Compatibility
Java | 11, 17 or 21 |
Jakarta Bean Validation | 3.0 |
Jakarta EE | 10 |
Not compatible with your requirements? Have a look at the other series.
See also the Compatibility policy.
Documentation
Documentation for Hibernate Validator 8.0 can be accessed through the links below:
You can find more documentation for all series on the documentation page.
How to get it
More information about specific releases (announcements, download links) can be found here.
Getting started
If you want to start using Hibernate Validator 8.0, please refer to the getting started guide:
Migrating
If you need to upgrade from a previous series, please refer to the migration guide:
What's new
A detailed list of new features, improvements and fixes in this series can be found on our issue tracker.
Jakarta EE 10
Hibernate Validator 8.0 is the reference implementation for Jakarta Bean Validation 3.0 in Jakarta EE 10.
Upgrade to Hibernate Validator 8 is only recommended if you are moving to Jakarta EE 10.
Development versions (SNAPSHOTS)
The latest development versions of Maven artifacts for Hibernate Validator are published to the OSSRH snapshots repository.
You should only need those (unstable) versions for testing recently merged patches, and should never use them in production.
To consume these artifacts, you may need to configure your build tool to fetch artifacts
from
and to enable snapshots:
Releases in this series
8.0.1.Final
2023-06-22
8.0.0.Final
2022-09-09
Promotion to Final version
8.0.0.CR3
2022-08-09
Expressly update
8.0.0.CR2
2022-08-04
Build and TCK enhancements
Maven artifacts Download Resolved issues Release announcement
8.0.0.CR1
2022-06-28
Dependency upgrades, adjustment in GetterPropertySelectionStrategy SPI
8.0.0.Alpha3
2022-04-01
OSGI fixes
8.0.0.Alpha2
2022-03-10
Java 11 as base version, fix annotation processor, documentation fixes
8.0.0.Alpha1
2022-02-28
Jakarta EE 10, @UUID constraint
Maven artifacts Download Resolved issues Release announcement