The Kubernetes project maintains release branches for the most recent three minor releases (1.23, 1.22, 1.21). 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

1.23

Latest Release:1.23.5 (released: )
End of Life:
Patch Releases: 1.23.1, 1.23.2, 1.23.3, 1.23.4, 1.23.5

Complete 1.23 Schedule and Changelog

1.22

Latest Release:1.22.8 (released: )
End of Life:
Patch Releases: 1.22.1, 1.22.2, 1.22.3, 1.22.4, 1.22.5, 1.22.6, 1.22.7, 1.22.8

Complete 1.22 Schedule and Changelog

1.21

Latest Release:1.21.11 (released: )
End of Life:

Complete 1.21 Schedule and Changelog

Upcoming Release

Check out the schedule for the upcoming 1.24 Kubernetes release!

Helpful Resources

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Kubernetes Release Cycle

Patch Releases

Release Managers

Notes

Kubernetes release notes.

Version Skew Policy

The maximum version skew supported between various Kubernetes components.

Last modified April 20, 2022 at 9:51 AM PST: Hyperlink to support period update (#33007) (ac879ddbaa)