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This table shows the first Scala release in each series that works with each JVM release.

| JVM version | Minimum Scala versions |
|:-----------:|:-----------------------------------------------------|
| 9, 10 | 2.12.4, 2.11.12, 2.10.7 |
| 8 | 2.12.0, 2.11.0, 2.10.2 |
| 7 | 2.11.0, 2.10.0 |
| 6 | 2.11.0, 2.10.0 |
| JVM version | Minimum Scala versions |
|:-----------:|:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 9, 10 | 2.12.4[¹](#jdk-9--10-compatibility-notes), 2.11.12[¹](#jdk-9--10-compatibility-notes), 2.10.7 |
| 8 | 2.12.0, 2.11.0, 2.10.2 |
| 7 | 2.11.0, 2.10.0 |
| 6 | 2.11.0, 2.10.0 |



## Running versus compiling

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Like the 2.12.x series, the Scala 2.13.x series will support Java 8 and higher. (Eventually Java 11 or higher will become required, but the earliest this might happen is Scala 2.14.)

## JDK 9 & 10 compatibility notes
## ¹JDK 9 & 10 compatibility notes

As of Scala 2.12.6 and 2.11.12, **JDK 9 & 10 support is incomplete**. Notably, `scalac` will not enforce the restrictions of the Java Platform Module System, which means that code that typechecks may incur linkage errors at runtime.

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