diff --git a/app/serializers/api-token.js b/app/serializers/api-token.js
index 449579d7e4c..a9b5c3d5385 100644
--- a/app/serializers/api-token.js
+++ b/app/serializers/api-token.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import DS from 'ember-data';
+import ApplicationSerializer from './application';
 
-export default DS.RESTSerializer.extend({
+export default ApplicationSerializer.extend({
   payloadKeyFromModelName() {
     return 'api_token';
   },
diff --git a/app/serializers/application.js b/app/serializers/application.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..114c96ff7b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/serializers/application.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import DS from 'ember-data';
+
+export default DS.RESTSerializer;
diff --git a/app/serializers/crate-owner-invite.js b/app/serializers/crate-owner-invite.js
index 724732be8b9..9fcb11c8a99 100644
--- a/app/serializers/crate-owner-invite.js
+++ b/app/serializers/crate-owner-invite.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import DS from 'ember-data';
+import ApplicationSerializer from './application';
 
-export default DS.RESTSerializer.extend({
+export default ApplicationSerializer.extend({
   primaryKey: 'crate_id',
   modelNameFromPayloadKey() {
     return 'crate-owner-invite';
diff --git a/app/serializers/crate.js b/app/serializers/crate.js
index cde8d51c725..32a9bb1e4ae 100644
--- a/app/serializers/crate.js
+++ b/app/serializers/crate.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import DS from 'ember-data';
+import ApplicationSerializer from './application';
 
-export default DS.RESTSerializer.extend({
+export default ApplicationSerializer.extend({
   isNewSerializerAPI: true,
 
   extractRelationships(modelClass, resourceHash) {
diff --git a/app/serializers/dependency.js b/app/serializers/dependency.js
index e03395aed0b..52f4a6ec57b 100644
--- a/app/serializers/dependency.js
+++ b/app/serializers/dependency.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import DS from 'ember-data';
+import ApplicationSerializer from './application';
 
-export default DS.RESTSerializer.extend({
+export default ApplicationSerializer.extend({
   attrs: {
     version: 'version_id',
   },
diff --git a/app/serializers/version-download.js b/app/serializers/version-download.js
index 830917e2b9e..cd990015dc8 100644
--- a/app/serializers/version-download.js
+++ b/app/serializers/version-download.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import DS from 'ember-data';
+import ApplicationSerializer from './application';
 
-export default DS.RESTSerializer.extend({
+export default ApplicationSerializer.extend({
   extractId(modelClass, resourceHash) {
     return `${resourceHash.date}-${resourceHash.version}`;
   },