Spring Boot 2.5 lifecycle
Current status
Spring Boot 2.5 is currently in standard support.
Official lifecycle source: Spring Boot GitHub Releases
- Support phase
- standard support
- End of life
- Not officially published
- Latest release
- 2.5.15
- Released
- 18 May 2023
At a glance
- Version line
- 2.5
- Initial release
- 20 May 2021
- Lifecycle phase
- standard support
- Latest stable
- 2.5.15
- Latest release date
- 18 May 2023
- EOL
- Not officially published
- Risk
- low
- Releases tracked
- 16
Lifecycle timeline
Phases from published LifecyclePeriod records. Missing phases are not inferred.
Release
20 May 2021
standard supportcurrent
20 May 2021 → —
Source: Spring Boot GitHub Releases
Spring Boot 2.5 is currently in standard support.
Latest release
2.5.15
Released 18 May 2023 · stable
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/releases/tag/v2.5.15Previous releases
2.5.14
19 May 2022
2.5.13
21 Apr 2022
2.5.12
31 Mar 2022
Release history
16 concrete releases tracked for this line.
| Version | Release date | Channel | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5.15 | 18 May 2023 | stable | Source |
| 2.5.14 | 19 May 2022 | stable | Source |
| 2.5.13 | 21 Apr 2022 | stable | Source |
| 2.5.12 | 31 Mar 2022 | stable | Source |
| 2.5.11 | 24 Mar 2022 | stable | Source |
| 2.5.10 | 24 Feb 2022 | stable | Source |
| 2.5.9 | 20 Jan 2022 | stable | Source |
| 2.5.8 | 21 Dec 2021 | stable | Source |
| 2.5.7 | 18 Nov 2021 | stable | Source |
| 2.5.6 | 21 Oct 2021 | stable | Source |
| 2.5.5 | 23 Sept 2021 | stable | Source |
| 2.5.4 | 19 Aug 2021 | stable | Source |
| 2.5.3 | 22 Jul 2021 | stable | Source |
| 2.5.2 | 25 Jun 2021 | stable | Source |
| 2.5.1 | 10 Jun 2021 | stable | Source |
| 2.5.0 | 20 May 2021 | stable | Source |
Release activity
- Total releases
- 16
- Last 30 days
- 0
- Last 90 days
- 0
- Avg. interval
- ~49 days
- Most recent
- 18 May 2023
Should I use this version?
Suitable for new deployments
Spring Boot 2.5 is currently supported (standard support).
Upgrade options
Newer supported Spring Boot version lines from CompatHub lifecycle data. Compatibility and security context use existing evidence only.
You are on Spring Boot 2.5
Supported
Supported upgrade options
- Spring Boot 4.1Upgrade planner →Supported· 2 major versions newer
- Spring Boot 4.0Upgrade planner →Supported· 2 major versions newer
- Spring Boot 3.5Upgrade planner →Supported· 1 major version newer
Version comparison
Compact comparison against the nearest relevant release lines.
Compatibility
Evidence-backed compatibility results involving Spring Boot 2.5. Only combinations CompatHub can evaluate from upstream sources are listed.
Compatible targets
Sources
Where this information comes from.
Lifecycle sources
- Spring Boot GitHub Releasesfirst party · high confidence
Official source: https://api.github.com/repos/spring-projects/spring-boot/releases
Last verified 1 Sept 2026
- OSV.devfirst party
Official source: https://osv.dev
Verification time not recorded
- NVD (NIST)first party
Official source: https://nvd.nist.gov
Verification time not recorded
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilitiesfirst party
Official source: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
Verification time not recorded
- Spring Boot support policyfirst party
Official source: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/wiki/Supported-Versions
Verification time not recorded
- Spring Boot Java system requirementsfirst party
Official source: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/
Verification time not recorded
Release sources
- Spring Boot GitHub Releasesfirst party · high confidence
Official source: https://api.github.com/repos/spring-projects/spring-boot/releases
Last verified 1 Sept 2026
- Spring Boot releases APIfirst party
Official source: https://api.spring.io/projects/spring-boot/releases
Verification time not recorded
Data coverage
Last checked = last successful upstream check. Latest source update = when upstream content last changed.
- Releases tracked
- 16
- Lifecycle periods
- 1
- EOL
- Not officially published
- Provenance records
- 2
- Data last checked
- 1 Sept 2026
- Latest source update
- 1 Sept 2026
EOL: Not officially published