Hibernate Annotations 3.3.1.CR1 and Hibernate EntityManager 3.3.2.CR1 are available for testing at http://www.hibernate.org/6.html. There is a ton of bug fixes especially in the Java Persistence scanning area and in edge mappings support. Some minor new features have been added as well (integration with the latest Hibernate Search collection events, @Any, @NaturalId). Check the changelogs at http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/ hibernate/browse/ANN? report=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.project:changelog-panel and http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/EJB? report=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.project:changelog-panel Unless sneaky bugs are discovered, these versions will be part of next JBoss AS 5 release. Go check it out. Emmanuel