diff --git a/region/region.go b/region/region.go
index 200101e..b8c4adf 100644
--- a/region/region.go
+++ b/region/region.go
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ type Regions []Region
 // which all of the other region information can be derived. The other environment
 // variables are optional and can be used to override the default values.
 type Info struct {
-	ID          Region           `json:"region" msg:"region" env:"REGION_INFO_ID" split_words:"true" desc:"the r8l specific region identifier code (must be valid if not empty)"`
-	Name        string           `json:"name" msg:"name" env:"REGION_INFO_NAME" split_words:"true" desc:"the human readable name of the region"`
-	CountryCode string           `json:"country_code" msg:"country_code" env:"REGION_INFO_COUNTRY" split_words:"true" desc:"the ISO 3166-1 country code for the region"`
-	Zone        string           `json:"zone" msg:"zone" env:"REGION_INFO_ZONE" split_words:"true" desc:"the zone of the datacenter for the region"`
-	Cloud       string           `json:"cloud" msg:"cloud" env:"REGION_INFO_CLOUD" split_words:"true" desc:"the cloud provider for the region"`
-	Cluster     string           `json:"cluster" msg:"cluster" env:"REGION_INFO_CLUSTER" split_words:"true" desc:"the r8l cluster name for the region"`
-	country     *country.Country `json:"-" msg:"-" env:"-"`
+	ID          Region           `json:"region" yaml:"region" msg:"region" env:"REGION_INFO_ID" split_words:"true" desc:"the r8l specific region identifier code (must be valid if not empty)"`
+	Name        string           `json:"name" yaml:"name" msg:"name" env:"REGION_INFO_NAME" split_words:"true" desc:"the human readable name of the region"`
+	CountryCode string           `json:"country_code" yaml:"country_code" msg:"country_code" env:"REGION_INFO_COUNTRY" split_words:"true" desc:"the ISO 3166-1 country code for the region"`
+	Zone        string           `json:"zone" yaml:"zone" msg:"zone" env:"REGION_INFO_ZONE" split_words:"true" desc:"the zone of the datacenter for the region"`
+	Cloud       string           `json:"cloud" yaml:"cloud" msg:"cloud" env:"REGION_INFO_CLOUD" split_words:"true" desc:"the cloud provider for the region"`
+	Cluster     string           `json:"cluster" yaml:"cluster" msg:"cluster" env:"REGION_INFO_CLUSTER" split_words:"true" desc:"the r8l cluster name for the region"`
+	country     *country.Country `json:"-" yaml:"-" msg:"-" env:"-"`
 }
 
 // Returns a list of all available regions known by the Rotational system.
diff --git a/semver/errors.go b/semver/errors.go
index 243ced6..e5fbc26 100644
--- a/semver/errors.go
+++ b/semver/errors.go
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ var (
 	ErrInvalidSemVer = errors.New("invalid semantic version")
 	ErrInvalidRange  = errors.New("invalid semantic range")
 	ErrScanValue     = errors.New("could not scan source value")
+	ErrDataSize      = errors.New("invalid size for data")
 )
diff --git a/semver/semver.go b/semver/semver.go
index f497238..f7de7fd 100644
--- a/semver/semver.go
+++ b/semver/semver.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 package semver
 
 import (
+	"encoding/binary"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"regexp"
@@ -229,6 +230,90 @@ func isNumeric(s string) (v uint16, ok bool) {
 // Serialization and Deserialization
 //===========================================================================
 
