7.4
2026
PlatformJakarta EE 11
- ImprovedThe current release line, used by Spring Data JPA 4.1 and Spring Boot 4.1
Version history
Hibernate ORM versions
Hibernate ORM implements Jakarta Persistence and adds features beyond the standard: filters, soft delete, multi-tenancy, a type-safe query generator and fine-grained performance tuning. Spring Boot uses it by default for JPA.
Latest7.42026
NeedsJava 17+Jakarta EE 11
Releases listed20since 2002
Release rhythmSeveral minor releases a year
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Pick the version you’re on and the one you want. You’ll see everything that changes in between, oldest first, with breaking changes marked.
6 releases to go through, with 4 new features and 1 breaking or removed items. Java baseline: Java 11 → 17. Platform: Jakarta EE 10 → Jakarta EE 11.
Hibernate 6.6 Aug 2024
- New A Jakarta Data 1.0 implementation
- New @ConcreteProxy for polymorphic lazy associations
- New Embeddable inheritance
Hibernate 7.0 May 2025
- Breaking Jakarta Persistence 3.2 and a Java 17 baseline
- Improved Relicensed under the Apache License 2.0
- New Type-safe Restriction and Range APIs for building queries in code
- Improved Jakarta Validation 3.1 through Hibernate Validator 9
Hibernate 7.1 2025
- Improved Shipped with Spring Boot 4.0.0
Hibernate 7.2 Dec 2025
- Improved Adopted by Spring Boot 4.0.1 when 7.1 moved to limited support
Hibernate 7.3 2026
- Improved Release line from early 2026
Hibernate 7.4 2026
- Improved The current release line, used by Spring Data JPA 4.1 and Spring Boot 4.1
Only the newest minor lines get regular fixes; older lines move to limited support quickly.
7.3
2026
PlatformJakarta EE 11
- ImprovedRelease line from early 2026
7.2
Dec 2025
PlatformJakarta EE 11
- ImprovedAdopted by Spring Boot 4.0.1 when 7.1 moved to limited support
7.1
2025
PlatformJakarta EE 11
- ImprovedShipped with Spring Boot 4.0.0
7.0
May 2025
PlatformJakarta EE 11
- BreakingJakarta Persistence 3.2 and a Java 17 baseline
- ImprovedRelicensed under the Apache License 2.0
- NewType-safe Restriction and Range APIs for building queries in code
- ImprovedJakarta Validation 3.1 through Hibernate Validator 9
6.6
Aug 2024
PlatformJakarta EE 10
- NewA Jakarta Data 1.0 implementation
- New@ConcreteProxy for polymorphic lazy associations
- NewEmbeddable inheritance
6.5
Apr 2024
PlatformJakarta EE 10
- NewKey-based (keyset) pagination
6.4
Nov 2023
PlatformJakarta EE 10
- New@SoftDelete for soft-deleting rows
- NewArray functions in HQL
6.3
2023
PlatformJakarta EE 10
- NewThe metamodel generator can create type-safe query and finder methods (@HQL, @Find)
6.2
2023
PlatformJakarta EE 10
- BreakingJakarta Persistence 3.1
- NewJava records as embeddables
6.0
Mar 2022
PlatformJakarta EE 9
- BreakingJakarta Persistence 3.0 (jakarta.* packages) and a Java 11 baseline
- NewNew semantic query model (SQM) behind HQL and Criteria
- NewReads JDBC results by position for speed
- NewJSON mapping with @JdbcTypeCode(SqlTypes.JSON)
5.6
2021
PlatformJava EE 8
- ImprovedThe final 5.x line, also published as hibernate-core-jakarta for Jakarta EE 9
5.3
2018
PlatformJava EE 8
- NewJPA 2.2 support
5.2
Jun 2016
PlatformJava EE 7
- BreakingJava 8 baseline, with java.time and Optional support in the core
- Improvedhibernate-entitymanager merged into hibernate-core
- NewStream query results
5.0
Aug 2015
PlatformJava EE 7
- NewNew bootstrap API
- ImprovedImproved bytecode enhancement
4.3
Dec 2013
PlatformJava EE 7
- NewJPA 2.1 support
4.0
Dec 2011
PlatformJava EE 6
- NewMulti-tenancy support
- NewService registry bootstrapping
3.5
Mar 2010
PlatformJava EE 6
- NewJPA 2.0 support
- ImprovedAnnotations and EntityManager merged into the core distribution
3.0
Mar 2005
- NewFilters and a reworked HQL engine
1.0
2002
- NewFirst release: an open-source alternative to EJB 2 entity beans