Version 5.9

Support for DSpace 5 ended on January 1, 2023.  See Support for DSpace 5 and 6 is ending in 2023


DSpace 5.9 can be downloaded immediately from:

More information on the 5.9 release (and the 5.x platform in general) can be found in the 5.x Release Notes.

Upgrade instructions can be found at Upgrading DSpace


DSpace 5.9 contains security fixes for the JSPUI (only). To ensure your 5.x JSPUI site is secure, we highly recommend ALL JSPUI DSpace 4.x users upgrade to DSpace 5.9.

DSpace 5.x XMLUI users may also wish to upgrade as several major bugs have been fixed in the XMLUI as well.

DSpace 5.9 upgrade instructions are available at: Upgrading DSpace


Summary

DSpace 5.9 is a security and bug fix release to resolve several issues located in previous 5.x releases. As it only provides only bug fixes, DSpace 5.9 should constitute an easy upgrade from DSpace 5.x for most users. No database changes or additional configuration changes should be necessary when upgrading from DSpace 5.x to 5.9.
 

JSPUI security fixes include

Major bug fixes include

In addition, this release fixes a variety of minor bugs in the 5.x releases. For more information, see the Changes section below.

Upgrade Instructions

No new features in DSpace 5.9

5.9 is a bug-fix release. This means it includes no new features and only includes the above listed fixes.

For a list of all new 5.x Features, please visit the 5.x Release Notes.

Changes

The following bug fixes were released in 5.9.

 

Organizational Details

Release Coordination