# Bazel new and noteworthy

Overview of the recent enhancements in Gerrit build tool chain:

* Gerrit project from build perspective
* Extract ElasticSearch Server from Gerrit core
* Manage dockerized external dependencies with TestContainers library
* Support recent Java versions 9, 10 and 11
* Track minimal supported Bazel version in Gerrit tree

*[David Ostrovsky, Gerrit Maintainer](../speakers.md#davido)*