Editing Java (programming language) (section)

=== Versions ===
{{Main|Java version history}}
{{As of|2024|11}}, Java 8, 11, 17, and 21 are supported as [[long-term support]] (LTS) versions, with Java 25, releasing in September 2025, as the next scheduled LTS version.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oracle Java SE Support Roadmap |publisher=Oracle |date=September 13, 2021 |url=https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/java-se-support-roadmap.html|access-date=September 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210919090451/https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/java-se-support-roadmap.html |archive-date=2021-09-19|url-status=live}}</ref>

Oracle released the last zero-cost public update for the [[legacy system|legacy]] version [[Java 8]] LTS in January 2019 for commercial use, although it will otherwise still support Java&nbsp;8 with public updates for personal use indefinitely. Other vendors such as [[Adoptium]] continue to offer free builds of OpenJDK's long-term support (LTS) versions. These builds may include additional security patches and bug fixes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Temurin™ Support; Adoptium |url=https://adoptium.net/support/ |website=adoptium.net |access-date=29 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329061257/https://adoptium.net/support/ |archive-date=29 March 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Major release versions of Java, along with their release dates:

{| class="wikitable"
! Version !! Date
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| JDK [[beta version|Beta]] || 1995
|-
| JDK 1.0 || January 23, 1996<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/1996-01/sunflash.960123.10561.xml |title=JAVASOFT SHIPS JAVA 1.0|website=sun.com |access-date=2008-02-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310235103/http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/1996-01/sunflash.960123.10561.xml |archive-date=March 10, 2007}}</ref>
|-
| JDK 1.1 || February 19, 1997
|-
| J2SE 1.2 || December 8, 1998
|-
| J2SE 1.3 || May 8, 2000
|-
| J2SE 1.4 || February 6, 2002
|-
| J2SE 5.0 || September 30, 2004
|-
| Java SE 6 || December 11, 2006
|-
| Java SE 7 || July 28, 2011
|-
| Java SE 8 (LTS) || March 18, 2014
|-
| Java SE 9 || September 21, 2017
|-
| Java SE 10 || March 20, 2018
|-
| Java SE 11 (LTS) || September 25, 2018<ref>{{cite news|url=https://blogs.oracle.com/java-platform-group/introducing-java-se-11|title=Introducing Java SE 11|first=Sharat|last=Chander|website=oracle.com|access-date=September 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926093144/https://blogs.oracle.com/java-platform-group/introducing-java-se-11|archive-date=September 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Java SE 12 || March 19, 2019
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| Java SE 13 || September 17, 2019
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| Java SE 14 || March 17, 2020
|-
| Java SE 15 || September 15, 2020<ref>{{cite news|url=https://blogs.oracle.com/java-platform-group/the-arrival-of-java-15|title=The Arrival of Java 15!|date=September 15, 2020|publisher=[[Oracle Corporation|Oracle]]|access-date=2020-09-15|archive-date=September 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916092332/https://blogs.oracle.com/java-platform-group/the-arrival-of-java-15|url-status=live |last1=Chander |first1=Sharat }}</ref>
|-
| Java SE 16 || March 16, 2021
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| Java SE 17 (LTS) || September 14, 2021
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| Java SE 18 || March 22, 2022
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| Java SE 19 || September 20, 2022
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| Java SE 20 || March 21, 2023
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| Java SE 21 (LTS) || September 19, 2023<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://openjdk.org/projects/jdk/21/|title=JDK 21|website=openjdk.org|access-date=September 20, 2023|archive-date=September 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920173515/https://openjdk.org/projects/jdk/21/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Java SE 22 || March 19, 2024
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| Java SE 23 || September 17, 2024
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| Java SE 24 || 18 March 2025<ref name="jdk24">{{cite web | url=https://openjdk.org/projects/jdk/24/ | title=JDK 24 }}</ref>
|}