Axon Framework is a very mature solution for ES on the JVM.

http://www.axonframework.org/

Here's the section of their manual related to this. http://www.axonframework.org/docs/2.4/repositories-and-event...

Akka Persistence is the other JVM ES framework that I'm familiar with. it supports upcasting as well.

http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/2.4/java/persistence-schema-evo...