In this release, the requirement that CCR's need to be certified with Java SE 8 has been lifted to include any version above Java SE 8.
Based on MicroProfile's time-boxed release process, this is a major release that includes the following updates:
To get started with MicroProfile 4.1, add the following dependency to your pom.xml to get the complete MicroProfile stack:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.eclipse.microprofile</groupId>
<artifactId>microprofile</artifactId>
<version>4.1</version>
<type>pom</type>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
Or, to import the transitive dependencies for selective use (ala BOM), add the following (using relevant dependencies) to your pom.xml:
<dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.eclipse.microprofile</groupId>
<artifactId>microprofile</artifactId>
<version>4.1</version>
<scope>import</scope>
<type>pom</type>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.eclipse.microprofile.health</groupId>
<artifactId>microprofile-health-api</artifactId>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.eclipse.microprofile.metrics</groupId>
<artifactId>microprofile-metrics-api</artifactId>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>jakarta.ws.rs</groupId>
<artifactId>jakarta.ws.rs-api</artifactId>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>