Old jQuery in mobile client rejected by Google

jQuery is baked into UI5 in the sap-ui-core.js file. Older UI5 versions will be rejected by Google and not allowed into the Google Play Store. SAP does patch jQuery in each UI5 version when they are patched, but the base jQuery version will remain the same. Read more in SAP Note #0002476276.

If your mobile client is rejected from the Google Play Store, you must use a higher UI5 version.