Apple today released Java 2 Standard Edition 5.0 Release 4.
Apple describes the update which is available in Software Update for Mac OS X Tiger (more after the jump):
"Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Release 4 delivers improved reliability and compatibility for Java 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0 on Mac OS X v10.4.5 and later. This release includes J2SE version 1.5.0_06. With this update J2SE 5.0 becomes the preferred Java version, superseding Java 1.4.2. Java 1.4.2 is still installed on your machine, but applications will run with J2SE 5.0 unless they specifically request Java 1.4.2."
Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Release 4 delivers numerous enhancements for the Apple implementation of J2SE 5.0 on Mac OS X v10.4.
J2SE 5.0 Release 4 improves reliability and addresses issues found in earlier releases of J2SE 5.0 for Mac OS X. After installing J2SE 5.0 Release 4, J2SE 5.0 becomes preferred over Java 1.4.2, which will still be installed on your Mac. Applications run with J2SE 5.0 unless they specifically request Java 1.4.2.
This release provides compatibility with Sun's Java 2 Platform Standard Edition, version 5.0 (1.5.0_06).