# What’s New in Spring Security 5.6
Spring Security 5.6 provides a number of new features. Below are the highlights of the release.
- All new Antora (opens new window) based documentation (opens new window).
# Servlet
Core
Configuration
- Introduced
AuthorizationManager
(opens new window) for method security
- Introduced
SAML 2.0 Service Provider
Improved
Saml2LoginConfigurer
's handling ofSaml2AuthenticationTokenConverter
(opens new window)
OAuth 2.0 Login
OAuth 2.0 Client
Added custom grant types support (opens new window) for Authorization Requests
Introduced JwtEncoder (opens new window)
Testing
# WebFlux
OAuth 2.0 Login
OAuth 2.0 Client
Added custom headers support (opens new window) for Access Token Requests
Added custom response parsing (opens new window) for Access Token Requests
Added jwt-bearer Grant Type support (opens new window) for Access Token Requests
Added JWT Client Authentication support (opens new window) for Access Token Requests