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 and to the JBoss Maven repository. Refer to the Maven Getting Started guide on the JBoss Wiki for more information on how to configure the JBoss Maven repository.

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.

Zip archive

Direct download is available from SourceForge:

Download Zip archive

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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