# Timeline for next release? **URL:** \ **Category:** DEVELOPMENT\ **Created:** [November 27, 2025, 9:11am UTC](https://bnd.discourse.group/t/timeline-for-next-release/541 "2025-11-27T09:11:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shakuzen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/bnd.discourse.group/shakuzen/32/373_2.png) [@shakuzen](https://bnd.discourse.group/u/shakuzen)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2025, 9:11am UTC](https://bnd.discourse.group/t/timeline-for-next-release/541/1 "2025-11-27T09:11:21Z")
I’m one of the maintainers of the Micrometer project, which uses the BND Gradle plugin. We’re currently [blocked on upgrading our build to Gradle 9](https://github.com/micrometer-metrics/micrometer/pull/6829) waiting for a version of the BND Gradle plugin compatible with Gradle 9 to be released. I believe the issues have already been fixed, but a new version containing those fixes has not been released yet. Is there any timeframe for when you plan to do the next release? Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![chrisrueger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/bnd.discourse.group/chrisrueger/32/18_2.png) [@chrisrueger](https://bnd.discourse.group/u/chrisrueger)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2025, 10:03am UTC](https://bnd.discourse.group/t/timeline-for-next-release/541/2 "2025-11-28T10:03:54Z")
We are in the process of doing 7.2.0 RC1 as I type. More infos as soon as it is consumable. Then a few more days and we will push final 7.2.0. ---
**Author:** ![chrisrueger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/bnd.discourse.group/chrisrueger/32/18_2.png) [@chrisrueger](https://bnd.discourse.group/u/chrisrueger)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2025, 1:27pm UTC](https://bnd.discourse.group/t/timeline-for-next-release/541/3 "2025-11-28T13:27:08Z")
Bnd 7.2.0-RC1 is ready for testing: [Bnd / Bndtools 7.2.0-RC1 is ready for testing](https://bnd.discourse.group/t/bnd-bndtools-7-2-0-rc1-is-ready-for-testing/542) ---
**Author:** ![shakuzen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/bnd.discourse.group/shakuzen/32/373_2.png) [@shakuzen](https://bnd.discourse.group/u/shakuzen)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://bnd.discourse.group/t/timeline-for-next-release/541/4 "2025-11-28T14:11:03Z")
Thank you for releasing that. I upgraded to it on our branch with the Gradle 9 upgrade. We seem to be past the Gradle compatibility issues there, so that’s good. Our build job targeting JDK 11 has a failure, but I don’t have time to look into it now. We may just need to disable our osgi tests on the build targeting 11. ---
**Author:** ![chrisrueger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/bnd.discourse.group/chrisrueger/32/18_2.png) [@chrisrueger](https://bnd.discourse.group/u/chrisrueger)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://bnd.discourse.group/t/timeline-for-next-release/541/5 "2025-11-28T18:42:30Z")
Thanks for the info. Not sure about JDK11 (bnd requires JDK17 minimum). But since you mentioned tests there has been a first report regarding tests: - see [[7.2.0-RC1] JUnit issue · Issue #6971 · bndtools/bnd · GitHub](https://github.com/bndtools/bnd/issues/6971#issuecomment-3590057542) - see Known Issues [Changes in 7.2.0 · bndtools/bnd Wiki · GitHub](https://github.com/bndtools/bnd/wiki/Changes-in-7.2.0#known-issues) TLDR: Junit Platform max. supported version is 1.12 (Junit BOM 5.12.2) ---
**Author:** ![chrisrueger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/bnd.discourse.group/chrisrueger/32/18_2.png) [@chrisrueger](https://bnd.discourse.group/u/chrisrueger)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2025, 8:48pm UTC](https://bnd.discourse.group/t/timeline-for-next-release/541/6 "2025-12-01T20:48:19Z")
Just a heads up there is RC3 available: [Bnd / Bndtools 7.2.0-RC3 is ready for testing](https://bnd.discourse.group/t/bnd-bndtools-7-2-0-rc3-is-ready-for-testing/542) Would be nice to give it another test run. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![shakuzen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/bnd.discourse.group/shakuzen/32/373_2.png) [@shakuzen](https://bnd.discourse.group/u/shakuzen)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://bnd.discourse.group/t/timeline-for-next-release/541/7 "2025-12-05T02:02:59Z")
I think you’re aware from the activity in the pull request in Micrometer, but I’ll comment here also to say our build is passing with Gradle 9 and BND 7.2.0-RC3 after pinning the JUnit version to 5.12 for our osgi test modules. Thanks for the work making this available. We’re looking forward to the final release when it’s ready. ---
**Author:** ![chrisrueger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/bnd.discourse.group/chrisrueger/32/18_2.png) [@chrisrueger](https://bnd.discourse.group/u/chrisrueger)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 6:21am UTC](https://bnd.discourse.group/t/timeline-for-next-release/541/8 "2025-12-05T06:21:59Z")
Yes, but thanks for the heads up. Also good for others to know. There are some last tasks regarding our Sonatype and JFrog deployments, but we hope to resolve them soon. ---
**Author:** ![chrisrueger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/bnd.discourse.group/chrisrueger/32/18_2.png) [@chrisrueger](https://bnd.discourse.group/u/chrisrueger)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://bnd.discourse.group/t/timeline-for-next-release/541/9 "2025-12-27T20:18:14Z")
7.2.0 Release is out. [Release Bnd/Bndtools 7.2.0 · bndtools/bnd · GitHub](https://github.com/bndtools/bnd/releases/tag/7.2.0)