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9.1

9.1.0.Final 2025-11-07 latest stable

This series targets to improve performance, introduces new constraints, applies new documentation theme, updates dependencies, includes improvements and bug fixes.

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9.0

9.0.1.Final 2025-06-13 limited-support

This series targets Jakarta EE 11. It implements Jakarta Validation 3.1. New constraints: @KorRRN, @BitcoinAddress, removal of the Security Manager integration, BOM for simpler dependency management, dependency updates, improvements and bug fixes.

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8.0

8.0.3.Final 2025-08-06 limited-support

Jakarta EE 10, @UUID constraint

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6.2

6.2.5.Final 2022-09-12 limited-support

Keep javax.* packages, Expression Language overhaul, @SafeHtml removal

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7.0

7.0.5.Final 2022-08-04 end-of-life

Jakarta Bean Validation 3.0, jakarta.* packages

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6.1

6.1.7.Final 2020-12-16 end-of-life

Jakarta Bean Validation, new Quarkus-tailored bootstrap

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6.0

6.0.23.Final 2022-02-09 end-of-life

Bean Validation 2.0 support, performance improvements.

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5.4

5.4.3.Final 2019-02-03 end-of-life

JavaMoney support, annotation processor improvements.

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5.3

5.3.6.Final 2017-10-19 end-of-life

Dynamic constraint payload, parameter relaxation, new api for programmatic constraint definition, new translations.

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5.2

5.2.4.Final 2016-02-17 end-of-life

Java 8 support and more

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5.1

5.1.3.Final 2014-10-22 end-of-life

Performances and memory footprint improvements

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5.0

5.0.3.Final 2014-01-28 end-of-life

Reference implementation for Bean Validation 1.1

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4.3

4.3.2.Final 2014-07-25 end-of-life

Last Bean Validation 1.0 compatible version

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Migration Guide

The migration guides explain everything you need to know when upgrading to a new Hibernate Validator version.

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FAQ

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JBoss-Developer wiki

Old wiki hosted at JBoss.org. Mostly out-of-date content.

Jakarta Validation

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