diff --git a/src/v/kafka/server/requests.cc b/src/v/kafka/server/requests.cc
index 7752464c18adc..b20466c03c55f 100644
--- a/src/v/kafka/server/requests.cc
+++ b/src/v/kafka/server/requests.cc
@@ -7,8 +7,13 @@
 // the Business Source License, use of this software will be governed
 // by the Apache License, Version 2.0
 
-#include "kafka/server/handlers/handlers.h"
-#include "kafka/server/handlers/produce.h"
+#include "kafka/protocol/schemata/api_versions_request.h"
+#include "kafka/protocol/schemata/fetch_request.h"
+#include "kafka/protocol/schemata/produce_request.h"
+#include "kafka/server/handlers/api_versions.h"
+#include "kafka/server/handlers/details/any_handler.h"
+#include "kafka/server/handlers/sasl_authenticate.h"
+#include "kafka/server/handlers/sasl_handshake.h"
 #include "kafka/server/request_context.h"
 #include "kafka/types.h"
 #include "utils/to_string.h"
@@ -42,54 +47,6 @@ requires(KafkaApiHandler<Request> || KafkaApiTwoPhaseHandler<Request>)
     }
 };
 
-/**
- * Dispatch API versions request without version checks.
- *
- * The version bounds checks are not applied to this request because the client
- * does not yet know what versions this server supports. The api versions
- * request is used by a client to query this information.
- */
-template<>
-struct process_dispatch<api_versions_handler> {
-    static process_result_stages
-    process(request_context&& ctx, ss::smp_service_group g) {
-        return process_result_stages::single_stage(
-          api_versions_handler::handle(std::move(ctx), g));
-    }
-};
-/**
- * Requests processed in two stages
- */
-template<>
-struct process_dispatch<produce_handler> {
-    static process_result_stages
-    process(request_context&& ctx, ss::smp_service_group g) {
-        return produce_handler::handle(std::move(ctx), g);
-    }
-};
-
-template<>
-struct process_dispatch<offset_commit_handler> {
-    static process_result_stages
-    process(request_context&& ctx, ss::smp_service_group g) {
-        return offset_commit_handler::handle(std::move(ctx), g);
-    }
-};
-template<>
-struct process_dispatch<join_group_handler> {
-    static process_result_stages
-    process(request_context&& ctx, ss::smp_service_group g) {
-        return join_group_handler::handle(std::move(ctx), g);
-    }
-};
-template<>
-struct process_dispatch<sync_group_handler> {
-    static process_result_stages
-    process(request_context&& ctx, ss::smp_service_group g) {
-        return sync_group_handler::handle(std::move(ctx), g);
-    }
-};
-
 template<typename Request>
 requires(KafkaApiHandler<Request> || KafkaApiTwoPhaseHandler<Request>)
   process_result_stages
@@ -107,6 +64,35 @@ requires(KafkaApiHandler<Request> || KafkaApiTwoPhaseHandler<Request>)
     return process_dispatch<Request>::process(std::move(ctx), g);
 }
 
+process_result_stages process_generic(
+  any_handler handler, request_context&& ctx, ss::smp_service_group g) {
+    vlog(
+      klog.trace,
+      "[{}:{}] processing name:{}, key:{}, version:{} for {}",
+      ctx.connection()->client_host(),
+      ctx.connection()->client_port(),
+      handler->name(),
+      ctx.header().key,
+      ctx.header().version,
+      ctx.header().client_id.value_or(std::string_view("unset-client-id")));
+
+    // We do a version check for most API requests, but for api_version
+    // requests we skip them. We do not apply them for api_versions,
+    // because the client does not yet know what
+    // versions this server supports. The api versions request is used by a
+    // client to query this information.
+    if (ctx.header().key != api_versions_api::key &&
+      (ctx.header().version < handler->min_supported() ||
+       ctx.header().version > handler->max_supported())) {
+        throw std::runtime_error(fmt::format(
+          "Unsupported version {} for {} API",
+          ctx.header().version,
+          handler->name()));
+    }
+
+    return handler->handle(std::move(ctx), g);
+}
+
 class kafka_authentication_exception : public std::runtime_error {
 public:
     explicit kafka_authentication_exception(const std::string& m)
@@ -147,7 +133,7 @@ handle_auth_handshake(request_context&& ctx, ss::smp_service_group g) {
 static ss::future<response_ptr>
 handle_auth_initial(request_context&& ctx, ss::smp_service_group g) {
     switch (ctx.header().key) {
-    case api_versions_handler::api::key: {
+    case api_versions_api::key: {
         auto r = api_versions_handler::handle_raw(ctx);
         if (r.data.error_code == error_code::none) {
             ctx.sasl().set_state(security::sasl_server::sasl_state::handshake);
@@ -233,8 +219,8 @@ handle_auth(request_context&& ctx, ss::smp_service_group g) {
 // only track latency for push and fetch requests
 bool track_latency(api_key key) {
     switch (key) {
-    case fetch_handler::api::key:
-    case produce_handler::api::key:
+    case fetch_api::key:
+    case produce_api::key:
         return true;
     default:
         return false;
@@ -260,47 +246,14 @@ process_request(request_context&& ctx, ss::smp_service_group g) {
             }));
     }
 
