diff --git a/files/app/services/store.ts b/files/app/services/store.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50a4798
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/app/services/store.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import { Fetch, RequestManager, Store } from '@warp-drive/core';
+import {
+  instantiateRecord,
+  registerDerivations,
+  SchemaService,
+  teardownRecord,
+} from '@warp-drive/core/reactive';
+import { CacheHandler, CachePolicy } from '@warp-drive/core/store';
+import type {
+  CacheCapabilitiesManager,
+  ResourceKey,
+} from '@warp-drive/core/types';
+import { JSONAPICache } from '@warp-drive/json-api';
+
+export default class AppStore extends Store {
+  requestManager = new RequestManager().use([Fetch]).useCache(CacheHandler);
+
+  lifetimes = new CachePolicy({
+    apiHardExpires: 15 * 60 * 1000, // 15 minutes
+    apiSoftExpires: 1 * 30 * 1000, // 30 seconds
+    constraints: {
+      'X-WarpDrive-Expires': true,
+      'Cache-Control': true,
+      Expires: true,
+    },
+  });
+
+  createSchemaService() {
+    const schema = new SchemaService();
+    registerDerivations(schema);
+    return schema;
+  }
+
+  createCache(capabilities: CacheCapabilitiesManager) {
+    return new JSONAPICache(capabilities);
+  }
+
+  instantiateRecord(
+    identifier: ResourceKey,
+    createArgs?: Record<string, unknown>
+  ) {
+    return instantiateRecord(this, identifier, createArgs);
+  }
+
+  teardownRecord(record: unknown): void {
+    return teardownRecord(record);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/files/ember-cli-build.js b/files/ember-cli-build.js
index e6a759d..fd230cb 100644
--- a/files/ember-cli-build.js
+++ b/files/ember-cli-build.js
@@ -5,18 +5,19 @@ const { compatBuild } = require('@embroider/compat');
 
 module.exports = async function (defaults) {
   const { buildOnce } = await import('@embroider/vite');
+  const { setConfig } = await import('@warp-drive/core/build-config');
+
   let app = new EmberApp(defaults, {
-    <% if (emberData) {%>emberData: {
-      deprecations: {
-        // New projects can safely leave this deprecation disabled.
-        // If upgrading, to opt-into the deprecated behavior, set this to true and then follow:
-        // https://deprecations.emberjs.com/id/ember-data-deprecate-store-extends-ember-object
-        // before upgrading to Ember Data 6.0
-        DEPRECATE_STORE_EXTENDS_EMBER_OBJECT: false,
-      },
-    },
-    <% } %>// Add options here
+    // Add options here
   });
 
+  <% if (emberdata) { %>setConfig(app, __dirname, {
+    // this should be the most recent <major>.<minor> version for
+    // which all deprecations have been fully resolved
+    // and should be updated when that changes
+    // for new apps it should be the version you installed
+    compatWith: '5.6'
+  });<% }%>
+
   return compatBuild(app, buildOnce);
 };
diff --git a/files/package.json b/files/package.json
index 6430ccf..b00b203 100644
--- a/files/package.json
+++ b/files/package.json
@@ -35,16 +35,7 @@
     "@babel/runtime": "^7.27.1",
     "@babel/plugin-transform-runtime": "^7.27.1<% if (typescript) { %>",
     "@babel/plugin-transform-typescript": "^7.27.1<% } %>",
-    "@babel/eslint-parser": "^7.27.1<% if (typescript && emberData) { %>",
-    "@ember-data/adapter": "~5.5.0",
-    "@ember-data/graph": "~5.5.0",
-    "@ember-data/json-api": "~5.5.0",
-    "@ember-data/legacy-compat": "~5.5.0",
-    "@ember-data/model": "~5.5.0",
-    "@ember-data/request": "~5.5.0",
-    "@ember-data/request-utils": "~5.5.0",
-    "@ember-data/serializer": "~5.5.0",
-    "@ember-data/store": "~5.5.0<% } %><% if (typescript) { %>",
+    "@babel/eslint-parser": "^7.27.1<% if (typescript) { %>",
     "@ember/app-tsconfig": "^1.0.3<% } %>",
     "@ember/optional-features": "^2.2.0",
     "@ember/string": "^4.0.1",
@@ -64,8 +55,11 @@
     "@glint/template": "^1.5.2<% } %>",
     "@rollup/plugin-babel": "^6.0.4<% if (typescript) { %>",
     "@types/qunit": "^2.19.12",
-    "@types/rsvp": "^4.0.9<% if (emberData) {%>",
-    "@warp-drive/core-types": "~5.5.0<% }} %><% if (emberData) { %>",
+    "@types/rsvp": "^4.0.9<% if (emberData) { %>",
+    "@warp-drive/core": "~5.5.0",
+    "@warp-drive/json-api": "~5.5.0",
+    "@warp-drive/legacy": "~5.5.0",
+    "@warp-drive/utilities": "~5.5.0",
     "@warp-drive/ember": "~5.5.0<% } %>",
     "babel-plugin-ember-template-compilation": "^2.4.1",
     "concurrently": "^9.1.2",
@@ -73,8 +67,7 @@
     "ember-auto-import": "^2.10.0",
     "ember-cli": "~6.5.0-beta.0",
     "ember-cli-babel": "^8.2.0",
-    "ember-cli-deprecation-workflow": "^3.3.0<% if (emberData) { %>",
-    "ember-data": "~5.5.0<% } %>",
+    "ember-cli-deprecation-workflow": "^3.3.0",
     "ember-load-initializers": "^3.0.1",
     "ember-modifier": "^4.2.2",
     "ember-page-title": "^9.0.2",
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index c1a89cd..88e4d8d 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ module.exports = {
     if (!options.emberData) {
       files = files.filter((file) => !file.includes('models/'));
       files = files.filter((file) => !file.includes('ember-data/'));
+      files = files.filter((file) => !file.includes('/store'));
     }
 
     this._files = files;