# Spring Framework 6.0 + Hibernate 5.5+ — Software interface version compatibility

For Spring Framework 6.0 + Hibernate 5.5+, product is Spring Framework + Hibernate; software version is 6.0; dependency version is Hibernate ORM 5.5+, 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 6.0 + Hibernate 5.5+ _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Software version:** 6.0 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Dependency version:** Hibernate ORM 5.5+ _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> As of Spring Framework 6.0, Spring requires Hibernate ORM 5.5+ for Spring’s HibernateJpaVendorAdapter as well as for a native Hibernate SessionFactory setup. We recommend Hibernate ORM 5.6 as the last feature branch in that Hibernate generation.

## Source

- https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/reference/6.2/data-access/orm/hibernate.html

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