Spring Framework 6.1 Reaches End of Life June 30 — What Now?

Spring Framework 6.1 Hits OSS End-of-Life on June 30. Are You Ready?

Spring 6.1 is about to lose open-source support, and thousands of production apps are on the verge of facing compliance risks.

Launched in November 2023, Spring Framework 6.1 introduced features many teams adopted quickly. But as of June 30, 2025, OSS support ends. There will be no more public patches, no more CVE disclosures, and no more help.

If you're still running Spring 6.1 in production without a commercial support plan, you're weeks away from flying without a parachute.

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What's Ending, and Why It Matters

Open Source Support for Spring 6.1 ends June 30, 2025.

That means:

• No new security patches or bug fixes from the community
  
  
• Known vulnerabilities will go unpatched
  
  
• Compliance frameworks like PCI-DSS and HIPAA will flag it as unsupported software
  
  

If you’re in finance, healthcare, or any regulated industry, this becomes an audit liability overnight.

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What Are Your Options?

You’ve got two:

1. Upgrade immediately
   If your codebase and infrastructure can handle the jump, go for it—but do it fast.
   
   
2. Switch to HeroDevs Never-Ending Support (NES)
   We deliver security patches, compliance-ready documentation, and long-term support—on your terms. No forced upgrades. No vendor lock-in.

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Why NES Makes Sense for Spring 6.1

• Zero downtime patching – No rewrites. Just drop-in support packages.
  
  
• Audit-Ready Docs – PCI, HIPAA, SOC 2. We've got the receipts.
  
  
• Independence from Broadcom – Don’t pay more just to wait for an upgrade you don’t want.
  
  
• Support beyond 2026 – We don’t tie our timeline to vendor politics. NES continues as long as your business needs it.

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Don’t Wait for a CVE to Hit Before You Act

By the time your team gets the “Spring vulnerability detected in production” Slack ping, OSS support will already be gone.

Spring 6.1's OSS EOL is real, and it's now. Explore pricing.