Jakarta Validation 3.1 was released earlier in 2024.
What’s new in Bean Validation 3.1?
The 3.1 update of the specification, compared to 3.0, brings the following changes:
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The minimum required Java version is set to 17.
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The rename of the specification from Jakarta Bean Validation to Jakarta Validation.
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The clarification on the record validation.
Jakarta Validation 3.1 will be a part of the Jakarta EE 11 platform, to be released later.
Give it a try
Don’t wait and try out the new release yourself! Just get the Hibernate Validator implementation, read the Getting started section of its reference guide. You also can read the complete specification as well as the API docs.