Stéphane Nicoll

Stéphane Nicoll

Stéphane is an experienced software engineer and open source contributor with a strong focus on Java enterprise development, software architecture, and technical leadership. Over the years, he has contributed to and led a wide range of initiatives, including the development of critical infrastructure in logistics and geospatial systems, as well as the design of enterprise frameworks widely adopted across the industry.

Stéphane is a core contributor to the Spring Framework and Spring Boot open source projects, and previously led Spring Initializr and start.spring.io, supporting developers worldwide in getting started with Spring. As a former member of the Apache Maven PMC, he has been actively involved in open source software governance and evolution for two decades.

As a member of the Spring team, Stéphane has had the privilege of working on various aspects of Spring Boot and Spring Framework, with a focus on understanding its inner workings and collaborating with the fantastic community of contributors.

Connect with Stéphane ("snicoll") on Bsky, Mastodon, and GitHub to follow his ongoing journey in the world of Java development.

Recent Blog posts by Stéphane Nicoll

Spring Boot 2.6.11 available now

Releases | August 18, 2022 | ...
On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I'm happy to announce that Spring Boot 2.6.11 has been released and is now available from Maven Central. This release includes 40 bug fixes, documentation improvements, and dependency upgrades. Thanks to all those who have contributed with issue reports and pull requests. How can you help? If you're interested in helping out, check out the "ideal for contribution" tag in the issue repository. If you have general questions, please ask on stackoverflow.com using the spring-boot tag or chat with the community on Gitter. Project Page | GitHub…

Spring Boot 2.7.3 available now

Releases | August 18, 2022 | ...
On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I'm happy to announce that Spring Boot 2.7.3 has been released and is now available from Maven Central. This release includes 48 bug fixes, documentation improvements, and dependency upgrades. Thanks to all those who have contributed with issue reports and pull requests. How can you help? If you're interested in helping out, check out the "ideal for contribution" tag in the issue repository. If you have general questions, please ask on stackoverflow.com using the spring-boot tag or chat with the community on Gitter. Project Page | GitHub…

Spring Framework 6.0.0-M5 and 5.3.22 available now

Releases | July 14, 2022 | ...
On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I am pleased to announce that Spring Framework 6.0.0-M5 and 5.3.22 are available now. Spring Framework 5.3.22 includes 45 fixes and improvements and is a recommended upgrade for all Spring production scenarios. Spring Framework 6.0.0-M5 includes 85 additional fixes and improvements specific to the 6.0 branch. Project Page | GitHub | Issues | Documentation

Spring Framework 5.3.21 available now

Releases | June 15, 2022 | ...
On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I am pleased to announce that Spring Framework 5.3.21 is available now. Spring Framework 5.3.21 includes 22 fixes and improvements. Project Page | GitHub | Issues | Documentation

Spring Boot 2.5.14 available now

Releases | May 19, 2022 | ...
On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I'm happy to announce that Spring Boot 2.5.14 has been released and is now available from Maven Central. This release includes 29 bug fixes, documentation improvements, and dependency upgrades. Thanks to all those who have contributed with issue reports and pull requests. End of OSS Support 2.5.x has now reached the end of its OSS support period and regular releases will no longer be made. If you are still on this version, please consider upgrading at your earliest convenience. If you cannot upgrade at this time, commercial support is…

Spring Boot 2.6.7 available now

Releases | April 21, 2022 | ...
On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I'm happy to announce that Spring Boot 2.6.7 has been released and is now available from Maven Central. This release includes 38 bug fixes, documentation improvements, and dependency upgrades. Thanks to all those who have contributed with issue reports and pull requests. How can you help? If you're interested in helping out, check out the "ideal for contribution" tag in the issue repository. If you have general questions, please ask on stackoverflow.com using the spring-boot tag or chat with the community on Gitter. Project Page | GitHub…

Spring Framework 5.3.19 and 5.2.21 available now

Releases | April 13, 2022 | ...
On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I am pleased to announce that Spring Framework 5.3.19 and 5.2.21 are available now. Spring Framework 5.3.19 includes 12 fixes and improvements. Spring Framework 5.2.21 includes 5 selected fixes and improvements. In addition, Spring Framework 5.3.19 and 5.2.21 include a fix for CVE-2022-22968: Spring Framework Data Binding Rules Vulnerability and are recommended upgrades for all Spring production scenarios. Project Page | GitHub | Issues | Documentation

Spring Boot 2.5.12 available now

Releases | March 31, 2022 | ...
On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I'm happy to announce that Spring Boot 2.5.12 has been released and is now available from Maven Central. The Spring Framework version in this release includes a fix for CVE-2022-22965, check the dedicated blog post for more details. This release includes 5 bug fixes, documentation improvements, and dependency upgrades. Thanks to all those who have contributed with issue reports and pull requests. How can you help? If you're interested in helping out, check out the "ideal for contribution" tag in the issue repository. If you have general…

Spring Boot 2.6.6 available now

Releases | March 31, 2022 | ...
On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I'm happy to announce that Spring Boot 2.6.6 has been released and is now available from Maven Central. The Spring Framework version in this release includes a fix for CVE-2022-22965, check the dedicated blog post for more details. This release includes 6 bug fixes, documentation improvements, and dependency upgrades. Thanks to all those who have contributed with issue reports and pull requests. How can you help? If you're interested in helping out, check out the "ideal for contribution" tag in the issue repository. If you have general…

Spring Boot 2.5.11 available now

Releases | March 24, 2022 | ...
On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I'm happy to announce that Spring Boot 2.5.11 has been released and is now available from Maven Central. This release includes 56 bug fixes, documentation improvements, and dependency upgrades. Thanks to all those who have contributed with issue reports and pull requests. How can you help? If you're interested in helping out, check out the "ideal for contribution" tag in the issue repository. If you have general questions, please ask on stackoverflow.com using the spring-boot tag or chat with the community on Gitter. Project Page | GitHub…

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