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

We just published Hibernate Validator 9.1.0.CR1, the next release of the new 9.1 series of Hibernate Validator.

Compared to the previous release in this series, 9.1.0.CR1 is mostly identical. The only included changes are minor tweaks to the documentation theme and to logging levels of recently introduced messages.

As this release includes significant changes to the processed bean tracking, path implementation and related areas, we encourage users to give it a try and report any findings, especially if there are non-trivial validation scenarios.

What’s new

Other improvements and bug fixes

  • HV-2148: Update Hibernate asciidoc theme to 6.1.1.Final

  • HV-2149: Lower the log level for some resource bundle messages

  • HV-2151: Fix for caching traversable resolvers

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

How to get this release

Hibernate Validator 9 targets the Jakarta EE 11.

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 9.1 is a drop-in replacement for 9.0. Information about deprecated configuration and API is included in the migration guide.

Feedback, issues, ideas?

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