According to the State of the Java Ecosystem report, as of 2024, more than 32% of applications use Java 11 in production. Java 8 is at 28.8%, Java 17 is at 35.4% and Java 21 is at just 1.4%.

Oracle is releasing Java 22, the latest version of the world's number one programming language and development platform, delivering thousands of performance, stability, and security improvements to ...

(Representative image) Technology giant Oracle on September 17 announced the release of Java 23, the latest version of the programming language, coming six months after its previous upgrade.

If you want to switch to Java 18, locate and type the associated number for Java 18 and hit Enter on your keyboard. The system will set Java 18 as the current version.

Oracle released patches for 98 security issues across a wide range of products, including 14 in Java. This marks the last free patch for Java 7, and users are being encouraged to upgrade to version 8.