4.2
Expected Nov 2026
Planned for November 2026.
Version history
Spring Data JPA versions
Spring Data JPA turns repository interfaces into working data access code: CRUD, paging, derived queries from method names, and @Query. It ships in Spring Data release trains, which follow Spring Boot twice a year.
Latest4.19 Jun 2026
NeedsJava 17+Jakarta EE 11
Releases listed15since Jul 2011
Release rhythmRelease trains in May and November, alongside Spring Boot
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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.
5 releases to go through, with 5 new features and 2 breaking or removed items. Platform: Jakarta EE 10 → Jakarta EE 11.
Data JPA 3.3 May 2024
- New PagedModel for stable JSON output of Page results
Data JPA 3.4 Nov 2024
- New Value expressions in queries, combining SpEL and property placeholders
Data JPA 3.5 May 2025
- Improved The final 3.x line, paired with Spring Boot 3.5
Data JPA 4.0 Nov 2025
- New Ahead-of-time repositories: query method code generated at build time
- New Vector search methods
- Breaking Jakarta Persistence 3.2, Hibernate 7 and Spring Framework 7
- Improved Stronger use of JPQL for derived queries
- Removed ListenableFuture support removed
Data JPA 4.1 9 Jun 2026
- New Type-safe property paths: refer to properties with method references instead of strings
- Improved Built on Hibernate 7.4
Status below follows the Spring Data project’s release-train support table.
4.1
9 Jun 2026
PlatformJakarta EE 11
- NewType-safe property paths: refer to properties with method references instead of strings
- ImprovedBuilt on Hibernate 7.4
4.0
Nov 2025
PlatformJakarta EE 11
- NewAhead-of-time repositories: query method code generated at build time
- NewVector search methods
- BreakingJakarta Persistence 3.2, Hibernate 7 and Spring Framework 7
- ImprovedStronger use of JPQL for derived queries
- RemovedListenableFuture support removed
3.5
May 2025
PlatformJakarta EE 10
- ImprovedThe final 3.x line, paired with Spring Boot 3.5
3.4
Nov 2024
PlatformJakarta EE 10
- NewValue expressions in queries, combining SpEL and property placeholders
3.3
May 2024
PlatformJakarta EE 10
- NewPagedModel for stable JSON output of Page results
3.2
Nov 2023
PlatformJakarta EE 10
- NewLimit as a query method parameter
- ImprovedJava 21 support
3.1
May 2023
PlatformJakarta EE 10
- NewScroll API: offset and keyset scrolling with Window results
- NewA JPQL parser for safer query rewriting
3.0
Nov 2022
PlatformJakarta EE 10
- BreakingJakarta Persistence, Hibernate 6 and a Java 17 baseline
- NewListCrudRepository and ListPagingAndSortingRepository return List
- NewAOT and native image support
2.7
May 2022
PlatformJava EE 8
- NewgetReferenceById, replacing getOne and getById
2.5
Apr 2021
PlatformJava EE 8
- NewgetById replaces the confusingly named getOne
2.4
Oct 2020
PlatformJava EE 8
- ImprovedRelease trains switch to calendar names such as 2020.0
2.0
Oct 2017
PlatformJava EE 7
- BreakingCrudRepository methods renamed: findById returns Optional, plus saveAll and deleteById
- BreakingJava 8 and Spring Framework 5 baseline
- NewComposable repository fragments
- NewKotlin support
1.10
Apr 2016
- NewProjections: return interfaces or DTOs from queries
- NewQuery by Example
1.8
Mar 2015
- NewJava 8 Optional and Stream return types
1.0
Jul 2011
- NewJpaRepository with CRUD, paging and sorting
- NewDerived queries from method names such as findByLastname
- New@Query for JPQL and native SQL
- NewSpecifications for dynamic queries