| # Apache TomEE 7.0.0-M1 released, Dec 11th 2015 |
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| The Apache TomEE community is proud to announce the release of [Apache TomEE 7.0.0-M1](download/tomee-7.0.0-M1.html), which is based on [Apache Tomcat 8.0.30](http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.0-doc/index.html) and is our first milestone release towards EE7. |
| We know this has been a long time coming, so we thank you for your patience and support. |
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| Please feel free to check out and [contribute to the developer branch](contribute.html) - We are always interested in any help from the community that we can get. |
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| This version is not certified and is provided to the community as a milestone preview of the current development version. It is however an extremly well tested version. So please do test your applications and give us your feedback. |
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| The Apache TomEE 7.0.0-M1 release files can be downloaded from here: |
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| [http://tomee.apache.org/download/tomee-7.0.0-M1.html](download/tomee-7.0.0-M1.html) |
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| ###Update Maven POM Files - The OpenEJB version and groupId have been aligned |
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| Simply update your existing Maven JavaEE-API, OpenEJB and or TomEE pom.xml entries to point to the latest versions: |
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| <dependency> |
| <groupId>org.apache.tomee</groupId> |
| <artifactId>javaee-api</artifactId> |
| <version>7.0</version> |
| <scope>provided</scope> |
| </dependency> |
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| <dependency> |
| <groupId>org.apache.tomee</groupId> |
| <artifactId>openejb-core</artifactId> |
| <version>7.0.0-M1</version> |
| </dependency> |
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| <dependency> |
| <groupId>org.apache.tomee</groupId> |
| <artifactId>tomee</artifactId> |
| <version>7.0.0-M1</version> |
| </dependency> |
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| A complete [Changelog](tomee-7.0.0-M1-release-notes.html) can be viewed here: |
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| [tomee-7.0.0-M1-release-notes.html](tomee-7.0.0-M1-release-notes.html) |
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| Please feel free to jump in feet first and [get started with TomEE](documentation.html). You will nearly always find someone to help you on one of our [support channels](support.html). |