Series
development
9.1 2025-10-22
This series targets to improve performance, introduces new constraints, applies new documentation theme, updates dependencies, includes improvements and bug fixes.
latest stable
9.0 2025-06-13
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.
limited-support
limited-support
Older series
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5.3 2017-10-19
Dynamic constraint payload, parameter relaxation, new api for programmatic constraint definition, new translations.
end-of-life
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Compatibility matrix
| Hibernate Validator | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.1 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 6.2 | |
| Java | 17, 21 or 25 | 17, 21, 23 or 24 | 11, 17, 21, 22 or 23 | 8, 11 or 17 |
| Jakarta Bean Validation | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| Jakarta EE | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 |
See also the Compatibility policy and Maintenance policy.
