| # Apache TomEE 1.7.3 released, Dec 9th 2015 |
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| The Apache TomEE community is pleased to announce the release of [Apache TomEE 1.7.3](http://tomee.apache.org/downloads.html), which is based on [Apache Tomcat 7.0.65](http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/index.html), including numerous fixes and updates. |
| We know this has been a long time coming, so we thank you for your patience and support. |
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| Please note that the TomEE 1.7.3 drop in WAR file will not work on Apache Tomcat 8. If you are interested in a Tomcat 8.x version then 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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| The Apache TomEE 1.7.3 release files can be downloaded from here: |
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| [http://tomee.apache.org/downloads.html](downloads.html) |
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| ###Update Maven POM Files |
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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.openejb</groupId> |
| <artifactId>javaee-api</artifactId> |
| <version>6.0-6</version> |
| <scope>provided</scope> |
| </dependency> |
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| <dependency> |
| <groupId>org.apache.openejb</groupId> |
| <artifactId>openejb-core</artifactId> |
| <version>4.7.3</version> |
| </dependency> |
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| <dependency> |
| <groupId>org.apache.openejb</groupId> |
| <artifactId>tomee</artifactId> |
| <version>1.7.3</version> |
| </dependency> |
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| A complete [Changelog](tomee-1.7.3-release-notes.html) can be viewed here: |
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| [tomee-1.7.3-release-notes.html](tomee-1.7.3-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). |
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| ###Java EE7 and Beyond |
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| From this point on the TomEE community will be focusing most of it's efforts on TomEE 7.0.0, which will be the first TomEE Java EE 7 driven version running on Apache Tomcat 8.x. It is more than likely that support for Java SE 6 will be dropped so that Java SE 7 features can finally be leveraged during the development process. We will of course continue to maintain the 1.7.x branch for the foreseeable future. |