Hibernate Validator 6.2 is in the release candidate stage now, probably GA in time for our 5.3.3 release.

Comment From: mkurz

@jhoeller Why not Hibernate Validator 7.0? See https://hibernate.org/validator/releases/7.0/#whats-new

Comment From: jhoeller

Hibernate Validator 7.0 is jakarta.validation based, 6.2 is the last javax.validation based line there. That aside, this is just about the version that we use for testing in our build. Generally speaking, we're still compatible with any javax.validation based provider.