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Spring Framework versions

Spring Framework is the foundation everything else in Spring builds on: the IoC container, AOP, transactions, JDBC support, Spring MVC and WebFlux. A new generation arrives every few years, and minor releases usually ship in November.

Latest7.013 Nov 2025
NeedsJava 17+Jakarta EE 11
Releases listed19since 24 Mar 2004
Release rhythmA minor release most Novembers

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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.

2 releases to go through, with 8 new features and 1 breaking or removed items. Platform: Jakarta EE 9–10 → Jakarta EE 11.

Spring 6.2 14 Nov 2024

  • New @MockitoBean and @MockitoSpyBean test annotations (replacing Spring Boot’s @MockBean)
  • New @TestBean for overriding beans in tests
  • New MockMvcTester for AssertJ-style web tests
  • New Background bean initialization and @Fallback beans
  • Improved The final 6.x line

Spring 7.0 13 Nov 2025

  • New API versioning for Spring MVC and WebFlux endpoints
  • New Built-in resilience: @Retryable, @ConcurrencyLimit and @EnableResilientMethods, moved in from spring-retry
  • New JSpecify null-safety annotations across the framework
  • New HTTP interface client groups and a registry for many @HttpExchange clients
  • Improved Jackson 3 support
  • Improved Uses the Java 24+ Class-File API for reading bytecode when available
  • Breaking Jakarta EE 11 baseline (Servlet 6.1, Jakarta Persistence 3.2) and Kotlin 2.2

Each minor line gets open source updates for a limited time, with longer commercial support available.

7.1
Expected Nov 2026
Planned

Expected in November 2026, following Spring’s yearly cadence.

7.0
13 Nov 2025
LatestJava 17+
PlatformJakarta EE 11
  • NewAPI versioning for Spring MVC and WebFlux endpoints
  • NewBuilt-in resilience: @Retryable, @ConcurrencyLimit and @EnableResilientMethods, moved in from spring-retry
  • NewJSpecify null-safety annotations across the framework
  • NewHTTP interface client groups and a registry for many @HttpExchange clients
  • ImprovedJackson 3 support
  • ImprovedUses the Java 24+ Class-File API for reading bytecode when available
  • BreakingJakarta EE 11 baseline (Servlet 6.1, Jakarta Persistence 3.2) and Kotlin 2.2
6.2
14 Nov 2024
Java 17+
PlatformJakarta EE 9–10
  • New@MockitoBean and @MockitoSpyBean test annotations (replacing Spring Boot’s @MockBean)
  • New@TestBean for overriding beans in tests
  • NewMockMvcTester for AssertJ-style web tests
  • NewBackground bean initialization and @Fallback beans
  • ImprovedThe final 6.x line
6.1
16 Nov 2023
Java 17+
PlatformJakarta EE 9–10
  • NewRestClient: a modern synchronous HTTP client
  • NewJdbcClient: a fluent JDBC API
  • NewVirtual thread support for task executors and schedulers
  • NewCRaC checkpoint and restore support
  • ImprovedJava 21 support
6.0
16 Nov 2022
Java 17+
PlatformJakarta EE 9–10
  • BreakingJava 17 baseline and the jakarta.* namespace
  • NewAhead-of-time processing and GraalVM native image support
  • NewHTTP interface clients with @HttpExchange
  • NewRFC 7807 ProblemDetail error responses
  • NewMicrometer Observation for metrics and tracing
  • RemovedRemoved old remoting technologies such as HTTP Invoker
5.3
27 Oct 2020
Java 8+
PlatformJava EE 7–8
  • ImprovedThe long-maintained final 5.x line, running on Java 8 through Java 21
  • ImprovedSupport for newer Java releases and R2DBC refinements
5.2
30 Sep 2019
Java 8+
PlatformJava EE 7–8
  • New@Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false) for faster startup
  • NewRSocket messaging support
  • NewKotlin coroutines support
  • NewReactive transaction management (R2DBC)
5.1
21 Sep 2018
Java 8+
PlatformJava EE 7–8
  • ImprovedJava 11 support
  • Newspring-jcl logging bridge
5.0
28 Sep 2017
Java 8+
PlatformJava EE 7
  • BreakingJava 8 baseline
  • NewSpring WebFlux: a reactive web framework on Project Reactor
  • NewKotlin support
  • NewFunctional bean registration and router functions
  • NewJUnit 5 support in the TestContext framework
4.3
10 Jun 2016
Java 6+
  • NewComposed annotations such as @GetMapping and @PostMapping
  • NewImplicit constructor injection for single-constructor beans
  • ImprovedThe final 4.x line
4.2
31 Jul 2015
Java 6+
  • New@EventListener for annotation-driven events
  • NewCORS support with @CrossOrigin
  • New@AliasFor for annotation attribute aliases
  • NewHTTP streaming and server-sent events in MVC
4.1
4 Sep 2014
Java 6+
  • New@JmsListener for annotation-driven JMS
  • NewJCache (JSR-107) annotations
4.0
12 Dec 2013
Java 6+
  • NewJava 8 support, including lambdas
  • New@Conditional beans, the basis of Spring Boot auto-configuration
  • NewWebSocket and STOMP messaging
  • New@RestController
  • NewGenerics as autowiring qualifiers
3.2
13 Dec 2012
Java 5+
  • NewAsynchronous request processing in Spring MVC
  • NewSpring MVC Test framework
  • ImprovedJava 7 support
3.1
13 Dec 2011
Java 5+
  • NewEnvironment profiles with @Profile
  • NewCache abstraction with @Cacheable
  • New@Enable… annotations for Java configuration
  • NewCode-based Servlet 3 configuration
3.0
16 Dec 2009
Java 5+
  • NewJava-based configuration with @Configuration and @Bean
  • NewSpring Expression Language (SpEL)
  • NewREST support in Spring MVC with @PathVariable
  • New@Async and @Scheduled
  • BreakingJava 5 baseline
2.5
19 Nov 2007
  • NewAnnotation-driven configuration: @Autowired and component scanning
  • NewAnnotated MVC controllers with @Controller and @RequestMapping
  • NewThe TestContext framework
2.0
3 Oct 2006
  • NewXML namespaces for shorter configuration
  • New@AspectJ-style aspects
  • NewRequest and session bean scopes
  • NewJPA support
1.2
May 2005
  • New@Transactional (Java 5 annotations)
  • NewJMX support
1.0
24 Mar 2004
  • NewThe IoC container and dependency injection
  • NewAOP framework
  • NewJDBC abstraction and declarative transactions
  • NewSpring MVC

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