-    switch (ctx.header().key) {
-    case api_versions_handler::api::key:
-        return do_process<api_versions_handler>(std::move(ctx), g);
-    case metadata_handler::api::key:
-        return do_process<metadata_handler>(std::move(ctx), g);
-    case list_groups_handler::api::key:
-        return do_process<list_groups_handler>(std::move(ctx), g);
-    case find_coordinator_handler::api::key:
-        return do_process<find_coordinator_handler>(std::move(ctx), g);
-    case offset_fetch_handler::api::key:
-        return do_process<offset_fetch_handler>(std::move(ctx), g);
-    case produce_handler::api::key:
-        return do_process<produce_handler>(std::move(ctx), g);
-    case list_offsets_handler::api::key:
-        return do_process<list_offsets_handler>(std::move(ctx), g);
-    case offset_commit_handler::api::key:
-        return do_process<offset_commit_handler>(std::move(ctx), g);
-    case fetch_handler::api::key:
-        return do_process<fetch_handler>(std::move(ctx), g);
-    case join_group_handler::api::key:
-        return do_process<join_group_handler>(std::move(ctx), g);
-    case heartbeat_handler::api::key:
-        return do_process<heartbeat_handler>(std::move(ctx), g);
-    case leave_group_handler::api::key:
-        return do_process<leave_group_handler>(std::move(ctx), g);
-    case sync_group_handler::api::key:
-        return do_process<sync_group_handler>(std::move(ctx), g);
-    case create_topics_handler::api::key:
-        return do_process<create_topics_handler>(std::move(ctx), g);
-    case describe_configs_handler::api::key:
-        return do_process<describe_configs_handler>(std::move(ctx), g);
-    case alter_configs_handler::api::key:
-        return do_process<alter_configs_handler>(std::move(ctx), g);
-    case delete_topics_handler::api::key:
-        return do_process<delete_topics_handler>(std::move(ctx), g);
-    case describe_groups_handler::api::key:
-        return do_process<describe_groups_handler>(std::move(ctx), g);
-    case sasl_handshake_handler::api::key:
+    auto& key = ctx.header().key;
+
+    if (key == sasl_handshake_handler::api::key) {
         return process_result_stages::single_stage(ctx.respond(
           sasl_handshake_response(error_code::illegal_sasl_state, {})));
-    case sasl_authenticate_handler::api::key: {
+    }
+
+    if (key == sasl_authenticate_handler::api::key) {
         sasl_authenticate_response_data data{
           .error_code = error_code::illegal_sasl_state,
           .error_message = "Authentication process already completed",
@@ -308,33 +261,11 @@ process_request(request_context&& ctx, ss::smp_service_group g) {
         return process_result_stages::single_stage(
           ctx.respond(sasl_authenticate_response(std::move(data))));
     }
-    case init_producer_id_handler::api::key:
-        return do_process<init_producer_id_handler>(std::move(ctx), g);
-    case incremental_alter_configs_handler::api::key:
-        return do_process<incremental_alter_configs_handler>(std::move(ctx), g);
-    case delete_groups_handler::api::key:
-        return do_process<delete_groups_handler>(std::move(ctx), g);
-    case describe_acls_handler::api::key:
-        return do_process<describe_acls_handler>(std::move(ctx), g);
-    case describe_log_dirs_handler::api::key:
-        return do_process<describe_log_dirs_handler>(std::move(ctx), g);
-    case create_acls_handler::api::key:
-        return do_process<create_acls_handler>(std::move(ctx), g);
-    case delete_acls_handler::api::key:
-        return do_process<delete_acls_handler>(std::move(ctx), g);
-    case add_partitions_to_txn_handler::api::key:
-        return do_process<add_partitions_to_txn_handler>(std::move(ctx), g);
-    case txn_offset_commit_handler::api::key:
-        return do_process<txn_offset_commit_handler>(std::move(ctx), g);
-    case add_offsets_to_txn_handler::api::key:
-        return do_process<add_offsets_to_txn_handler>(std::move(ctx), g);
-    case end_txn_handler::api::key:
-        return do_process<end_txn_handler>(std::move(ctx), g);
-    case create_partitions_handler::api::key:
-        return do_process<create_partitions_handler>(std::move(ctx), g);
-    case offset_for_leader_epoch_handler::api::key:
-        return do_process<offset_for_leader_epoch_handler>(std::move(ctx), g);
-    };
+
+    if (auto handler = handler_for_key(key)) {
+        return process_generic(*handler, std::move(ctx), g);
+    }
+
     throw std::runtime_error(
       fmt::format("Unsupported API {}", ctx.header().key));
 }