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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

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

14 August 2023: release 4.0.0-beta-1 available

16 November 2022: release 4.0.0-alpha-2 available

08 April 2022: release 3.1.3 available

30 March 2022: release 4.0.0-alpha-1 available

9 June 2021: release 2.3.9 available

17 January 2021: release 2.3.8 available

18 April 2020: release 2.3.7 available

26 August 2019: release 3.1.2 available

23 August 2019: release 2.3.6 available

14 May 2019: release 2.3.5 available

7 November 2018: release 2.3.4 available

1 November 2018: release 3.1.1 available

30 July 2018: release 3.1.0 available

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

18 November 2017 : release 2.3.2 available

24 October 2017 : release 2.3.1 available

25 July 2017 : release 2.2.0 available

17 July 2017 : release 2.3.0 available

07 April 2017 : release 1.2.2 available

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

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

8 March 2015: release 1.1.0 available

4 February 2015: release 1.0.0 available

12 November, 2014: release 0.14.0 available

6 June, 2014: release 0.13.1 available

21 April, 2014: release 0.13.0 available

15 October, 2013: release 0.12.0 available

15 May, 2013: release 0.11.0 available

March, 2013: HCatalog merges into Hive

11 January, 2013: release 0.10.0 available