diff --git a/bigchaindb/common/schema/transaction_create.yaml b/bigchaindb/common/schema/transaction_create_v1.0.yaml
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rename from bigchaindb/common/schema/transaction_create.yaml
rename to bigchaindb/common/schema/transaction_create_v1.0.yaml
diff --git a/bigchaindb/common/schema/transaction_transfer.yaml b/bigchaindb/common/schema/transaction_transfer_v1.0.yaml
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rename from bigchaindb/common/schema/transaction_transfer.yaml
rename to bigchaindb/common/schema/transaction_transfer_v1.0.yaml
diff --git a/bigchaindb/common/schema/transaction.yaml b/bigchaindb/common/schema/transaction_v1.0.yaml
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rename from bigchaindb/common/schema/transaction.yaml
rename to bigchaindb/common/schema/transaction_v1.0.yaml