From 3adbb4c5bfb216d532a5dd743cb7f093aee2abff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: EagleSoft461 <aliorhanok78@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 19:39:32 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] docs: update dependency versions to 2.8.6

---
 README.md | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index efab041a3..53d3288f1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -118,14 +118,14 @@ Maven
    <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springdoc</groupId>
       <artifactId>springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui</artifactId>
-      <version>last-release-version</version>
+      <version>2.8.6</version>
    </dependency>
 ```
 
 Gradle
 
 ```groovy
-implementation 'org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui:latest'
+implementation 'org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui:2.8.6'
 ```
 
 * This step is optional: For custom path of the swagger documentation in HTML format, add
@@ -172,14 +172,14 @@ Maven
    <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springdoc</groupId>
       <artifactId>springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-api</artifactId>
-      <version>last-release-version</version>
+      <version>2.8.6</version>
    </dependency>
 ```
 
 Gradle
 
 ```groovy
-implementation 'org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-api:latest'
+implementation 'org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-api:2.8.6'
 ```
 
 * This step is optional: For custom path of the OpenAPI documentation in Json format, add
@@ -225,14 +225,14 @@ Maven
    <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springdoc</groupId>
       <artifactId>springdoc-openapi-starter-webflux-ui</artifactId>
-      <version>last-release-version</version>
+      <version>2.8.6</version>
    </dependency>
 ```
 
 Gradle
 
 ```groovy
-implementation 'org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-starter-webflux-ui:latest'
+implementation 'org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-starter-webflux-ui:2.8.6'
 ```
 
 * This step is optional: For custom path of the swagger documentation in HTML format, add

From 4510781603d4caf50496f3b98a70e9a9639b82fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: EagleSoft461 <aliorhanok78@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 18:59:47 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] docs: add Maven Central version badge for auto-updating
 version reference

---
 README.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 53d3288f1..7ec030e44 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 [![Quality Gate](https://sonarcloud.io/api/project_badges/measure?project=springdoc_springdoc-openapi&metric=alert_status)](https://sonarcloud.io/dashboard?id=springdoc_springdoc-openapi)
 [![Known Vulnerabilities](https://snyk.io/test/github/springdoc/springdoc-openapi.git/badge.svg)](https://snyk.io/test/github/springdoc/springdoc-openapi.git)
 [![Stack Exchange questions](https://img.shields.io/stackexchange/stackoverflow/t/springdoc)](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/springdoc?tab=Votes)
+[![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/org.springdoc/springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui.svg)](https://central.sonatype.com/search?q=g:org.springdoc)
 
 IMPORTANT: ``springdoc-openapi v1.8.0`` is the latest Open Source release supporting
 Spring Boot 2.x and 1.x.