Spring Boot 4.1.0-M1 available now

Releases | Andy Wilkinson | January 22, 2026 | ...

On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I'm happy to announce that Spring Boot 4.1.0-M1 has been released and is now available from Maven Central.

This release includes 111 enhancements, documentation improvements, dependency upgrades, and bug fixes. Notable new features include:

  • Improve support for observation and metric conventions
  • Configuration properties for configuring Jackon's read and write features
  • New @AutoConfigureWebServer annotation for sliced tests that require a web server
  • Reinstated support for Spock as it now supports Groovy 5
  • Support for jOOQ 3.20 (requires Java 21 or later)

Spring Integration 7.1.0-M1 Available

Releases | Artem Bilan | January 21, 2026 | ...

On behalf of the team and everyone who contributed, I am pleased to announce the start of the new Spring Integration 7.1 minor version. The first milestone has made it to Maven Central.

In addition, the 7.0.2 and 6.5.6 versions with bug fixes and dependency upgrades have been released.

Some notable changes in 7.1.0-M1:

  • The new spring-integration-cloudevents module has been added to support CloudEvents transformations;
  • The new spring-integration-grpc module has been added to communicate with gRPC protocol;
  • Previously deprecated API has been removed;
  • Resolved deprecations from Spring AMQP in spring-integration-amqp module.

Spring AMQP 4.1.0 Milestone 1 Available

Releases | Artem Bilan | January 20, 2026 | ...

Hi Spring fans!

It is my pleasure today to share with you the start for Spring AMQP minor version and its 4.1.0-M1 is available with some new fature to try.

The new spring-amqp-client module has been added to provide Spring-friendly components for AMQP 1.0 protocol intraction. It is based on the ProtonJ 2 Client library and exposes an API based on well-known spring-amqp core module foundation. It does not have any RabbitMQ-related dependencies, but can work well with RabbitMQ broker with some destination address adjustments. The infrastructure of spring-amqp-client is represented by the AmqpConnectionFactory abstraction with a SingleAmqpConnectionFactory as implementation to share the same ProtonJ connection between consumers and producers. The low-level API…

Spring for Apache Pulsar 1.2.14 and 2.0.2 are now available

Releases | Chris Bono | January 20, 2026 | ...

On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I’m happy to announce that Spring for Apache Pulsar 1.2.14 and 2.0.2 have been released and are now available from Maven Central.

The 1.2.14 release will be included in the upcoming Spring Boot 3.5.10 releases. The 2.0.2 release will be included in the upcoming Spring Boot 4.0.2 release.

Please see the release notes (1.2.14 and 2.0.2) for more details.

Spring Data 2025.1.2 & 2025.0.8 released

Releases | Christoph Strobl | January 16, 2026 | ...

On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I’m pleased to announce the availability of the 2025.1.2 and 2025.0.8 service releases. These releases ship with dependency upgrades, minor AOT and performance refinements as well as bug fixes.

The upcoming Spring Boot releases will pick up the above releases by next week.

2025.1.2

Spring Framework 7.0.3 Available Now

Releases | Brian Clozel | January 15, 2026 | ...

On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I am pleased to announce that Spring Framework 7.0.3 is available now.

Spring Framework 7.0.3 ships with 65 fixes and documentation improvements. This version will be shipped next week with Spring Boot 4.0.2.

This release brings a noteworthy change - Spring Framework will now lazily pause an unused test ApplicationContext the 1st time a different context is used. You can override this behavior by setting the spring.test.context.cache.pause property to ALWAYS, or disable pausing altogether by setting that to NEVER. Check out the release notes and reference documentation to learn…

Spring Shell 4.0.0 GA released!

Releases | Mahmoud Ben Hassine | December 30, 2025 | ...

On behalf of the team and all contributors, I am pleased to announce that Spring Shell 4.0.0 GA is now available from Maven Central!

What's new?

This major release marks a significant milestone in the evolution of Spring Shell and comes with several new features, improvements, and bug fixes. Some of the highlights include:

  • Alignment with Spring projects: Compatibility with the latest versions of Spring Framework and Spring Boot, ensuring seamless integration and improved performance.
  • Enhanced Command Model: A revamped command model that simplifies the creation and management of commands, making it easier for developers to build interactive CLI applications.
  • Improved APIs Null Safety: Use of jSpecify null-safety features to reduce the likelihood of NullPointerExceptions.
  • Improved Modularity: A more modular architecture that allows for better customization and extension of the shell's capabilities.
  • Updated Documentation

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