We’re pleased to finally announce the release of the latest and final maintenance versions of GeoTools (28.5) and GeoServer (2.22.5).
Both releases contain a number of bug fixes and enhancements so you are encouraged to upgrade to them. More details are available in the related blog posts - GeoTools (https://geotoolsnews.blogspot.com/2023/08/geotools-285-released.html) and GeoServer (https://geoserver.org/announcements/2023/08/30/geoserver-2-22-5-released.html)
Please note that these versions are the last scheduled releases using Java 8 and all future releases will require a minimum of Java 11.
Peter
AfriGIS