diff --git a/.changeset/metal-pans-leave.md b/.changeset/metal-pans-leave.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..249ffe7aec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/metal-pans-leave.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/config-loader': patch
+---
+
+Bump config-loader to ajv 7, to enable v7 feature use elsewhere
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index ad45a33d93..35ad049741 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -173,7 +173,9 @@
             "type": "string",
             "visibility": "frontend",
             "description": "Tracking ID for Google Analytics",
-            "example": "UA-000000-0"
+            "examples": [
+              "UA-000000-0"
+            ]
           },
           "listen": {
             "type": "object",
diff --git a/packages/config-loader/package.json b/packages/config-loader/package.json
index 45ceb36e19..3387477231 100644
--- a/packages/config-loader/package.json
+++ b/packages/config-loader/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@backstage/cli-common": "^0.1.1",
     "@backstage/config": "^0.1.1",
-    "ajv": "^6.12.5",
+    "ajv": "^7.0.3",
     "fs-extra": "^9.0.0",
     "json-schema": "^0.2.5",
     "json-schema-merge-allof": "^0.7.0",
diff --git a/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/compile.test.ts b/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/compile.test.ts
index f03d7e6d10..e1d8ee5999 100644
--- a/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/compile.test.ts
+++ b/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/compile.test.ts
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ describe('compileConfigSchemas', () => {
       },
     ]);
     expect(validate([{ data: { a: 1 }, context: 'test' }])).toEqual({
-      errors: ['Config should be string { type=string } at .a'],
+      errors: ['Config should be string { type=string } at /a'],
       visibilityByPath: new Map(),
     });
     expect(validate([{ data: { b: 'b' }, context: 'test' }])).toEqual({
-      errors: ['Config should be number { type=number } at .b'],
+      errors: ['Config should be number { type=number } at /b'],
       visibilityByPath: new Map(),
     });
   });
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ describe('compileConfigSchemas', () => {
     ).toEqual({
       visibilityByPath: new Map(
         Object.entries({
-          '.a': 'frontend',
-          '.b': 'secret',
-          '.d': 'secret',
-          '.d.0': 'frontend',
+          '/a': 'frontend',
+          '/b': 'secret',
+          '/d': 'secret',
+          '/d/0': 'frontend',
         }),
       ),
     });
diff --git a/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/compile.ts b/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/compile.ts
index f01a4f640a..2607d51f80 100644
--- a/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/compile.ts
+++ b/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/compile.ts
@@ -42,23 +42,25 @@ export function compileConfigSchemas(
 
   const ajv = new Ajv({
     allErrors: true,
+    allowUnionTypes: true,
     schemas: {
       'https://backstage.io/schema/config-v1': true,
     },
-  }).addKeyword('visibility', {
+  }).addKeyword({
+    keyword: 'visibility',
     metaSchema: {
       type: 'string',
       enum: CONFIG_VISIBILITIES,
     },
     compile(visibility: ConfigVisibility) {
-      return (_data, dataPath) => {
-        if (!dataPath) {
+      return (_data, context) => {
+        if (context?.dataPath === undefined) {
           return false;
         }
         if (visibility && visibility !== 'backend') {
-          const normalizedPath = dataPath.replace(
+          const normalizedPath = context.dataPath.replace(
             /\['?(.*?)'?\]/g,
-            (_, segment) => `.${segment}`,
+            (_, segment) => `/${segment}`,
           );
           visibilityByPath.set(normalizedPath, visibility);
         }
diff --git a/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/filtering.test.ts b/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/filtering.test.ts
index f6926e3560..feb31ebab0 100644
--- a/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/filtering.test.ts
+++ b/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/filtering.test.ts
@@ -40,24 +40,24 @@ const data = {
 
 const visibility = new Map<string, ConfigVisibility>(
   Object.entries({
-    '.arr.0': 'frontend',
-    '.arr.1': 'backend',
-    '.arr.2': 'secret',
-    '.obj.f': 'frontend',
-    '.obj.b': 'backend',
-    '.obj.b.s': 'secret',
-    '.objArr.0.f': 'frontend',
-    '.objArr.0.b': 'backend',
-    '.objArr.0.s': 'secret',
-    '.objArr.1.f': 'frontend',
-    '.objArr.1.b': 'backend',
-    '.objArr.1.s': 'secret',
-    '.arrF': 'frontend',
-    '.arrB': 'backend',
-    '.arrS': 'secret',
-    '.objF': 'frontend',
-    '.objB': 'backend',
-    '.objS': 'secret',
+    '/arr/0': 'frontend',
+    '/arr/1': 'backend',
+    '/arr/2': 'secret',
+    '/obj/f': 'frontend',
+    '/obj/b': 'backend',
+    '/obj/b/s': 'secret',
+    '/objArr/0/f': 'frontend',
+    '/objArr/0/b': 'backend',
+    '/objArr/0/s': 'secret',
+    '/objArr/1/f': 'frontend',
+    '/objArr/1/b': 'backend',
+    '/objArr/1/s': 'secret',
+    '/arrF': 'frontend',
+    '/arrB': 'backend',
+    '/arrS': 'secret',
+    '/objF': 'frontend',
+    '/objB': 'backend',
+    '/objS': 'secret',
   }),
 );
 
diff --git a/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/filtering.ts b/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/filtering.ts
index 10a97f9a7f..93e899c9d8 100644
--- a/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/filtering.ts
+++ b/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/filtering.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export function filterByVisibility(
       const arr = new Array<JsonValue>();
 
       for (const [index, value] of jsonVal.entries()) {
-        const out = transform(value, `${path}.${index}`);
+        const out = transform(value, `${path}/${index}`);
         if (out !== undefined) {
           arr.push(out);
         }
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export function filterByVisibility(
       if (value === undefined) {
         continue;
       }
-      const out = transform(value, `${path}.${key}`);
+      const out = transform(value, `${path}/${key}`);
       if (out !== undefined) {
         outObj[key] = out;
         hasOutput = true;
diff --git a/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/load.test.ts b/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/load.test.ts
index baf63525bb..7d9f7cc803 100644
--- a/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/load.test.ts
+++ b/packages/config-loader/src/lib/schema/load.test.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ describe('loadConfigSchema', () => {
     expect(() =>
       schema2.process([...configs, { data: { key1: 3 }, context: 'test2' }]),
     ).toThrow(
-      'Config validation failed, Config should be string { type=string } at .key1',
+      'Config validation failed, Config should be string { type=string } at /key1',
     );
 
     await expect(