Compatibility result
Apache Tomcat 8.5+OpenJDK 18
Why?
Why is Apache Tomcat 8.5 compatible with OpenJDK 18?
- Requirement
- OpenJDK >=7.0.0
- Selected version
- OpenJDK 18
- Evaluation
- 18.0.2 satisfies >=7.0.0
- Conclusion
- COMPATIBLE
Evidence
CompatHub reports compatibility from upstream sources rather than making unsupported claims of its own.
Apache Tomcat whichversion
Confidence: HIGHhttps://tomcat.apache.org/whichversion.html
Retrieved 1 September 2026
Requirement: >=7.0.0
OpenJDK versions
Compatibility is derived from the project's declared OpenJDK requirement (>=7.0.0); it does not mean every version combination has been independently tested.
Other OpenJDK versions satisfying this requirement
Apache Tomcat 8.5 — 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
- ✓OpenJDK 20version lineEOL
- ✓OpenJDK 21version linesupported
- ✓OpenJDK 22version lineEOL
- ✓OpenJDK 23version lineEOL
- ✓OpenJDK 24version lineEOL
- ✓OpenJDK 25version linesupported
- ✓OpenJDK 26version linesupported
Other Apache Tomcat versions
Only lines with relevant compatibility evidence are listed.
Lifecycle context
Lifecycle status is separate from compatibility. An EOL component can still satisfy a documented version requirement.
Compatible, but past end of life
These versions satisfy the documented compatibility requirement, but one or more components are past end of life. Apache Tomcat 8.5 lifecycle · OpenJDK 18 lifecycle
- Status
- END OF LIFE
- EOL
- 31 March 2024
- Status
- END OF LIFE
- EOL
- 20 September 2022
Security context
Compatibility, lifecycle, and security are separate dimensions.
- OpenJDK 18: 4 tracked advisories for this line. View details →
CompatHub does not invent vulnerability data.
Supported alternatives
OpenJDK lines that satisfy this requirement and are still supported.
- OpenJDK 8supported
- OpenJDK 11supported
- OpenJDK 17supported
- OpenJDK 21supported
- OpenJDK 25supported
- OpenJDK 26supported
