Java 25

Status	In Development
Release Date	2025-09
EOL Date	2030-09
Class File Version	69.0
Unicode Version	16.0.0
API Changes	Compare to 24 - 23 - 22 - 21 - 20 - 19 - 18 - 17 - 16 - 15 - 14 - 13 - 12 - 11 - 10 - 9 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 1.4 - 1.3 - 1.2 - 1.1 - 1.0
Documentation	Release Notes, JavaDoc
SCM	git

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Java 25 will be the next long term support (LTS) release after Java 21.

New Features

Here are all new features in Java 25 by category. There is also of list of all features of all Java releases.

Downloads

Vendor	Product	License	Platform Downloads
Azul Systems	Zulu Builds of OpenJDK 25	GPLv2+CE	alpine-x64 linux-arm64 linux-x64 macos-arm64 macos-x64 windows-x64
Oracle	Oracle OpenJDK 25	GPLv2+CE	linux-arm64 linux-x64 macos-arm64 macos-x64 windows-x64
SAP	SapMachine 25	GPLv2+CE	aix-ppc64 alpine-x64 linux-arm64 linux-ppc64le linux-x64 macos-arm64 macos-x64 windows-x64

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Sandbox

Instantly compile and run Java 25 snippets without a local Java installation.

import java.lang.reflect.ClassFileFormatVersion; void main() { var v = ClassFileFormatVersion.latest(); System.out.printf("Hello Java bytecode version %s!", v.major()); }