What’s New in Spring Cloud 2021.0.6? Key Updates and Dependency Guide

Spring Cloud 2021 is built on Spring Framework 5.x and Spring Boot 2.7 and requires at least Java 8.

The current most stable version, 2021.0.6, has been officially released and is available on Maven Central.

<dependencyManagement>
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-cloud-dependencies</artifactId>
            <version>2021.0.6</version>
            <type>pom</type>
            <scope>import</scope>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>

Spring Cloud Commons

Added a utility method to use user‑provided region configuration for load‑balancing preferences.

Spring Cloud Netflix

Allows configuring the timeout for fetching instances.

Spring Cloud Gateway

Fixed a memory leak in CacheRequestBodyGatewayFilter.

Spring Cloud Kubernetes

Uses SSL protocol when the secured annotation is true.

Spring Cloud OpenFeign

Allows configuring request timeout for Apache HttpClient.

Spring Cloud Stream

Enhanced custom Routing Functions to prevent creation of output bindings, integrated core bean propagation between parent/child contexts in multi‑binder scenarios, and fixed several bugs.

Spring Cloud Function

Multiple improvements and bug fixes for AWS Lambda support.

Version 2021.0.6 updates the following Spring Cloud modules:

https://github.com/pig-mesh/pig Based on Spring Cloud 2021, Spring Boot 2.7, and Spring Authorization Server OAuth2, this microservice rapid‑development platform supports the new version. Feel free to follow.