From afd2d76b2893cdc6bfc20b0fd437522789f9b915 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "niccolo.piazzesi" <niccolo.piazzesi@guardsquare.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2026 20:56:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Upgrade pgcore and prepare release for java 26 support

---
 README.md                                | 2 +-
 docs/md/manual/FAQ.md                    | 4 ++--
 docs/md/manual/home.md                   | 2 +-
 docs/md/manual/releasenotes.md           | 4 ++++
 examples/application-kotlin/build.gradle | 2 +-
 examples/application/build.gradle        | 4 ++--
 examples/spring-boot/build.gradle        | 2 +-
 gradle/libs.versions.toml                | 2 +-
 8 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aea5cbfc..361915a6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ buildscript {
         mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.guardsquare:proguard-gradle:7.8.2'
+        classpath 'com.guardsquare:proguard-gradle:7.9.0'
     }
 }
 ```
diff --git a/docs/md/manual/FAQ.md b/docs/md/manual/FAQ.md
index 5eaba236..3d43182e 100644
--- a/docs/md/manual/FAQ.md
+++ b/docs/md/manual/FAQ.md
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ Yes, you can. **ProGuard** itself is distributed under the GPL, but this
 doesn't affect the programs that you process. Your code remains yours, and its
 license can remain the same.
 
-## Does ProGuard work with Java 2, 5,..., 25? {: #jdk1.4}
+## Does ProGuard work with Java 2, 5,..., 26? {: #jdk1.4}
 
-Yes, **ProGuard** supports all JDKs from 1.1 up to and including 25. Java 2
+Yes, **ProGuard** supports all JDKs from 1.1 up to and including 26. Java 2
 introduced some small differences in the class file format. Java 5 added
 attributes for generics and for annotations. Java 6 introduced optional
 preverification attributes. Java 7 made preverification obligatory and
diff --git a/docs/md/manual/home.md b/docs/md/manual/home.md
index 4dd395a7..cd0f87fe 100644
--- a/docs/md/manual/home.md
+++ b/docs/md/manual/home.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Welcome to the manual for **ProGuard** version 7.8.2 ([what's new?](releasenotes.md)).
+Welcome to the manual for **ProGuard** version 7.9.0 ([what's new?](releasenotes.md)).
 
 ProGuard is an open-sourced Java class file shrinker, optimizer, obfuscator, and
 preverifier. As a result, ProGuard processed applications and libraries are smaller and faster.
diff --git a/docs/md/manual/releasenotes.md b/docs/md/manual/releasenotes.md
index 5b13629b..2c5df577 100644
--- a/docs/md/manual/releasenotes.md
+++ b/docs/md/manual/releasenotes.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 
 - Add support for Kotlin 2.3.
 
+### Java support 
+
+- Add support for Java 26.
+
 ## Version 7.8.2 
 
 ### Bugfixes 
diff --git a/examples/application-kotlin/build.gradle b/examples/application-kotlin/build.gradle
index c0cf656b..7f7a94ce 100644
--- a/examples/application-kotlin/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/application-kotlin/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ buildscript {
         google()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.guardsquare:proguard-gradle:7.8.2'
+        classpath 'com.guardsquare:proguard-gradle:7.9.0'
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/application/build.gradle b/examples/application/build.gradle
index 143abbab..2ff72f28 100644
--- a/examples/application/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/application/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ buildscript {
         google()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.guardsquare:proguard-gradle:7.8.2'
+        classpath 'com.guardsquare:proguard-gradle:7.9.0'
     }
 }
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ ext.baseCoordinates = "${project.name}-${project.version}"
 
 java {
     toolchain {
-        languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(22)
+        languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(8)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/spring-boot/build.gradle b/examples/spring-boot/build.gradle
index 4c42503a..e9ca9edc 100644
--- a/examples/spring-boot/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/spring-boot/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ buildscript {
         google()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.guardsquare:proguard-gradle:7.8.2'
+        classpath 'com.guardsquare:proguard-gradle:7.9.0'
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index c0a220dd..432188e7 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ kotest = "6.1.4"
 kotlin = "2.2.0"
 log4j = "2.25.3"
 mockk = "1.13.13"
-proguardCore = "9.3.1"
+proguardCore = "9.3.2"
 kotlin-compile-testing = "0.8.0"
 
 [libraries]