Spring Boot 4.0 lifecycle

Current status

standard supportlow

Spring Boot 4.0 is currently in standard support.

Official lifecycle source: Spring Boot GitHub Releases

Support phase: standard support
End of life: Not officially published
Latest release: 4.0.8
Released: 21 Aug 2026

At a glance

Version line: 4.0
Initial release: 20 Nov 2025
Lifecycle phase: standard support
Latest stable: 4.0.8
Latest release date: 21 Aug 2026
EOL: Not officially published
Risk: low
Releases tracked: 9

Lifecycle timeline

Phases from published LifecyclePeriod records. Missing phases are not inferred.

Release
20 Nov 2025
standard supportcurrent
20 Nov 2025 → —
Source: Spring Boot GitHub Releases

Spring Boot 4.0 is currently in standard support.

Latest release

4.0.8

Released 21 Aug 2026 · stable

https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/releases/tag/v4.0.8

Previous releases

4.0.7
10 Jun 2026
4.0.6
23 Apr 2026
4.0.5
26 Mar 2026

Release history

9 concrete releases tracked for this line.

Version	Release date	Channel	Source
4.0.8	21 Aug 2026	stable	Source
4.0.7	10 Jun 2026	stable	Source
4.0.6	23 Apr 2026	stable	Source
4.0.5	26 Mar 2026	stable	Source
4.0.4	19 Mar 2026	stable	Source
4.0.3	19 Feb 2026	stable	Source
4.0.2	22 Jan 2026	stable	Source
4.0.1	18 Dec 2025	stable	Source
4.0.0	20 Nov 2025	stable	Source

Release activity

Total releases: 9
Last 30 days: 1
Last 90 days: 2
Avg. interval: ~34 days
Most recent: 21 Aug 2026

Should I use this version?

Suitable for new deployments

Spring Boot 4.0 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 4.0

Supported

Supported upgrade options

Spring Boot 4.1
Supported· 1 minor version newer
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Version comparison

Compact comparison against the nearest relevant release lines.

	4.0	4.1
Status	standard support	standard support
Latest release	4.0.8	4.1.1
EOL	Not published	Not published
Risk	low	low

Compatibility

Evidence-backed compatibility results involving Spring Boot 4.0. Only combinations CompatHub can evaluate from upstream sources are listed.

Compatible targets

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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: 9
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