Can I migrate from Drools 6.5 to 10 directly or to 7 and 8 first?

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Javier Hugo

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Nov 5, 2025, 10:34:17 AM (2 days ago) Nov 5
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I am researching how to migrate from Drools 6.5 to 10, and the rhe recommended strategy is to perform the upgrade in stages:

* Migrate from Drools 6.x to 7.x: The shift from Drools 6 to 7 involved major changes, including the move from the old Knowledge API to the KIE API (Knowledge Is Everything).

* Migrate from Drools 7.x to 8.x: The 8.x series introduced the executable model to improve performance, requiring the kie-maven-plugin to generate sources during compilation.

* Migrate from Drools 8.x to 10.x: Drools 10 introduces new features and further refactorings, including a minimum requirement of JDK 11 and deprecation of drools-mvel

Is this correct? Or can I migrate directly from 6.5 to 10?

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Nov 5, 2025, 10:34:30 AM (2 days ago) Nov 5
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Toshiya Kobayashi

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Nov 5, 2025, 7:45:25 PM (2 days ago) Nov 5
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Hello,

You can migrate directly from 6.5 to 10.

https://kie.apache.org/docs/10.1.x/drools/drools/migration-guide/index.html would help even from 6.5.

Cheers,
Toshiya

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