We just released the final version of Hibernate ORM 5.4.0.

It is designed to be a drop in replacement for ORM 5.3.x.

Apart from some changes to entity graphs to make them more user friendly, it’s all about bugfixes and polishing.

What’s new

Bugfixes and documentation improvements

We fixed a couple of bugs and regressions and improved the documentation.

You can find the full list of changes in this version here (or, for people without a Hibernate Jira account, here).

So what’s new compared to 5.3.x?

Please refer to the previous blog posts about the candidate releases:

The full list of changes made during the 5.4 release cycle can be found here.

Getting 5.4.0.Final

All details are available and up to date on the dedicated page on hibernate.org.

What’s next?

We will release regular maintenance releases thereafter but the main focus of development is now Hibernate ORM 6.

Feedback, issues, ideas?

To get in touch, use the usual channels:


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