2025-07-30 Default response to API requests is now version 2

Starting today, July 30, 2025, ROR API requests with no version in the path return responses in version 2 of the ROR schema rather than in version 1 of the ROR schema.

This may be a breaking change for requests that do not specify a version in the path, such as https://api.ror.org/organizations. Requests that do specify a version in the path, such as https://api.ror.org/v1/organizations or https://api.ror.org/v2/organizations, will not be affected. Our logs indicate that about 75% of requests to the ROR API do specify a version in the path and therefore will not be affected by this change.

Remember, too, that version 1 of the ROR API and schema will be deprecated in December 2025, so please plan now to adapt your applications to retrieve data in version 2 of the ROR schema and register for a client ID before the end of the year.

For more details, read the earlier announcement. For help, contact [email protected].