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+title: "RDF4J 5.0.3 released"
+date: 2024-11-10T14:15:45+0100
+layout: "single"
+categories: ["news"]
+---
+RDF4J 5.0.3 is now available. This is a patch release fixing 11 bugs.
+
+For more details, have a look at the [release notes](/release-notes/5.0.3).
+<!--more-->
+### Links
+
+- [Download RDF4J](/download/)
+- [release notes](/release-notes/5.0.3).
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+title: "5.0.3"
+toc: true
+---
+RDF4J 5.0.3 is a patch release that fixes 11 issues.
+
+For a complete overview, see [all issues fixed in 5.0.3](https://github.com/eclipse/rdf4j/milestone/111?closed=1).
+
+### Acknowledgements
+
+This release was made possible by contributions from ???