Hibernate ORM

5.4 series end-of-life

EntityGraph improvements, JDK 11 support

Hibernate ORM 5.4 has reached its end-of-life:

  • it is unlikely to see another release;

  • bugs are unlikely to get fixed in this version, even security vulnerabilities;

  • pull requests against this version will be rejected;

  • bug reproducers using this version will be given lower priority.

We encourage you to upgrade to a newer series if possible.

Compatibility

Java 8, 11 or 17 (with 5.4.32+)
JPA 2.2

Not compatible with your requirements? Have a look at the other series.

See also the Compatibility policy.

Documentation

Documentation for Hibernate ORM 5.4 can be accessed through the links below:

HTML API (JavaDoc)

You can find more documentation for all series on the documentation page.

How to get it

Hibernate ORM 5.4 has reached its end-of-life: we recommend you use a newer series if possible.

Maven, Gradle...

Maven artifacts of Hibernate ORM are published to Maven Central.

You can find the Maven coordinates of all artifacts through the link below:

Maven artifacts

Zip archive

Direct download is available from SourceForge:

Download Zip archive

More information about specific releases (announcements, download links) can be found here.

Migrating

If you need to upgrade from a previous series, please refer to the migration guide:

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What's new

Latest release announcement (2021-12-16): 5.4.33.Final.

A detailed list of new features, improvements and fixes in this series can be found on our issue tracker.

EntityGraph improvements

Hibernate ORM 5.4 adds 2 new features to help make working with EntityGraphs easier:

  • EntityGraph parsing

  • EntityGraph manipulation

The entry point for these 2 features is the org.hibernate.graph.EntityGraphs class.

JDK 11 support

Hibernate ORM now supports JDK 11 out of the box.

JDK 13 support

Support for JDK 13 was introduced in version 5.4.5.Final.

Releases in this series

Hibernate ORM 5.4 has reached its end-of-life: we recommend you use a newer series if possible.

5.4.32.Final

2021-05-24

5.4.31.Final

2021-04-30

5.4.30.Final

2021-03-19

5.4.29.Final

2021-03-03

5.4.28.Final

2021-02-09

5.4.27.Final

2020-12-22

5.4.26.Final

2020-12-14

5.4.25.Final

2020-12-01

5.4.24.Final

2020-11-19

5.4.23.Final

2020-11-03

memory improvements, bugfixes with Oracle RefCursor

Maven artifacts Download Resolved issues Release announcement

5.4.22.Final

2020-10-01

5.4.21.Final

2020-08-27

5.4.19.Final

2020-07-27

5.4.18.Final

2020-06-22

5.4.6.Final

2019-09-30

bugfixes, bytecode enhancement Gradle plugin improvement

Maven artifacts Download Resolved issues Release announcement

5.4.0.Final

2018-12-12

5.4.0.CR2

2018-11-29

JAXB upgrade, bug fixes, documentation improvements

Maven artifacts Download Resolved issues Release announcement

5.4.0.CR1

2018-11-15

EntityGraph improvements, JDK 11 support, bug fixes

Maven artifacts Download Resolved issues Release announcement

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