- title: "Dependency Scanning support for Java 13, 14, 15, and 16"
  announcement_milestone: "15.8"
  removal_milestone: "16.0"
  breaking_change: true
  reporter: sam.white
  stage: secure
  issue_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/387560
  body: |
    GitLab has deprecated Dependency Scanning support for Java versions 13, 14, 15, and 16 and plans to remove that support in the upcoming GitLab 16.0 release. This is consistent with [Oracle's support policy](https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/java-se-support-roadmap.html) as Oracle Premier and Extended Support for these versions has ended. This also allows GitLab to focus Dependency Scanning Java support on LTS versions moving forward.