Spring Cloud 2021.0.1 Released: New Features, Upgrades, and Dependency Guide

Spring Cloud 2021.0.1 has been officially released as the first bug‑fix version of the 2021 series.

Supports smooth upgrade from 2021.0.0

The release can be obtained from the central repository with the following Maven coordinates:

dependencyManagement>
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-cloud-dependencies</artifactId>
            <version>2021.0.1</version>
            <type>pom</type>
            <scope>import</scope>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-config</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-netflix-eureka-client</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    ...
</dependencies>

Changelog

Spring Cloud Gateway

Added a new route predicate to validate X‑Forwarded‑For header values, similar to the RemoteAddr predicate.

Allowed configuration of the gateway HandlerMapping order; by default, GatewayHandlerMapping has the highest priority.

Spring Cloud OpenFeign

Updated to OpenFeign 11.8.

Supported readTimeout property for OkHttpClient.

OAuth2FeignRequestInterceptor can now configure an AccessTokenProvider connector with automatic load balancing.

Spring Cloud Config

Fixed bugs in the file matcher when handling JSON, YAML, and properties formats.

Spring Cloud Sleuth

Fixed startup failure on Spring Boot 2.6.x applications.

TraceId is now propagated across thread pools without contaminating the context.

Added support for non‑Brave Kafka message containers.

Dependency Upgrades

The following modules have been upgraded to version 2021.0.1 (or their respective component versions):

Spring Cloud Config – 3.1.1

Spring Cloud Zookeeper – 3.1.1

Spring Cloud Circuitbreaker – 2.1.1

Spring Cloud Kubernetes – 2.1.1

Spring Cloud Commons – 3.1.1

Spring Cloud Sleuth – 3.1.1

Spring Cloud Contract – 3.1.1

Spring Cloud Task – 2.4.1

Spring Cloud Gateway – 3.1.1

Spring Cloud OpenFeign – 3.1.1

Spring Cloud Starter Build – 2021.0.1

Spring Cloud Netflix – 3.1.1