Hibernate ORM 5.6 is in limited support mode:
We recommend that you upgrade to a newer series if possible or look for paid support. See also the Maintenance policy. |
Compatibility
Java | 8, 11, 17 or 18 |
JPA | 2.2 |
Jakarta Persistence | 3.0 |
Not compatible with your requirements? Have a look at the other series.
See also the Compatibility policy and Maintenance policy.
Documentation
Documentation for Hibernate ORM 5.6 can be accessed through the links below:
You can find more documentation for all series on the documentation page.
How to get it
Hibernate ORM 5.6 is in limited maintenance mode: we recommend that you upgrade to a newer series if possible or look for paid support. See also the Maintenance policy. |
More information about specific releases (announcements, download links) can be found here.
Getting started
Hibernate ORM 5.6 is in limited maintenance mode: we recommend that you upgrade to a newer series if possible or look for paid support. See also the Maintenance policy. |
If you want to start using Hibernate ORM 5.6, please refer to the getting started guide:
Migrating
If you need to upgrade from a previous series, please refer to the migration guide:
What's new
Latest release announcement (2023-02-06): 5.6.15.Final.
A detailed list of new features, improvements and fixes in this series can be found on our issue tracker.
Removal of Javassist
When it comes to bytecode enhancement of entities, we used to support using either Byte Buddy or Javassist.
The Byte Buddy option has been for long the preferred choice, while Javassist was deprecated and is now removed.s
Development versions (SNAPSHOTS)
The latest development versions of Maven artifacts for Hibernate ORM are published to the JBoss Nexus repository.
You should only need those (unstable) versions for testing recently merged patches, and should never use them in production.
To consume these artifacts, you may need to configure your build tool to fetch artifacts
from
and to enable snapshots:
Releases in this series
Hibernate ORM 5.6 is in limited maintenance mode: we recommend that you upgrade to a newer series if possible or look for paid support. See also the Maintenance policy. |
5.6.15.Final
2023-02-06
important bug fixes, type pollution cache mitigations
5.6.14.Final
2022-11-04
important bug fixes, type pollution cache mitigations
5.6.13.Final
2022-11-03
important bug fixes, type pollution cache mitigations
5.6.12.Final
2022-09-27
small improvements, bug fixes
5.6.11.Final
2022-08-30
small improvements, bug fixes
5.6.10.Final
2022-07-07
small improvements, bug fixes
5.6.9.Final
2022-05-15
Paving the road for Hibernate ORM 6
5.6.8.Final
2022-04-13
Paving the road for Hibernate ORM 6
5.6.7.Final
2022-03-16
Paving the road for Hibernate ORM 6
5.6.6.Final
2022-03-16
Paving the road for Hibernate ORM 6
5.6.5.Final
2022-01-26
Paving the road for Hibernate ORM 6
Maven artifacts Download Resolved issues Release announcement
5.6.4.Final
2022-01-19
Paving the road for Hibernate ORM 6
Maven artifacts Download Resolved issues Release announcement
5.6.3.Final
2021-12-16
Paving the road for Hibernate ORM 6
Maven artifacts Download Resolved issues Release announcement
5.6.2.Final
2021-12-08
Paving the road for Hibernate ORM 6
Maven artifacts Download Resolved issues Release announcement
5.6.1.Final
2021-10-27
Bugfixes
5.6.0.Final
2021-10-13
Paving the road for Hibernate ORM 6
Maven artifacts Download Resolved issues Release announcement
5.6.0.CR1
2021-09-28
Getting ready
Maven artifacts Download Resolved issues Release announcement
5.6.0.Beta2
2021-09-21
5.6.0.Beta1
2021-08-27
Dropped Javassist support, performance improvements
Maven artifacts Download Resolved issues Release announcement