diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5789f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Changelog
+
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file, in reverse chronological order by release.
+
+## 3.0.0 - TBD
+
+### Added
+
+- Nothing.
+
+### Deprecated
+
+- Nothing.
+
+### Removed
+
+- Nothing.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- [#7](https://github.com/zendframework/zend-permissions-acl/pull/7) updates the
+  component to work with zend-servicemanager v3.
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 55f6e05..23fb32d 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "extra": {
         "branch-alias": {
             "dev-master": "2.5-dev",
-            "dev-develop": "2.6-dev"
+            "dev-develop": "3.0-dev"
         }
     },
     "autoload-dev": {
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "require-dev": {
         "fabpot/php-cs-fixer": "1.7.*",
         "phpunit/PHPUnit": "~4.0",
-        "zendframework/zend-di": "~2.5",
-        "zendframework/zend-servicemanager": "~2.5"
+        "zendframework/zend-di": "dev-develop as 2.7.0",
+        "zendframework/zend-servicemanager": "dev-develop as 2.7.0"
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Assertion/AssertionManager.php b/src/Assertion/AssertionManager.php
index 69e35e8..7f18bc5 100644
--- a/src/Assertion/AssertionManager.php
+++ b/src/Assertion/AssertionManager.php
@@ -9,33 +9,10 @@
 namespace Zend\Permissions\Acl\Assertion;
 
 use Zend\ServiceManager\AbstractPluginManager;
-use Zend\Permissions\Acl\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
 
 class AssertionManager extends AbstractPluginManager
 {
     protected $sharedByDefault = true;
 
-    /**
-     * Validate the plugin
-     *
-     * Checks that the element is an instance of AssertionInterface
-     *
-     * @param mixed $plugin
-     *
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @return bool
-     */
-    public function validatePlugin($plugin)
-    {
-        if (! $plugin instanceof AssertionInterface) {
-            throw new InvalidArgumentException(
-                sprintf(
-                    'Plugin of type %s is invalid; must implement Zend\Permissions\Acl\Assertion\AssertionInterface',
-                    (is_object($plugin) ? get_class($plugin) : gettype($plugin))
-                )
-            );
-        }
-
-        return true;
-    }
+    protected $instanceOf = AssertionInterface::class;
 }
diff --git a/test/Assertion/AssertionAggregateTest.php b/test/Assertion/AssertionAggregateTest.php
index e210421..ac217a2 100644
--- a/test/Assertion/AssertionAggregateTest.php
+++ b/test/Assertion/AssertionAggregateTest.php
@@ -106,7 +106,9 @@ public static function getDataForTestSetMode()
 
     public function testManagerAccessors()
     {
-        $manager = $this->getMock('Zend\Permissions\Acl\Assertion\AssertionManager');
+        $manager = $this->getMockBuilder('Zend\Permissions\Acl\Assertion\AssertionManager')
+                        ->disableOriginalConstructor()
+                        ->getMock();
 
         $aggregate = $this->assertionAggregate->setAssertionManager($manager);
         $this->assertAttributeEquals($manager, 'assertionManager', $this->assertionAggregate);
@@ -129,9 +131,10 @@ public function testCallingAssertWillFetchAssertionFromManager()
             ->method('assert')
             ->will($this->returnValue(true));
 
-        $manager = $this->getMock('Zend\Permissions\Acl\Assertion\AssertionManager', [
-            'get'
-        ]);
+        $manager = $this->getMockBuilder('Zend\Permissions\Acl\Assertion\AssertionManager')
+                        ->disableOriginalConstructor()
+                        ->getMock();
+
         $manager->expects($this->once())
             ->method('get')
             ->with('assertion')
@@ -153,9 +156,10 @@ public function testAssertThrowsAnExceptionWhenReferingToNonExistentAssertion()
             'test.resource'
         ]);
 
-        $manager = $this->getMock('Zend\Permissions\Acl\Assertion\AssertionManager', [
-            'get'
-        ]);
+        $manager = $this->getMockBuilder('Zend\Permissions\Acl\Assertion\AssertionManager')
+                        ->disableOriginalConstructor()
+                        ->getMock();
+
         $manager->expects($this->once())
             ->method('get')
             ->with('assertion')
diff --git a/test/Assertion/AssertionManagerTest.php b/test/Assertion/AssertionManagerTest.php
index 856469d..3f613db 100644
--- a/test/Assertion/AssertionManagerTest.php
+++ b/test/Assertion/AssertionManagerTest.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 namespace ZendTest\Permissions\Acl\Assertion;
 
 use Zend\Permissions\Acl\Assertion\AssertionManager;
+use Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceManager;
 
 class AssertionManagerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
@@ -16,17 +17,17 @@ class AssertionManagerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 
     public function setUp()
     {
-        $this->manager = new AssertionManager();
+        $this->manager = new AssertionManager(new ServiceManager);
     }
 
     public function testValidatePlugin()
     {
         $assertion = $this->getMockForAbstractClass('Zend\Permissions\Acl\Assertion\AssertionInterface');
 
-        $this->assertTrue($this->manager->validatePlugin($assertion));
+        $this->assertNull($this->manager->validate($assertion));
 
-        $this->setExpectedException('Zend\Permissions\Acl\Exception\InvalidArgumentException');
+        $this->setExpectedException('Zend\ServiceManager\Exception\InvalidServiceException');
 
-        $this->manager->validatePlugin('invalid plugin');
+        $this->manager->validate('invalid plugin');
     }
 }