Releases

The Kubernetes project maintains release branches for the most recent three minor releases (1.25, 1.24, 1.23). Kubernetes 1.19 and newer receive approximately 1 year of patch support. Kubernetes 1.18 and older received approximately 9 months of patch support.

Kubernetes versions are expressed as x.y.z, where x is the major version, y is the minor version, and z is the patch version, following Semantic Versioning terminology.

More information in the version skew policy document.

Release History

1.21

Latest Release: 1.21.3 (released: 2021-07-14)
End of Life: 2022-04-30
Patch Releases: 1.21.3, 1.21.2, 1.21.1,
Complete 1.21 Schedule and Changelog

1.20

Latest Release: 1.20.9 (released: 2021-07-14)
End of Life: 2021-12-30
Patch Releases: 1.20.9, 1.20.8, 1.20.7, 1.20.6, 1.20.5, 1.20.4, 1.20.3, 1.20.2, 1.20.1,
Complete 1.20 Schedule and Changelog

1.19

Latest Release: 1.19.13 (released: 2021-07-14)
End of Life: 2021-09-30
Patch Releases: 1.19.13, 1.19.12, 1.19.11, 1.19.10, 1.19.9, 1.19.8, 1.19.7, 1.19.6, 1.19.5, 1.19.4, 1.19.3, 1.19.2, 1.19.1,
Complete 1.19 Schedule and Changelog

Upcoming Release

Check out the schedule for the upcoming 1.26 Kubernetes release!

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