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+---
+title: 'Strolch 1.8.5 and PLC 1.2.2 are out!'
+description: 'JDK 17 ready!'
+weight: -17
+date: 2022-08-17T15:50:00+01:00
+LastModifierDisplayName: "Robert von Burg"
+LastModifierEmail: "eitch@eitchnet.ch"
+---
+
+## Strolch 1.8.5 and PLC 1.2.2 are out!
+
+JDK 17 ready!
+
+-------
+
+Unbelievable, but the entire 1.7.x branch was never blogged about or deployed to Maven. We did do quite a few releases
+of the Java 11 version, but never got around to releasing to Maven.
+
+Now we have released the 1.8.x branch of Strolch and deployed
+to [Maven Central](https://search.maven.org/search?q=li.strolch).
+
+The 1.8.x branch requires JDK 17, but is still on Tomcat 9.x. We will create a new branch for Tomcat 10.x and release
+that at a later date.
+
+We also just released the Strolch PLC 1.2.x branch. This branch uses Strolch 1.8.x and is production ready.
+
+So, Strolch 1.8.5 is out the door, go ahead and [try it out](/download).
+
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ The easiest way to include strolch in your project is to use the following maven
 <project>
     
     <properties>
-        <strolch.version>1.6.100</strolch.version>
+        <strolch.version>1.8.5</strolch.version>
     </properties>
     
     <dependencies>