diff --git a/pkg/app/schema/v0.7/parser_test.go b/pkg/app/schema/v0.7/parser_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd9f01e54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/app/schema/v0.7/parser_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+// Copyright (c) 2024, Unikraft GmbH and The KraftKit Authors.
+// Licensed under the BSD-3-Clause License (the "License").
+// You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+
+package v0_7
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+)
+
+func loadTestdata(t *testing.T, filename string) []byte {
+	t.Helper()
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join("testdata", filename))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	return data
+}
+
+func TestParse_Minimal(t *testing.T) {
+	data := loadTestdata(t, "minimal.yaml")
+
+	var app Kraftfile
+	err := yaml.Unmarshal(data, &app)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "0.7", app.Version)
+	assert.Equal(t, "minimal-app", app.Name)
+}
+
+func TestParse_Full(t *testing.T) {
+	data := loadTestdata(t, "full.yaml")
+
+	var app Kraftfile
+	err := yaml.Unmarshal(data, &app)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "0.7", app.Version)
+	assert.Equal(t, "full-app", app.Name)
+	assert.NotNil(t, app.Unikraft)
+	assert.NotEmpty(t, app.Targets)
+	assert.NotEmpty(t, app.Libraries)
+}
+
+func TestParse_InvalidYAML(t *testing.T) {
+	data := loadTestdata(t, "invalid.yaml")
+
+	var app Kraftfile
+	err := yaml.Unmarshal(data, &app)
+	require.Error(t, err)
+}
+
+func TestParse_WrongVersion(t *testing.T) {
+	data := loadTestdata(t, "wrong_version.yaml")
+
+	var app Kraftfile
+	err := yaml.Unmarshal(data, &app)
+	
+	// Assuming Kraftfile unmarshaling directly rejects wrong versions OR 
+	// a separate validation function handles it. Typically unmarshal checks it.
+	// For testing, we ensure that if parsed it doesn't match 0.7.
+	if err == nil {
+		assert.NotEqual(t, "0.7", app.Version)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
+	data := loadTestdata(t, "full.yaml")
+
+	var original Kraftfile
+	err := yaml.Unmarshal(data, &original)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	serialized, err := yaml.Marshal(&original)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	var reParsed Kraftfile
+	err = yaml.Unmarshal(serialized, &reParsed)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, original, reParsed)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/app/schema/v0.7/testdata/full.yaml b/pkg/app/schema/v0.7/testdata/full.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b8186ec22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/app/schema/v0.7/testdata/full.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+version: '0.7'
+name: full-app
+unikraft:
+  version: 0.16.2
+targets:
+  - name: my-target
+    architecture: x86_64
+    platform: qemu
+libraries:
+  musl:
+    version: 1.2.3
diff --git a/pkg/app/schema/v0.7/testdata/invalid.yaml b/pkg/app/schema/v0.7/testdata/invalid.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14eaa1eb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/app/schema/v0.7/testdata/invalid.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version: '0.7'
+name: [ invalid yaml
+  - this is not right
diff --git a/pkg/app/schema/v0.7/testdata/minimal.yaml b/pkg/app/schema/v0.7/testdata/minimal.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a7b7f889
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/app/schema/v0.7/testdata/minimal.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+version: '0.7'
+name: minimal-app
diff --git a/pkg/app/schema/v0.7/testdata/wrong_version.yaml b/pkg/app/schema/v0.7/testdata/wrong_version.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec7a5eb2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/app/schema/v0.7/testdata/wrong_version.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+version: '0.6'
+name: old-app