# Drools need jpa 2.1 . Current hibernat version is 3

**URL:** <https://discourse.hibernate.org/t/drools-need-jpa-2-1-current-hibernat-version-is-3/5763>\
**Category:** Hibernate ORM\
**Created:** [October 7, 2021, 9:41am UTC](https://discourse.hibernate.org/t/drools-need-jpa-2-1-current-hibernat-version-is-3/5763 "2021-10-07T09:41:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aakanksha\_Wankhede](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.hibernate.org/aakanksha_wankhede/32/1651_2.png) [@Aakanksha\_Wankhede](https://discourse.hibernate.org/u/Aakanksha_Wankhede)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 9:41am UTC](https://discourse.hibernate.org/t/drools-need-jpa-2-1-current-hibernat-version-is-3/5763/1 "2021-10-07T09:41:49Z")

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Hi For new drools 7.10.0 we need jap 2.1 . Do i need to upgrade hibernate 3 to above also to support jpa 2.1 or it won’t affect?

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**Author:** ![beikov](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.hibernate.org/beikov/32/258_2.png) [@beikov](https://discourse.hibernate.org/u/beikov)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 1:02pm UTC](https://discourse.hibernate.org/t/drools-need-jpa-2-1-current-hibernat-version-is-3/5763/2 "2021-10-12T13:02:20Z")

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You will have to update, ideally to the version that is required/tested by drools. I think the first JPA 2.1 compatible implementation is Hibernate 4.3.