Technically yes, but . The servlet container already includes its own implementation. Having the API JAR in WEB-INF/lib can cause classloading conflicts and LinkageError exceptions. Always mark the dependency as provided .
Here are some Jakarta Servlet API 6.0.0 jars: * **jakarta.servlet-api-6.0.0-javadoc.jar** * **0-sources.jar** * **jakarta.servlet- jakarta.servlet-api-6.0.0.jar download
No – not at binary level. You must recompile your source code and ensure no references to javax.servlet remain. However, source code changes are mostly limited to updating import statements to jakarta.servlet . Technically yes, but