSJhinB4aqHziR0SKPqpVZjJ0JO35JfH+dDIWqaCBk=
+github.com/samber/slog-zerolog/v2 v2.7.0 h1:VWJNhvoR3bf+SDEO89BmahAnz6w5l+NGbPBcnMUqO2g=
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@@ -620,16 +644,16 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.5.0/go.mod h1:N+Kgy78s5I24c24dU8OfWNEotWjutIs8SnJvn5IDq+k=
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diff --git a/source.go b/source.go
index e6a8a61..846b399 100644
--- a/source.go
+++ b/source.go
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-//go:generate paramgen -output source_paramgen.go SourceConfig
-
 package file
 
 import (
@@ -22,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"strconv"
 
-	"github.com/conduitio/conduit-commons/config"
 	"github.com/conduitio/conduit-commons/lang"
 	"github.com/conduitio/conduit-commons/opencdc"
 	sdk "github.com/conduitio/conduit-connector-sdk"
@@ -38,41 +35,32 @@ type Source struct {
 	tail   *tail.Tail
 }
 
+func (s *Source) Config() sdk.SourceConfig {
+	return &s.config
+}
+
 type SourceConfig struct {
+	sdk.DefaultSourceMiddleware
 	Config // embed the global config
 }
 
-func (c SourceConfig) Validate() error { return c.Config.Validate() }
+func (c SourceConfig) Validate(context.Context) error { return c.Config.Validate() }
 
 func NewSource() sdk.Source {
-	return sdk.SourceWithMiddleware(
-		&Source{},
-		sdk.DefaultSourceMiddleware(
-			// disable schema extraction by default, because the source produces raw data
-			sdk.SourceWithSchemaExtractionConfig{
-				PayloadEnabled: lang.Ptr(false),
-				KeyEnabled:     lang.Ptr(false),
+	return sdk.SourceWithMiddleware( // Extract the middleware from the config and wrap the source
+		&Source{
+			config: SourceConfig{
+				DefaultSourceMiddleware: sdk.DefaultSourceMiddleware{
+					SourceWithSchemaExtraction: sdk.SourceWithSchemaExtraction{
+						PayloadEnabled: lang.Ptr(false),
+						KeyEnabled:     lang.Ptr(false),
+					},
+				},
 			},
-		)...,
+		},
 	)
 }
 
-func (s *Source) Parameters() config.Parameters {
-	return s.config.Parameters()
-}
-
-func (s *Source) Configure(ctx context.Context, cfg config.Config) error {
-	err := sdk.Util.ParseConfig(ctx, cfg, &s.config, NewSource().Parameters())
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	err = s.config.Validate()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 func (s *Source) Open(ctx context.Context, position opencdc.Position) error {
 	return s.seek(ctx, position)
 }
diff --git a/source_paramgen.go b/source_paramgen.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e33ac7..0000000
--- a/source_paramgen.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-// Code generated by paramgen. DO NOT EDIT.
-// Source: github.com/ConduitIO/conduit-commons/tree/main/paramgen
-
-package file
-
-import (
-	"github.com/conduitio/conduit-commons/config"
-)
-
-const (
-	SourceConfigPath = "path"
-)
-
-func (SourceConfig) Parameters() map[string]config.Parameter {
-	return map[string]config.Parameter{
-		SourceConfigPath: {
-			Default:     "",
-			Description: "Path is the file path used by the connector to read/write records.",
-			Type:        config.ParameterTypeString,
-			Validations: []config.Validation{
-				config.ValidationRequired{},
-			},
-		},
-	}
-}
diff --git a/tools.go b/tools.go
index 0f9b3cc..5343a8e 100644
--- a/tools.go
+++ b/tools.go
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	_ "github.com/conduitio/conduit-commons/paramgen"
+	_ "github.com/conduitio/conduit-connector-sdk/specgen"
 	_ "github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint"
 )