Spring Boot 2.6+OpenJDK 8

Why?

Why is Spring Boot 2.6 compatible with OpenJDK 8?

Requirement

OpenJDK >=8.0.0,<20.0.0

Selected version

OpenJDK 8

Evaluation

8u504 satisfies >=8.0.0,<20.0.0

Conclusion

COMPATIBLE

Evidence

CompatHub reports compatibility from upstream sources rather than making unsupported claims of its own.

• Spring Boot Java system requirements

  Confidence: HIGH

  https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.6.15/reference/html/getting-started.html

  Retrieved 1 September 2026

  Requirement: >=8.0.0,<20.0.0

OpenJDK versions

Compatibility is derived from the project's declared OpenJDK requirement (>=8.0.0,<20.0.0); it does not mean every version combination has been independently tested.

• 8✓
• 9✓
• 10✓
• 11✓
• 12✓
• 13✓
• 14✓
• 15✓
• 16✓
• 17✓
• 18✓
• 19✓
• 20❌

Other OpenJDK versions satisfying this requirement

Spring Boot 2.6 — compatible OpenJDK lines tracked in CompatHub

• ✓OpenJDK 8version linesupported
• ✓OpenJDK 9version lineEOL
• ✓OpenJDK 10version lineEOL
• ✓OpenJDK 11version linesupported
• ✓OpenJDK 12version lineEOL
• ✓OpenJDK 13version lineEOL
• ✓OpenJDK 14version lineEOL
• ✓OpenJDK 15version lineEOL
• ✓OpenJDK 16version lineEOL
• ✓OpenJDK 17version linesupported
• ✓OpenJDK 18version lineEOL
• ✓OpenJDK 19version lineEOL

Other Spring Boot versions

Only lines with relevant compatibility evidence are listed.

• Spring Boot 4.1
• Spring Boot 4.0
• Spring Boot 3.5
• Spring Boot 3.4
• Spring Boot 3.3
• Spring Boot 3.2
• Spring Boot 3.1
• Spring Boot 3.0
• Spring Boot 2.7
• Spring Boot 2.6
• Spring Boot 2.5
• Spring Boot 2.4

Lifecycle context

Lifecycle status is separate from compatibility. An EOL component can still satisfy a documented version requirement.

Supported alternatives

OpenJDK lines that satisfy this requirement and are still supported.

• OpenJDK 8supported
• OpenJDK 11supported
• OpenJDK 17supported