# Spring Framework 5.0 + Hibernate 4.3+ — Software interface version compatibility

For Spring Framework 5.0 + Hibernate 4.3+, product is Spring Framework + Hibernate; software version is 5.0; dependency version is Hibernate ORM 4.3 or later, recorded from its source on 2026-08-29; source re-checked 2026-10-28.

- **Product:** Spring Framework + Hibernate _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Version pairing:** Spring Framework 5.0 + Hibernate 4.3+ _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Software version:** 5.0 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Dependency version:** Hibernate ORM 4.3 or later _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> As of Spring Framework 5.0, Spring requires Hibernate ORM 4.3 or later for JPA support and even Hibernate ORM 5.0+ for programming against the native Hibernate Session API.

## Source

- https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/5.0.x/spring-framework-reference/data-access.html

Last verified: 2026-10-28. Review by: 2026-12-27.
Part of [Software interface version compatibility](https://referencesource.org/software-interface-version-compatibility/).