Unable to parse EJB client connections when running using app-client and wildfly-config.xml

<configuration>                                                                                                                                                                               
    <authentication-client xmlns="urn:elytron:1.0">
        <authentication-rules>
            <rule use-configuration="default"/>
        </authentication-rules>
        <authentication-configurations>
            <configuration name="default">
                <allow-sasl-mechanisms names="DIGEST-MD5"/>
                <forbid-sasl-mechanisms names="JBOSS-LOCAL-USER"/>
                <set-user-name name="joe"/>
                <credentials>
                    <clear-password password="joeIsAwesome2013!"/>
                </credentials>
            </configuration>
        </authentication-configurations>
    </authentication-client>
    <jboss-ejb-client xmlns="urn:jboss:wildly-client-ejb:3.0">
        <connections>
            <connection uri="remote+http://127.0.0.8:8080" />
        </connections>
    </jboss-ejb-client>
</configuration>

09:13:40,798 ERROR [org.jboss.msc.service.fail] (MSC service thread 1-1) MSC000001: Failed to start service jboss.ejb3.ejbClientContext.default: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.ejb3.ejbClientContext.default: Failed to start service
	at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1978) [jboss-msc-1.2.7.SP1-redhat-1.jar:1.2.7.SP1-redhat-1]
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) [rt.jar:1.8.0_65]
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) [rt.jar:1.8.0_65]
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [rt.jar:1.8.0_65]
Caused by: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
	at org.jboss.ejb.client.EJBClientContext.<clinit>(EJBClientContext.java:106) [jboss-ejb-client-4.0.0.Beta24-redhat-1.jar:4.0.0.Beta24-redhat-1]
	at org.jboss.ejb.client.EJBClientContext$Builder.build(EJBClientContext.java:650) [jboss-ejb-client-4.0.0.Beta24-redhat-1.jar:4.0.0.Beta24-redhat-1]
	at org.jboss.as.ejb3.remote.EJBClientContextService.start(EJBClientContextService.java:122)
	at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.startService(ServiceControllerImpl.java:2032) [jboss-msc-1.2.7.SP1-redhat-1.jar:1.2.7.SP1-redhat-1]
	at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1955) [jboss-msc-1.2.7.SP1-redhat-1.jar:1.2.7.SP1-redhat-1]
	... 3 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal namespace index 0; current scope only has 0 namespace declarations.
	at com.ctc.wstx.sr.InputElementStack.throwIllegalIndex(InputElementStack.java:1057) [woodstox-core-5.0.3.redhat-1.jar:5.0.3.redhat-1]
	at com.ctc.wstx.sr.InputElementStack.getLocalNsURI(InputElementStack.java:1050) [woodstox-core-5.0.3.redhat-1.jar:5.0.3.redhat-1]
	at com.ctc.wstx.sr.BasicStreamReader.getNamespaceURI(BasicStreamReader.java:837) [woodstox-core-5.0.3.redhat-1.jar:5.0.3.redhat-1]
	at org.wildfly.client.config.BasicXMLStreamReader.getNamespaceURI(BasicXMLStreamReader.java:240)
	at org.wildfly.client.config.AbstractDelegatingXMLStreamReader.getNamespaceURI(AbstractDelegatingXMLStreamReader.java:188)
	at org.wildfly.client.config.AbstractDelegatingXMLStreamReader.getNamespaceURI(AbstractDelegatingXMLStreamReader.java:188)
	at org.jboss.ejb.client.ConfigurationBasedEJBClientContextSelector.parseConnectionType(ConfigurationBasedEJBClientContextSelector.java:221) [jboss-ejb-client-4.0.0.Beta24-redhat-1.jar:4.0.0.Beta24-redhat-1]
	at org.jboss.ejb.client.ConfigurationBasedEJBClientContextSelector.parseConnectionsType(ConfigurationBasedEJBClientContextSelector.java:205) [jboss-ejb-client-4.0.0.Beta24-redhat-1.jar:4.0.0.Beta24-redhat-1]
	at org.jboss.ejb.client.ConfigurationBasedEJBClientContextSelector.parseEJBClientType(ConfigurationBasedEJBClientContextSelector.java:108) [jboss-ejb-client-4.0.0.Beta24-redhat-1.jar:4.0.0.Beta24-redhat-1]
	at org.jboss.ejb.client.ConfigurationBasedEJBClientContextSelector.parseEJBClientConfiguration(ConfigurationBasedEJBClientContextSelector.java:83) [jboss-ejb-client-4.0.0.Beta24-redhat-1.jar:4.0.0.Beta24-redhat-1]
	at org.jboss.ejb.client.ConfigurationBasedEJBClientContextSelector.loadConfiguration(ConfigurationBasedEJBClientContextSelector.java:63) [jboss-ejb-client-4.0.0.Beta24-redhat-1.jar:4.0.0.Beta24-redhat-1]
	at org.jboss.ejb.client.ConfigurationBasedEJBClientContextSelector.<clinit>(ConfigurationBasedEJBClientContextSelector.java:53) [jboss-ejb-client-4.0.0.Beta24-redhat-1.jar:4.0.0.Beta24-redhat-1]
	... 8 more