5.16.x is *really* similar to 5.17.x right now. Especially with the clients. You should be fine for a while.
-Matt > On Dec 26, 2022, at 2:36 AM, Ephemeris Lappis <ephemeris.lap...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hello. > > If I'm not wrong, ActiveMQ server is built and runs for JDK 8 until > version 5.16 included, and for JDK 11+ starting with 5.17. > > To ensure compatibility of our applications that currently run with an > old Red-Hat Fuse AMQ 5.11, we plan to install new brokers with a > recent version 5.17.x, but can't update the application clients for > now, since all our technical stack still relies on JDK 8. A JDK > upgrade is planned for next year, but will probably be a progressive > work$. > > What would be your advice about using a client version 5.16.x for JDK > 8 based applications ? Is there any risk of breaking change ? > > Thanks in advance. > > Regards.
