The MonetDB Foundation is pleased to announce a new feature release of the MonetDB JDBC driver (monetdb-jdbc-12.0.jre8.jar) and JdbcClient CLI program (jdbcclient.jre8.jar). The download location is: https://www.monetdb.org/downloads/Java/ This feature release adds support for encrypted connections through TLS (Transport Layer Security). See https://www.monetdb.org/documentation/admin-guide/installation/secure-connec... for more information on Encrypted Connections in MonetDB and https://www.monetdb.org/documentation/user-guide/client-interfaces/libraries... for the new: jdbc:monetdbs:// connection URL syntax and parameters. For a list of all changes included in this 12.0 release see: https://www.monetdb.org/downloads/Java/ChangeLog We have also updated and improved the web documentation for the JDBC driver, see https://www.monetdb.org/documentation/user-guide/client-interfaces/libraries... and JdbcClient program https://www.monetdb.org/documentation-Aug2024/user-guide/client-interfaces/j... We recommend all users of older MonetDB JDBC driver and JdbcClient program to upgrade to the latest release. Note: this version no longer contains the deprecated nl.cwi.* classes. This has been deprecated since version 3.0 (2021) and has now been removed. Any references to the old driver name nl.cwi.monetdb.jdbc.MonetDriver must be updated to org.monetdb.jdbc.MonetDriver.