Hibernate Validator

5.1 series end-of-life

Performances and memory footprint improvements

Hibernate Validator 5.1 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 6 or 7
Bean Validation 1.1

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

See also the Compatibility policy.

Documentation

Documentation for Hibernate Validator 5.1 can be accessed through the links below:

HTML PDF API (JavaDoc)

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

How to get it

Hibernate Validator 5.1 has reached its end-of-life: we recommend you use a newer series if possible.

Maven, Gradle...

Maven artifacts of Hibernate Validator are published to Maven Central.

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

Maven artifacts

Below are the Maven coordinates of the main artifacts.

org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:5.1.3.Final
Core implementation
org.hibernate:hibernate-validator-cdi:5.1.3.Final
CDI integration
org.hibernate:hibernate-validator-annotation-processor:5.1.3.Final
Annotation processor

All Maven artifacts of this project released after 2022-02-08 are signed.

To verify signed Maven artifacts, head to this page.

Direct download

A ZIP archive containing all JAR files, documentation and source is available from SourceForge:

Download ZIP archive

Individual Maven artifacts may be downloaded directly from Maven Central:

Maven Central subdirectory

See here for how to download all dependencies of your Maven project to a local directory on your filesystem.

See here for how to download an explicitly listed set of artifacts to a local directory on your filesystem.

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

Getting started

Hibernate Validator 5.1 has reached its end-of-life: we recommend you use a newer series if possible.

If you want to start using Hibernate Validator 5.1, please refer to the getting started guide:

HTML PDF

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 (2014-10-22): 5.1.3.Final.

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

Releases in this series

Hibernate Validator 5.1 has reached its end-of-life: we recommend you use a newer series if possible.

5.1.3.Final

2014-10-22

5.1 maintenance release

How to get it Getting started

Maven artifacts Download Resolved issues Release announcement

5.1.2.Final

2014-07-25

5.1 maintenance release

Maven artifacts Download Resolved issues

5.1.1.Final

2014-05-06

5.1 maintenance release addressing CDI integration issues

Maven artifacts Download Resolved issues

5.1.0.Final

2014-03-03

Final 5.1 release!

Maven artifacts Download Resolved issues

5.1.0.CR1

2014-02-17

Mod*Check overhaul and CDI integration bugfix

Maven artifacts Download Resolved issues Release announcement

5.1.0.Beta1

2014-01-15

ValidatedValueUnwrapper SPI and memory leak fixes

Maven artifacts Download Resolved issues Release announcement

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