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Kubernetes is an open-source container-orchestration system for automating computer application deployment, scaling, and management.

Release Schedule Image Gantt Chart for Kubernetes
Release Released Active Support Maintenance Support Latest
1.26 2 weeks and 5 days ago
(08 Dec 2022)
Ends in 1 year
(28 Dec 2023)
Ends in 1 year and 1 month
(24 Feb 2024)
1.26.0
(08 Dec 2022)
1.25 4 months ago
(23 Aug 2022)
Ends in 8 months
(27 Aug 2023)
Ends in 10 months
(27 Oct 2023)
1.25.5
(08 Dec 2022)
1.24 7 months and 4 weeks ago
(03 May 2022)
Ends in 5 months
(28 May 2023)
Ends in 7 months
(28 Jul 2023)
1.24.9
(08 Dec 2022)
1.23 1 year ago
(07 Dec 2021)
Ends tomorrow
(28 Dec 2022)
Ends in 2 months
(28 Feb 2023)
1.23.15
(08 Dec 2022)
1.22 1 year and 4 months ago
(04 Aug 2021)
Ended 4 months ago
(28 Aug 2022)
Ended 2 months ago
(28 Oct 2022)
1.22.17
1.21 1 year and 8 months ago
(08 Apr 2021)
Ended 8 months ago
(28 Apr 2022)
Ended 6 months ago
(28 Jun 2022)
1.21.14
1.20 2 years ago
(08 Dec 2020)
Ended 12 months ago
(28 Dec 2021)
Ended 10 months ago
(28 Feb 2022)
1.20.15
1.19 2 years and 4 months ago
(26 Aug 2020)
Ended 1 year and 4 months ago
(28 Aug 2021)
Ended 1 year and 2 months ago
(28 Oct 2021)
1.19.16
1.18 2 years and 9 months ago
(25 Mar 2020)
Ended 1 year and 8 months ago
(28 Apr 2021)
Ended 1 year and 6 months ago
(18 Jun 2021)
1.18.20
1.17 3 years ago
(07 Dec 2019)
No Ended 2 years ago
(25 Dec 2020)
1.17.17
1.16 3 years ago
(18 Sep 2019)
No Ended 2 years and 4 months ago
(04 Aug 2020)
1.16.15

Kubernetes follows an N-2 support policy (meaning that the 3 most recent minor versions receive security and bug fixes) along with a 15-week release cycle. This results in a release being supported for 14 months (12 months of support and 2 months of upgrade period).

Applicable fixes, including security fixes, may be backported to those three release branches, depending on severity and feasibility. Patch releases are cut from those branches at a regular cadence, plus additional urgent releases, when required. The Release Managers group owns this decision. For more information, see the patch release page, which also lists expected release dates for future releases, along with exact EoL dates for all active branches.

Since Kubernetes has a client-server architecture, there is a supported version skew between the client/server, which also determines the supported component upgrade order.

More information is available on the Kubernetes website.

You should be running one of the supported release numbers listed above in the rightmost column.

You can check the version that you are currently using by running:
kubectl version

You can submit an improvement to this page on GitHub :octocat: . This page has a corresponding Talk Page.

A JSON version of this page is available at /api/kubernetes.json. See the API Documentation for more.

This page was last updated on 20 December 2022. Latest releases are automatically updated.