Hibernate Validator

5.1 series end-of-life

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 recommend that you upgrade to a newer series if possible or look for commercial, end-of-life support.

Compatibility

Java 6 or 7
Bean Validation 1.1
Java EE 7

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

See also the compatibility policy and maintenance policy.

Documentation

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

Introduction
Getting Started HTML  PDF 
Migration
What's New HTML  Migration Guide HTML 
Reference
Reference Guide HTML  PDF 
API
Javadoc HTML 

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

How to get it

Current series status: end-of-life

Maven artifacts of Hibernate Validator are published to Maven Central. Most build tools fetch artifacts from Maven Central by default, but if that's not the case for you, see this page to configure your build tool.

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 the Maven repository:

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.

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 that you upgrade to a newer series if possible or look for commercial, end-of-life support.

5.1.3.Final

2014-10-22

ASL v2

5.1 maintenance release

How to get it

Maven artifacts Download Resolved issues Release announcement

5.1.2.Final

2014-07-25

ASL v2

5.1 maintenance release

Maven artifacts Download Resolved issues

5.1.1.Final

2014-05-06

ASL v2

5.1 maintenance release addressing CDI integration issues

Maven artifacts Download Resolved issues

5.1.0.Final

2014-03-03

ASL v2

Final 5.1 release!

Maven artifacts Download Resolved issues

5.1.0.CR1

2014-02-17

ASL v2

Mod*Check overhaul and CDI integration bugfix

Maven artifacts Download Resolved issues Release announcement

5.1.0.Beta1

2014-01-15

ASL v2

ValidatedValueUnwrapper SPI and memory leak fixes

Maven artifacts Download Resolved issues Release announcement

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