apache · snuyanzin · Apr 28, 2026 · May 4, 2026
diff --git a/docs/content/posts/2026-05-08-release-2.0.2.md b/docs/content/posts/2026-05-08-release-2.0.2.md
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+---
+title: "Apache Flink 2.0.2 Release Announcement"
+date: "2026-05-08T00:00:00.000Z"
+aliases:
+- /news/2026/05/08/release-2.0.2.html
+authors:
+  - snuyanzin:
+    name: "Sergey Nuyanzin"
+
+---
+
+The Apache Flink Community is pleased to announce the second bug fix release of the Flink 2.0 series.
+
+This release includes 34 bug fixes, vulnerability fixes, and minor improvements for Flink 2.0.
+Below you will find a list of all bug fixes and improvements (excluding improvements to the build infrastructure and build stability). For a complete list of all changes, please see:
+[JIRA](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12315522&version=12356332).
+
+We highly recommend all users upgrade to Flink 2.0.2 or higher.
+
+# Release Artifacts
+
+## Maven Dependencies
+
+```xml
+<dependency>
+  <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
+  <artifactId>flink-java</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0.2</version>
+</dependency>
+<dependency>
+  <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
+  <artifactId>flink-streaming-java</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0.2</version>
+</dependency>
+<dependency>
+  <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
+  <artifactId>flink-clients</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0.2</version>
+</dependency>
+```
+
+## Binaries
+
+You can find the binaries on the updated [Downloads page]({{< relref "downloads" >}}).
+
+## Docker Images
+
+* [library/flink](https://hub.docker.com/_/flink/tags?page=1&name=2.0.2) (official images)
+* [apache/flink](https://hub.docker.com/r/apache/flink/tags?page=1&name=2.0.2) (ASF repository)
+
+## PyPi
+
+* [apache-flink==2.0.2](https://pypi.org/project/apache-flink/2.0.2/)
+
+# Release Notes
+
+
+        Release Notes - Flink - Version 2.0.2
+
+<h2>        Bug
+</h2>
+<ul>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-35556'>FLINK-35556</a>] -         Wrong constant in RocksDBSharedResourcesFactory.SLOT_SHARED_MANAGED
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-36059'>FLINK-36059</a>] -         SqlClientITCase failed due to could not create/start container
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-37266'>FLINK-37266</a>] -         Python CLI arguments doesn&#39;t work in session mode
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-38486'>FLINK-38486</a>] -         Harden shutdown of DefaultExpressionEvaluator
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-38567'>FLINK-38567</a>] -         ForSt state backend error with GROUP BY and async state execution
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-38574'>FLINK-38574</a>] -         Avoid reusing re-uploaded sst files when checkpoint notification is delayed
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-38588'>FLINK-38588</a>] -         StreamExecutionEnvironmentTests::test_set_requirements_with_cached_directory is failing
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-38590'>FLINK-38590</a>] -         Pypi does not support source distribution with hyphen naming
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-38624'>FLINK-38624</a>] -         Flink 2.1 Job Failure: Type Mismatch Exception in StreamPhysicalOverAggregateRule (TIMESTAMP(3) vs TIMESTAMP(3) ROWTIME)
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-38938'>FLINK-38938</a>] -         Restore of SQL job with CURRENT_TIMESTAMP fails with CodeGenException
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-38951'>FLINK-38951</a>] -         Upgrade pemja to 0.5.6
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-38986'>FLINK-38986</a>] -         SSL connection failures in BlobClientSslTest / NettyClientServerSslTest with latest JDK versions
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-39017'>FLINK-39017</a>] -         Flink WebUI Job graph node click interaction fails in Chrome 144+ (PointerEvents suppression)
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-39052'>FLINK-39052</a>] -         ModuleNotFoundError: No module named &#39;pkg_resources&#39;
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-39355'>FLINK-39355</a>] -         Table program cannot be compiled for JSON_OBJECT
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-39360'>FLINK-39360</a>] -         LIKE clause doesn&#39;t support some patterns
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-39371'>FLINK-39371</a>] -         CurrentDatabase fails for some patterns
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-39394'>FLINK-39394</a>] -         Job overview metrics (business/backpressure/data skew) are showing N/A when some nodes are finished
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-39424'>FLINK-39424</a>] -         Setting LIKE does not support default escape characters.
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-39534'>FLINK-39534</a>] -         Upgrade pemja to 0.5.7
+</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h2>        Improvement
+</h2>
+<ul>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-37881'>FLINK-37881</a>] -         Drop gosu in favour of Dockerfile&#39;s USER
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-38914'>FLINK-38914</a>] -         Redirect users to deeplink when visiting an outdated or master docs page (instead of stable)
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-38924'>FLINK-38924</a>] -         Redirect users to documentation home page when encountering a 404
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-38925'>FLINK-38925</a>] -         Update Matomo URL to the right domain
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-38955'>FLINK-38955</a>] -         Add canonical tag to generated Javadoc and PyDocs
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-39022'>FLINK-39022</a>] -         Update default cipher suite value in SecurityOptions
+</li>
+</ul>
+
diff --git a/docs/data/flink.yml b/docs/data/flink.yml
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@
   source_release_sha512_url: "https://downloads.apache.org/flink/flink-2.1.1/flink-2.1.1-src.tgz.sha512"
 
 2.0:
-  name: "Apache Flink 2.0.1"
-  binary_release_url: "https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/flink/flink-2.0.1/flink-2.0.1-bin-scala_2.12.tgz"
-  binary_release_asc_url: "https://downloads.apache.org/flink/flink-2.0.1/flink-2.0.1-bin-scala_2.12.tgz.asc"
-  binary_release_sha512_url: "https://downloads.apache.org/flink/flink-2.0.1/flink-2.0.1-bin-scala_2.12.tgz.sha512"
-  source_release_url: "https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/flink/flink-2.0.1/flink-2.0.1-src.tgz"
-  source_release_asc_url: "https://downloads.apache.org/flink/flink-2.0.1/flink-2.0.1-src.tgz.asc"
-  source_release_sha512_url: "https://downloads.apache.org/flink/flink-2.0.1/flink-2.0.1-src.tgz.sha512"
+  name: "Apache Flink 2.0.2"
+  binary_release_url: "https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/flink/flink-2.0.2/flink-2.0.2-bin-scala_2.12.tgz"
+  binary_release_asc_url: "https://downloads.apache.org/flink/flink-2.0.2/flink-2.0.2-bin-scala_2.12.tgz.asc"
+  binary_release_sha512_url: "https://downloads.apache.org/flink/flink-2.0.2/flink-2.0.2-bin-scala_2.12.tgz.sha512"
+  source_release_url: "https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/flink/flink-2.0.2/flink-2.0.2-src.tgz"
+  source_release_asc_url: "https://downloads.apache.org/flink/flink-2.0.2/flink-2.0.2-src.tgz.asc"
+  source_release_sha512_url: "https://downloads.apache.org/flink/flink-2.0.2/flink-2.0.2-src.tgz.sha512"
 
 1.20:
   name: "Apache Flink 1.20.4"

diff --git a/docs/data/release_archive.yml b/docs/data/release_archive.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 release_archive:
   flink:
-    - version_short: "1.20"
+    -
+      version_short: "2.0"
+      version_long: 2.0.2
+      release_date: 2026-05-08
+    -
+      version_short: "1.20"
       version_long: 1.20.4
       release_date: 2026-04-22
     -