# Akka Persistence JDBC 5.0.0 released **URL:** \ **Category:** Akka Libraries\ **Tags:** announcement\ **Created:** [January 25, 2021, 11:24am UTC](https://discuss.akka.io/t/akka-persistence-jdbc-5-0-0-released/7760 "2021-01-25T11:24:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![octonato](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.akka.io/octonato/32/2885_2.png) [@octonato](https://discuss.akka.io/u/octonato)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 11:24am UTC](https://discuss.akka.io/t/akka-persistence-jdbc-5-0-0-released/7760/1 "2021-01-25T11:24:44Z")
Dear Hakkers, The Akka contributors are happy to announce **Akka Persistence JDBC 5.0**! The full release notes can be found on GitHub [release page](https://github.com/akka/akka-persistence-jdbc/releases/tag/v5.0.0). **This is a major release as it changes the database schema and serialization format. If you have an existing database you need to update the configuration or migrate your data to the new schema.** See [Migration](https://doc.akka.io/docs/akka-persistence-jdbc/5.0.0/migration.html) ## Highlights - Schema changes for tags and using Akka Serialization for payloads [#467](https://github.com/akka/akka-persistence-jdbc/issues/467) by [@chbatey](https://github.com/chbatey) - Introduces SchemaUtils to programmatically drop and create schemas [#465](https://github.com/akka/akka-persistence-jdbc/issues/465) by [@octonato](https://github.com/octonato) ## Credits For this release we had the help of 9 contributors – thank you all very much! ```auto commits added removed 17 1514 1303 Enno Runne 7 669 266 Renato Cavalcanti 2 1505 653 Christopher Batey 1 5 2 Patrik Nordwall 1 5 0 Justin Pihony 1 10 7 Kostya 1 11 11 Lukasz Zuchowski 1 1 1 Johan Andrén 1 3 1 Rémy DUBOIS ``` The Akka core team is employed by [Lightbend](https://www.lightbend.com/). If you’re looking [to take your Akka systems to the next level](https://www.lightbend.com/lightbend-subscription), let’s [set up a time](https://lightbend.com/contact) to discuss our enterprise-grade expert support, self-paced education courses, and technology enhancements that help you manage, monitor and secure your Akka systems - from development to production. Happy hakking – The Akka Team