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title: Changelog
description: The following is the change history for the Azure AD Password Credential Validator.
component: azure
page_id: azure:azure_ad_password_credential_validator:pf_azuread_pcv_changelog
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/integrations/azure/azure_ad_password_credential_validator/pf_azuread_pcv_changelog.html
revdate: April 8, 2026
section_ids:
  version-2-2-1: Version 2.2.1
  version-2-2: Version 2.2
  version-2-1-1: Version 2.1.1
  version-2-1: Version 2.1
  version-2-0: Version 2.0
  version-1-2: Version 1.2
  version-1-1: Version 1.1
  version-1-0: Version 1.0
---

# Changelog

The following is the change history for the Azure AD Password Credential Validator.

## Version 2.2.1

Released in April 2026.

* Updated the Jackson Core library to address a potential security vulnerability.

## Version 2.2

Released in January 2026.

* Added the ability to specify custom parameters in the Resource Owner Password Credentials (ROPC) request body. Learn more in step 3 in [Configuring a password credential validator instance](pf_azuread_pcv_configuring_a_password_credential_validator_instance.html).

## Version 2.1.1

Released in September 2025.

* Updated the dependencies that the Azure AD Password Credential Validator uses.

## Version 2.1

Released in January 2023.

* Added the **User Attributes Endpoint** and **Group Membership Endpoint** fields in the PCV to allow customization of the user attributes and group membership endpoint URLs. Learn more in the [Azure AD PCV instance configuration settings reference](pf_azuread_pcv_config_settings_reference.html).

## Version 2.0

Released in November 2021.

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|   | If you're upgrading from Azure AD PCV 1.2 or earlier and used the `objectID` attribute in your extended contract, update this attribute to `ID`. |

* Added the **Microsoft Login Base URL** and **Microsoft Token Endpoint** fields in the PCV to support any changes Microsoft makes to the API endpoint. Learn more in the [Azure AD PCV instance configuration settings reference](pf_azuread_pcv_config_settings_reference.html).

* Replaced the **Read Timeout** and **Connection Timeout** fields with the **API Request Timeout** field in the PCV. Learn more in the [Azure AD PCV instance configuration settings reference](pf_azuread_pcv_config_settings_reference.html).

* Changed to a standardized `.zip` file structure to make automated deployments easier.

## Version 1.2

Released in July 2019.

* Improved support for passwords with special characters.

* Added proxy connection override settings. Learn more in the advanced field descriptions in [Azure AD PCV instance configuration settings reference](pf_azuread_pcv_config_settings_reference.html).

* Added the **Read Timeout** and **Connection Timeout** fields.

## Version 1.1

Released in July 2017.

* You can now disable user membership retrieval to reduce network traffic and API calls (in configurations where this data isn't required). Learn more in the **Disable User Group Retrieval** field description in [Azure AD PCV instance configuration settings reference](pf_azuread_pcv_config_settings_reference.html).

* Fixed an issue that prevented the PCV from properly failing over to the next PCV in the chain of an HTML form adapter.

## Version 1.0

Released in Dec 2016.

* Initial release.