Table of Contents All recent supported releases may be downloaded from Apache mirrors: Download a release now! Old releases can be found in the archives . 24 August 2026: release 4.2.1 available This is a bugfix release that addresses three security vulnerabilities in Hive Metastore direct-SQL partition paths, HiveServer2 SAML bearer-token authentication, and Avro SerDe schema URL handling. This release works with Hadoop 3.4.1, Tez 0.10.5. You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 23 November 2025: release 4.2.0 available Apache Hive 4.2.x introduces support for JDK 21 and requires it as the minimum supported Java version. Key improvements include enhanced Iceberg table support (deletion vectors, auto compaction, ViewCatalog, column defaults, Iceberg REST Catalog client, Z-ordering, variant-type), separation of metastore client code into its own module, catalog properties support, support for multiple partitions in RELOAD event, support for drop partitions by names in IMetaStoreClient. This release works with Hadoop 3.4.1, Tez 0.10.5. You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 31 July 2025: release 4.1.0 available Apache Hive 4.1.x adds JDK 17 support and provides the Hive Metastore as a standalone component available in both binary and Docker image formats. Key improvements include enhanced Iceberg table support (storage-partitioned joins, partition-level column statistics, table compaction), IPv6 compatibility, a REST-based catalog server backed by the Hive Metastore, and upgraded Calcite to 1.33.0 for better query optimization. This release works with Hadoop 3.4.1, Tez 0.10.5. You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 08 October 2024: EOL for release 3.x line The Apache Hive Community has voted to declare the 3.x release line as End of Life (EOL). This means no further updates or releases will be made for this series. We urge all Hive 3.x users to upgrade to the latest versions promptly to benefit from new features and ongoing support. 2 October 2024: release 4.0.1 available As from Hive 4.x, we encourage all users to move the workload to Tez to benefit from performance gain and support. This release works with Hadoop 3.3.6, Tez 0.10.4. You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 20 May 2024: EOL for release 2.x line The Apache Hive Community has voted to declare the 2.x release line as End of Life (EOL). This means no further updates or releases will be made for this series. We urge all Hive 2.x users to upgrade to the latest versions promptly to benefit from new features and ongoing support. 9 May 2024: release 2.3.10 available This release works with Hadoop 2.x.y You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 11 April 2024: EOL for release 1.x line The Apache Hive Community has voted to declare the 1.x release line as End of Life (EOL). This means no further updates or releases will be made for this series. We urge all Hive 1.x users to upgrade to the latest versions promptly to benefit from new features and ongoing support. 29 March 2024: release 4.0.0 available This release works with Hadoop 3.3.6, Tez 0.10.3 You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 14 August 2023: release 4.0.0-beta-1 available This release works with Hadoop 3.3.1 You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 16 November 2022: release 4.0.0-alpha-2 available This release works with Hadoop 3.3.1 You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 08 April 2022: release 3.1.3 available This release works with Hadoop 3.x.y You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 30 March 2022: release 4.0.0-alpha-1 available This release works with Hadoop 3.x.y You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 9 June 2021: release 2.3.9 available This release works with Hadoop 2.x.y You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 17 January 2021: release 2.3.8 available This release works with Hadoop 2.x.y You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 18 April 2020: release 2.3.7 available This release works with Hadoop 2.x.y You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 26 August 2019: release 3.1.2 available This release works with Hadoop 3.x.y. You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 23 August 2019: release 2.3.6 available This release works with Hadoop 2.x.y. You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 14 May 2019: release 2.3.5 available This release works with Hadoop 2.x.y. You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 7 November 2018: release 2.3.4 available This release works with Hadoop 2.x.y. You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 1 November 2018: release 3.1.1 available This release works with Hadoop 3.x.y. You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 30 July 2018: release 3.1.0 available This release works with Hadoop 3.x.y. You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 21 May 2018 : release 3.0.0 available This release works with Hadoop 3.x.y. The on-disk layout of Acid tables has changed with this release.

Any Acid table partition that had Update/Delete/Merge statement executed since the last Major compaction must execute Major compaction before upgrading to 3.0. No more Update/Delete/Merge may be executed against these tables since the start of Major compaction. Not following this may lead to data corruption. Tables/partitions that only contain results of Insert statements are fully compatible and don’t need to be compacted. You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 3 April 2018 : release 2.3.3 available This release works with Hadoop 2.x.y You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 18 November 2017 : release 2.3.2 available This release works with Hadoop 2.x.y You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 24 October 2017 : release 2.3.1 available This release works with Hadoop 2.x.y You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 25 July 2017 : release 2.2.0 available This release works with Hadoop 2.x.y You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 17 July 2017 : release 2.3.0 available This release works with Hadoop 2.x.y You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 07 April 2017 : release 1.2.2 available This release works with Hadoop 1.x.y, 2.x.y You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 8 December 2016 : release 2.1.1 available This release works with Hadoop 2.x.y. Hive 1.x line will continue to be maintained with Hadoop 1.x.y support. You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 20 June 2016 : release 2.1.0 available This release works with Hadoop 2.x.y. Hive 1.x line will continue to be maintained with Hadoop 1.x.y support. You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 25 May 2016 : release 2.0.1 available This release works with Hadoop 2.x.y. Hive 1.x line will continue to be maintained with Hadoop 1.x.y support. You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 15 February 2016 : release 2.0.0 available This release works with Hadoop 2.x.y. Hive 1.x line will continue to be maintained with Hadoop 1.x.y support. You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 28 Jan 2016 : hive-parent-auth-hook made available This is a hook usable with hive to fix an authorization issue. Users of Hive 1.0.x,1.1.x and 1.2.x are encouraged to use this hook. More details can be found in the README inside the tar.gz file. 27 June 2015 : release 1.2.1 available This release works with Hadoop 1.x.y, 2.x.y You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 21 May 2015 : release 1.0.1, 1.1.1, and ldap-fix are available These two releases works with Hadoop 1.x.y, 2.x.y. They are based on Hive 1.0.0 and 1.1.0 respectively, plus a fix for a LDAP vulnerability issue. Hive users for these two versions are encouraged to upgrade. Users of previous versions can download and use the ldap-fix. More details can be found in the README attached to the tar.gz file. You can look at the complete JIRA change log for release 1.0.1 and release 1.1.1 18 May 2015 : release 1.2.0 available This release works with Hadoop 1.x.y, 2.x.y You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 8 March 2015: release 1.1.0 available This release works with Hadoop 1.x.y, 2.x.y You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 4 February 2015: release 1.0.0 available This release works with Hadoop 1.x.y, 2.x.y You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 12 November, 2014: release 0.14.0 available This release works with Hadoop 1.x.y, 2.x.y You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 6 June, 2014: release 0.13.1 available This release works with Hadoop 0.20.x, 0.23.x.y, 1.x.y, 2.x.y You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 21 April, 2014: release 0.13.0 available This release works with Hadoop 0.20.x, 0.23.x.y, 1.x.y, 2.x.y You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 15 October, 2013: release 0.12.0 available This release works with Hadoop 0.20.x, 0.23.x.y, 1.x.y, 2.x.y You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . 15 May, 2013: release 0.11.0 available This release works with Hadoop 0.20.x, 0.23.x.y, 1.x.y, 2.x.y You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release . March, 2013: HCatalog merges into Hive Old HCatalog releases may still be downloaded . 11 January, 2013: release 0.10.0 available This release works with Hadoop 0.20.x, 0.23.x.y, 1.x.y, 2.x.y You can look at the complete JIRA change log for this release .