+func (v Version) MarshalBinary() (data []byte, err error) {
+	pr := []byte(v.PreRelease)
+	bm := []byte(v.BuildMeta)
+
+	size := 5*binary.MaxVarintLen16 + len(pr) + len(bm)
+	data = make([]byte, size)
+
+	i := binary.PutUvarint(data, uint64(v.Major))
+	i += binary.PutUvarint(data[i:], uint64(v.Minor))
+	i += binary.PutUvarint(data[i:], uint64(v.Patch))
+	i += binary.PutUvarint(data[i:], uint64(len(pr)))
+	i += copy(data[i:], pr)
+	i += binary.PutUvarint(data[i:], uint64(len(bm)))
+	i += copy(data[i:], bm)
+
+	data = data[:i:i]
+	return data, nil
+}
+
+func (v *Version) UnmarshalBinary(data []byte) error {
+	if len(data) < 5 {
+		return ErrDataSize
+	}
+
+	var (
+		i, j int
+		c    uint64
+	)
+
+	c, j = binary.Uvarint(data[i:])
+	if j <= 0 {
+		return ErrDataSize
+	}
+	v.Major = uint16(c)
+
+	i += j
+	c, j = binary.Uvarint(data[i:])
+	if j <= 0 {
+		return ErrDataSize
+	}
+	v.Minor = uint16(c)
+
+	i += j
+	c, j = binary.Uvarint(data[i:])
+	if j <= 0 {
+		return ErrDataSize
+	}
+	v.Patch = uint16(c)
+
+	i += j
+	c, j = binary.Uvarint(data[i:])
+	if j <= 0 {
+		return ErrDataSize
+	}
+
+	i += j
+	if c > 0 {
+		if int(c) > len(data[i:]) {
+			return ErrDataSize
+		}
+		v.PreRelease = string(data[i : i+int(c)])
+	} else {
+		v.PreRelease = ""
+	}
+
+	i += int(c)
+	c, j = binary.Uvarint(data[i:])
+	if j <= 0 {
+		return ErrDataSize
+	}
+
+	i += j
+	if c > 0 {
+		if int(c) > len(data[i:]) {
+			return ErrDataSize
+		}
+		v.BuildMeta = string(data[i : i+int(c)])
+	} else {
+		v.BuildMeta = ""
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (v Version) MarshalText() ([]byte, error) {
 	return []byte(v.String()), nil
 }
@@ -262,6 +347,25 @@ func (v *Version) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (v Version) MarshalYAML() (interface{}, error) {
+	return v.String(), nil
+}
+
+func (v *Version) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
+	var vers string
+	if err := unmarshal(&vers); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	parsed, err := Parse(vers)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	*v = parsed
+	return nil
+}
+
 //===========================================================================
 // SQL Interfaces
 //===========================================================================
diff --git a/semver/semver_test.go b/semver/semver_test.go
index 823ec6e..4710264 100644
--- a/semver/semver_test.go
+++ b/semver/semver_test.go
@@ -143,8 +143,22 @@ func TestSpecifies(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestMarshal(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("Binary", func(t *testing.T) {
+		for i := 0; i < 128; i++ {
+			a := randVersion()
+			data, err := a.MarshalBinary()
+			assert.Ok(t, err)
+
+			b := Version{}
+			err = b.UnmarshalBinary(data)
+			assert.Ok(t, err)
+
+			assert.Equal(t, a, b)
+		}
+	})
+
 	t.Run("Text", func(t *testing.T) {
-		for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+		for i := 0; i < 128; i++ {
 			a := randVersion()
 			text, err := a.MarshalText()
 			assert.Ok(t, err)
@@ -159,19 +173,39 @@ func TestMarshal(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("JSON", func(t *testing.T) {
-		a := randVersion()
-		text, err := json.Marshal(a)
-		assert.Ok(t, err)
+		for i := 0; i < 128; i++ {
+			a := randVersion()
+			text, err := json.Marshal(a)
+			assert.Ok(t, err)
 
-		var s string
-		assert.Ok(t, json.Unmarshal(text, &s))
-		assert.True(t, Valid(s))
+			var s string
+			assert.Ok(t, json.Unmarshal(text, &s))
+			assert.True(t, Valid(s))
 
-		b := Version{}
-		err = json.Unmarshal(text, &b)
-		assert.Ok(t, err)
+			b := Version{}
+			err = json.Unmarshal(text, &b)
+			assert.Ok(t, err)
 
-		assert.Equal(t, a, b)
+			assert.Equal(t, a, b)
+		}
+	})
+	t.Run("YAML", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Skip("yaml is an external dependency so is not tested")
+		// for i := 0; i < 128; i++ {
+		// 	a := randVersion()
+		// 	text, err := yaml.Marshal(a)
+		// 	assert.Ok(t, err)
+
+		// 	var s string
+		// 	assert.Ok(t, yaml.Unmarshal(text, &s))
+		// 	assert.True(t, Valid(s))
+
+		// 	b := Version{}
+		// 	err = yaml.Unmarshal(text, &b)
+		// 	assert.Ok(t, err)
+
+		// 	assert.Equal(t, a, b)
+		// }
 	})
 }