Hibernate Validator is the reference implementation for the Bean Validation specification. For more information, see Hibernate Validator on hibernate.org.

Hibernate Validator 8.0.2.Final maintenance release is out.

This release contains some documentation and constraint violation message translation updates as well as a few bug fixes.

What’s new

For a summary of all new features and improvements since 7.0, head to the dedicated page on hibernate.org.

Other improvements and bug fixes

  • HV-2002: Fix a problem with the @TituloEleitoral constraint, where some Brazilian Voter ID card numbers were incorrectly reported as invalid.

  • HV-2067: Fix a problem with the @UUID constraint, where UUIDs could have been incorrectly validated for explicitly specified versions.

And more. Please see the release notes for a complete list of changes since the previous releases.

How to get this release

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

Getting started, migrating

For new applications, please refer to the getting started guide:

For existing applications, Hibernate Validator 8.0 is a drop-in replacement for 7.0, assuming you also upgrade the other Jakarta EE 10 related dependencies. Information about API changes is included in the migration guide.

Feedback, issues, ideas?

To get in touch, use the usual channels:


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