You know, Spring Boot is a framework significantly simplifies development of Java applications that are based on The Spring framework. It allows developers to create stand-alone, production-grade Spring-based applications running on an embedded server (Tomcat, Jetty or Undertow). Spring Boot uses the concepts of starter dependencies and automatic configurations to reduce development time and increase productivity for developers.

As of May 2024, the latest version of Spring Boot is 3.2.5 which was released on April 18, 2024. This version of Spring Boot is upgraded with Spring framework 6.1.6, Spring Data JPA 3.1.3, Spring Security 6.2.4, Tomcat 10.1.20, …

The following table lists all versions of Spring Boot till date. Note that only major versions and branches are listed:

Spring Boot Version	Date	Spring framework version
1.0.0.RELEASE	Apr 2014	4.0.3
1.0.x	Apr 2014	4.0.3
1.1.x	Jun-Sept 2014	4.0.5 - 4.0.9
1.2.x	Dec 2014 - Dec 2015	4.1.3 - 4.1.9
1.3.x	Nov 2015 - Sept 2016	4.2.3 - 4.2.8
1.4.x	Jul 2016 - Jun 2017	4.3.2 - 4.3.9
1.5.x	Jan 2017 - Aug 2019	4.3.6 - 4.3.25
2.0.0.RELEASE	Mar 2018	5.0.4
2.0.x	Apr 2018 - Apr 2019	5.0.4 - 5.0.13
2.1.x	Oct 2018 - Oct 2020	5.1.2 - 5.1.19
2.2.x	Nov 2019 - Jan 2021	5.2.0 - 5.2.12
2.3.x	Jun 2020 - Jun 2021	5.2.6 - 5.2.15
2.4.x	Nov 2020 - Nov 2021	5.3.1 - 5.3.13
2.5.x	May 2021 - May 2023	5.3.7 - 5.3.27
2.6.x	Nov 2021 - May 2023	5.3.13 - 5.3.27
2.7.x	May 2022 - Aug 2023	5.3.20 - 5.3.29
3.0.0	Nov 2022	6.0.2
3.0.x		6.0.2 - 6.0.11
3.1.x	May 2023 - Now
3.2.0	Nov 23, 2023	6.1
3.2.5	Apr 18, 2024	6.1.6

 

Note that there’s the word RELEASE after version number for Spring Boot versions 1.0.0 to 2.3.x. From version 2.4.x, the word RELEASE is dropped.

You can also watch this video to see version history of Spring Boot in more visual way:

 

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