[hibernate-announce] Hibernate Search 8.1.0.Alpha1 released

Hello, We are pleased to announce the first alpha release of Hibernate Search in the new 8.1 series: 8.1.0.Alpha1. This version brings improvements to aggregations, in particular, it is now possible to create composite aggregations as well as define what the aggregated values of terms/range aggregations are. Hibernate Search now also provides several platform POM files that manage the versions of Hibernate Search artifacts, their transitive dependencies, and related artifacts that must be aligned. And as usual, a new version brings compatibility with the latest Elasticsearch/OpenSearch versions, dependency updates and other improvements. See our blog for more information: https://in.relation.to/2025/07/29/hibernate-search-8-1-0-Alpha1 See our website for more information about the 8.1 series in general: https://hibernate.org/search/releases/8.1/ Have a nice day, Marko Bekhta Hibernate Team marko(a)hibernate.org