The Jakarta EE 11 release builds on previous Core Profile (December 2024) and Web Profile (March 2025) versions and represents a significant advancement in simplifying enterprise Java for cloud-native development, Eclipse said. Microsoft and Red Hat were among the companies that participated in the development of the release. “Our collaboration with esteemed partners IBM, Red Hat, and Oracle has been instrumental in supporting Jakarta EE 11 runtimes on Azure, including Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Red Hat OpenShift, and App Service,” Microsoft’s Scott Hunter, vice president of product, Azure developer experience, said in a statement.
Jakarta EE 11 has been verified to work with Java 17 and Java 21, both of which are long-term support (LTS) releases of Java SE (Standard Edition). Concurrency enhancements are supported for Java 21 including support for virtual threads, which improves scalability, reduces overhead, and offers significant performance gains, said Eclipse. Future plans call for supporting the upcoming JDK 25 LTS release, due to arrive in September, in Jakarta EE 12, which is targeted for release in 2026.
All Jakarta EE releases are based on the Jakarta EE Platform specification. Streamlined Jakarta EE 11 specifications include a modernized Technology Compatibility Kit (TCK) designed to improve compatibility testing and reduce barriers to adding new tests as the platform evolves, Eclipse said. Managed Beans has been deprecated for removal to achieve a simpler and more modern programming model, while Context and Dependency Injection (CDI) enhancements promise more consistent application behavior. Other streamlined specifications cover Java records support, for broader integration for data integrity and reduced boilerplate code, and the removal of Java SE Security Manager, to enable more modern security practices. Tool upgrades in Jakarta 11 move the platform from Apache Ant and Java Test Harness to JUnit 5 and Apache Maven for enhanced efficiency and relevance, Eclipse said. Updating the TCK to a multi-dependency Maven project boosts compatibility testing and removes barriers to adding new tests.