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<p><image><url ri:value="http://activemq.apache.org/activemq-500-release.data/activemq-5.x-box-reflection.png"></url></image></p></rich-text-body></structured-macro><p>Apache ActiveMQ 5.3 is primarily a maintenance release which <a shape="rect" href="https://issues.apache.org/activemq/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10520&amp;styleName=Html&amp;version=12183">resolves</a> 98 issues.</p><p>The most improved areas in this release are:</p><ul><li>KahaDB message store - fixed performance limiting issues in indexes for both Queues and Topics</li><li>JDBC message store - a lot of improvements in reliability of this messages store</li><li><code>nio</code> and <code>stomp+nio</code> transports - fixed problems with leaking resources</li><li>OSGi integration - a lot of small improvements and better Apache Karaf integration</li><li>Web console security - secured against XSS and XSRF attacks</li></ul><h2>Getting the Binary Distributions</h2><table><tbody><tr><th colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>Description</p></th><th colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>Download Link</p></th><th colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>PGP Signature file of download</p></th></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>Windows Distribution</p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p><a shape="rect" href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/activemq/apache-activemq/5.3.1/apache-activemq-5.3.1-bin.zip">apache-activemq-5.3.1-bin.zip</a></p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p><a shape="rect" href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/activemq/apache-activemq/5.3.1/apache-activemq-5.3.1-bin.zip.asc">apache-activemq-5.3.1-bin.zip.asc</a></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>Unix/Linux/Cygwin Distribution</p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p><a shape="rect" href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/activemq/apache-activemq/5.3.1/apache-activemq-5.3.1-bin.tar.gz">apache-activemq-5.3.1-bin.tar.gz</a></p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p><a shape="rect" href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/activemq/apache-activemq/5.3.1/apache-activemq-5.3.1-bin.tar.gz.asc">apache-activemq-5.3.1-bin.tar.gz.asc</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><structured-macro ac:macro-id="dba18de2-08fb-4fa8-929b-27eeb69115e0" ac:name="include" ac:schema-version="1"><parameter ac:name=""><link><page ri:content-title="Verify Downloads"></page></link></parameter></structured-macro></p><h2>Getting the Binaries using Maven 2</h2><p>To use this release in your maven project, the proper dependency configuration that you should use in your <a shape="rect" href="http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the-pom.html">Maven POM</a> is:</p><structured-macro ac:macro-id="86a957fd-ab6c-4aaf-9967-199e5a0a6524" ac:name="code" ac:schema-version="1"><parameter ac:name="">xml</parameter><plain-text-body>&lt;dependency&gt;
  &lt;groupId&gt;org.apache.activemq&lt;/groupId&gt;
  &lt;artifactId&gt;activemq-core&lt;/artifactId&gt;
  &lt;version&gt;5.3.1&lt;/version&gt;
&lt;/dependency&gt;
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</plain-text-body></structured-macro><h2>Changelog</h2><p>For a more detailed view of new features and bug fixes, see the <a shape="rect" href="https://issues.apache.org/activemq/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10520&amp;styleName=Html&amp;version=12183">release notes</a></p><p>Also see the previous <link><page ri:content-title="ActiveMQ 5.3.0 Release"></page></link></p></div>