Maven Releases History
The Apache Maven team maintains the last version of the last two series of GA releases. If last release is 3.9.2, the Apache Maven team project will maintain core versions:
- 3.9.2
- 3.8.8
Currently, plugins provides Maven API compatibility down to 3.2.5.
Date format is: YYYY-MM-DD
Maven 4.0+
| Release Date | Version | Required Java Version | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-28 | 4.0.0-alpha-7 | Java 8 | announce, release notes, reference documentation |
| 2023-03-20 | 4.0.0-alpha-5 | announce, release notes, reference documentation | |
| 2023-01-31 | 4.0.0-alpha-4 | announce, release notes, reference documentation | |
| 2022-12-15 | 4.0.0-alpha-3 | announce, release notes, reference documentation | |
| 2022-10-24 | 4.0.0-alpha-2 | announce, release notes, reference documentation |
Maven 3.8.x+
| Release Date | Version | Required Java Version | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-04 | 3.9.5 | Java 8 | announce, release notes, reference documentation |
| 2023-08-03 | 3.9.4 | announce, release notes, reference documentation | |
| 2023-06-26 | 3.9.3 | announce, release notes, reference documentation | |
| 2023-05-11 | 3.9.2 | announce, release notes, reference documentation | |
| 2023-03-14 | 3.9.1 | announce, release notes, reference documentation | |
| 2023-01-31 | 3.9.0 | announce, release notes, reference documentation | |
| 2023-03-08 | 3.8.8 | Java 7 | announce, release notes, reference documentation |
| 2022-12-24 | 3.8.7 | announce, release notes, reference documentation | |
| 2022-06-06 | 3.8.6 | announce, release notes, reference documentation | |
| 2022-03-05 | 3.8.5 | announce, release notes, reference documentation | |
| 2021-11-14 | 3.8.4 | announce, release notes, reference documentation | |
| 2021-09-27 | 3.8.3 | announce, release notes, reference documentation | |
| 2021-08-04 | 3.8.2 | announce, release notes, reference documentation | |
| 2021-04-04 | 3.8.1 | announce, release notes, reference documentation |
Maven 3.6.x and before
Maven before 3.6.3 has now reached its end of life. New plugin releases will require Maven 3.2.5 or later. The following information is made available for reference.
Maven 2
Maven 2.x has now reached its end of life. The following Maven 2.x specific documentation is archived for reference.
| 2014-02-18 | End of Life | EoL notes, announce | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-11-08 | 2.2.1 | Java 5 | announce, release notes, reference documentation |
| 2009-06-30 | 2.2.0 | announce, release notes | |
| 2009-03-22 | 2.1.0 | Java 1.4 | announce, release notes |
| 2008-09-19 | 2.1.0-M1 | announce | |
| 2010-02-26 | 2.0.11 | announce, release notes, reference documentation | |
| 2009-02-18 | 2.0.10 | announce, release notes | |
| 2008-04-10 | 2.0.9 | announce, release notes | |
| 2007-11-27 | 2.0.8 | announce, release notes | |
| 2007-06-21 | 2.0.7 | announce, release notes | |
| 2007-04-01 | 2.0.6 | announce, release notes | |
| 2007-02-16 | 2.0.5 | announce, release notes | |
| 2006-04-11 | 2.0.4 | announce, release notes | |
| 2006-03-28 | 2.0.3 | announce, release notes | |
| 2006-01-17 | 2.0.2 | announce, release notes | |
| 2005-12-13 | 2.0.1 | announce, release notes | |
| 2005-10-20 | 2.0 | announce, release notes |
Maven 1
Maven 1.x has now reached its end of life. Maven 1.x documentation is archived for reference.
| 2014-02-18 | End of Life | EoL announce |
|---|---|---|
| 2007-06-25 | 1.1 | announce |
| 2007-05-12 | 1.1-RC-1 | announce |
| 2006-08-01 | 1.1-beta-3 | announce |
| 2005-09-12 | 1.1-beta-2 | announce |
| 2004-12-07 | 1.0.2 | announce |
| 2004-11-11 | 1.0.1 | announce |
| 2004-07-13 | 1.0 | announce |
| 2004-03-24 | 1.0-RC2 | announce |
| 2003-09-29 | 1.0-RC1 | announce |
| 2003-07-14 | 1.0-beta-10 | announce |
| 2002-04-11 | 1.0-beta-3 | announce |
| 2002-03-30 | 1.0-beta-2 | announce |