Java Maven Dependency Version 4.27.0 not in the maven repo

[DenisBytes]

Proto --version : libprotoc 25.2
Language: Java
Os: Windows
Java -version: OpenJDK Runtime Environment Corretto-21.0.2.13.1 (build 21.0.2+13-LTS)
GCC version : gcc.exe (x86_64-posix-seh-rev0, Built by MinGW-Builds project) 13.2.0

Tried to add the maven dependency put on github:

but gave this error:

com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:jar:4.27.0 was not found in https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2 during a previous attempt. This failure was cached in the local repository and resolution is not reattempted until the update interval of central has elapsed or updates are forced
Try to run Maven import with -U flag (force update snapshots)

Went on the maven repo to check, but not found the 4.27.0 version

[zhangskz]

As in the error message, there is no Protobuf 4.27.0 released yet. The latest release is 4.26.0-RC2. 27.x series is scheduled to be cut in April. For now, please use 4.26.0-RC2 (latest RC) or 3.25.3.

We recently updated our release process to have the version on our main branch reflect the next version to be released which is why this is incorrect here: https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/blob/main/java/README.md.

@shaod2 Can you update these to reflect a valid version, or point to https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.protobuf/protobuf-java for what version to use?