diff --git a/builddefs/xap.mk b/builddefs/xap.mk
index 8fbda7c4488..f08d774297f 100644
--- a/builddefs/xap.mk
+++ b/builddefs/xap.mk
@@ -8,23 +8,23 @@ $(KEYMAP_OUTPUT)/src/info_json_gz.h: $(INFO_JSON_FILES)
 	@$(BUILD_CMD)
 
 XAP_FILES := $(shell ls -1 data/xap/* | sort | xargs echo)
-ifneq ("$(wildcard $(KEYBOARD_PATH_1)/xap.json)","")
-	XAP_FILES += $(KEYBOARD_PATH_1)/xap.json
+ifneq ("$(wildcard $(KEYBOARD_PATH_1)/xap.hjson)","")
+	XAP_FILES += $(KEYBOARD_PATH_1)/xap.hjson
 endif
-ifneq ("$(wildcard $(KEYBOARD_PATH_2)/xap.json)","")
-	XAP_FILES += $(KEYBOARD_PATH_2)/xap.json
+ifneq ("$(wildcard $(KEYBOARD_PATH_2)/xap.hjson)","")
+	XAP_FILES += $(KEYBOARD_PATH_2)/xap.hjson
 endif
-ifneq ("$(wildcard $(KEYBOARD_PATH_3)/xap.json)","")
-	XAP_FILES += $(KEYBOARD_PATH_3)/xap.json
+ifneq ("$(wildcard $(KEYBOARD_PATH_3)/xap.hjson)","")
+	XAP_FILES += $(KEYBOARD_PATH_3)/xap.hjson
 endif
-ifneq ("$(wildcard $(KEYBOARD_PATH_4)/xap.json)","")
-	XAP_FILES += $(KEYBOARD_PATH_4)/xap.json
+ifneq ("$(wildcard $(KEYBOARD_PATH_4)/xap.hjson)","")
+	XAP_FILES += $(KEYBOARD_PATH_4)/xap.hjson
 endif
-ifneq ("$(wildcard $(KEYBOARD_PATH_5)/xap.json)","")
-	XAP_FILES += $(KEYBOARD_PATH_5)/xap.json
+ifneq ("$(wildcard $(KEYBOARD_PATH_5)/xap.hjson)","")
+	XAP_FILES += $(KEYBOARD_PATH_5)/xap.hjson
 endif
-ifneq ("$(wildcard $(KEYMAP_PATH)/xap.json)","")
-	XAP_FILES += $(KEYMAP_PATH)/xap.json
+ifneq ("$(wildcard $(KEYMAP_PATH)/xap.hjson)","")
+	XAP_FILES += $(KEYMAP_PATH)/xap.hjson
 endif
 
 $(KEYMAP_OUTPUT)/src/xap_generated.inl: $(XAP_FILES)
diff --git a/keyboards/zvecr/zv48/keymaps/xap/xap.hjson b/keyboards/zvecr/zv48/keymaps/xap/xap.hjson
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c406625ccd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/keyboards/zvecr/zv48/keymaps/xap/xap.hjson
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+    routes: {
+        0x01: {
+            type: command
+            name: Capabilities Query
+            define: CAPABILITIES_QUERY_USER
+            description:
+                '''
+                USER subsystem capabilities query. Each bit should be considered as a "usable" route within this subsystem.
+                '''
+            return_type: u32
+            return_purpose: capabilities
+            return_constant: XAP_ROUTE_USER_CAPABILITIES
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/keyboards/zvecr/zv48/xap.hjson b/keyboards/zvecr/zv48/xap.hjson
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5da9efc3ecc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/keyboards/zvecr/zv48/xap.hjson
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+    routes: {
+        0x01: {
+            type: command
+            name: Capabilities Query
+            define: CAPABILITIES_QUERY_KB
+            description:
+                '''
+                KB subsystem capabilities query. Each bit should be considered as a "usable" route within this subsystem.
+                '''
+            return_type: u32
+            return_purpose: capabilities
+            return_constant: XAP_ROUTE_KB_CAPABILITIES
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/python/qmk/xap/common.py b/lib/python/qmk/xap/common.py
index c28f9bea2be..f3f371cdd8e 100755
--- a/lib/python/qmk/xap/common.py
+++ b/lib/python/qmk/xap/common.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ from qmk.decorators import lru_cache
 from qmk.keymap import locate_keymap
 from qmk.path import keyboard
 
+XAP_SPEC = 'xap.hjson'
+
 
 def _get_jinja2_env(data_templates_xap_subdir: str):
     templates_dir = os.path.join(QMK_FIRMWARE, 'data', 'templates', 'xap', data_templates_xap_subdir)
@@ -24,6 +26,28 @@ def render_xap_output(data_templates_xap_subdir, file_to_render, defs):
     return j2.get_template(file_to_render).render(xap=defs, xap_str=hjson.dumps(defs))
 
 
+def _find_kb_spec(kb):
+    base_path = Path('keyboards')
+    keyboard_parent = keyboard(kb)
+
+    for _ in range(5):
+        if keyboard_parent == base_path:
+            break
+
+        spec = keyboard_parent / XAP_SPEC
+        if spec.exists():
+            return spec
+
+        keyboard_parent = keyboard_parent.parent
+
+    # Just return something we know doesn't exist
+    return keyboard(kb) / XAP_SPEC
+
+
+def _find_km_spec(kb, km):
+    return locate_keymap(kb, km).parent / XAP_SPEC
+
+
 def _merge_ordered_dicts(dicts):
     """Merges nested OrderedDict objects resulting from reading a hjson file.
 
@@ -98,28 +122,6 @@ def latest_xap_defs():
     return get_xap_defs('latest')
 
 
-def _find_kb_spec(kb):
-    base_path = Path('keyboards')
-    keyboard_parent = keyboard(kb)
-
-    for _ in range(5):
-        if keyboard_parent == base_path:
-            break
-
-        spec = keyboard_parent / 'xap.json'
-        if spec.exists():
-            return spec
-
-        keyboard_parent = keyboard_parent.parent
-
-    # Just return something we know doesn't exist
-    return keyboard(kb) / 'xap.json'
-
-
-def _find_km_spec(kb, km):
-    return locate_keymap(kb, km).parent / 'xap.json'
-
-
 def merge_xap_defs(kb, km):
     """Gets the latest version of the XAP definitions and merges in optional keyboard/keymap specs
     """