Kubernetes versions
The Kubernetes project maintains the three most recent minor releases. Since 1.19 each minor gets about a year of regular patches plus two months of maintenance mode, when only critical and security fixes land. After that it is end of life: no more patches, from anyone upstream.
2019202020212022202320242025202620272028
1.37
Oct 2027
1.36
Jun 2027
1.35
Feb 2027
1.34
Oct 2026
1.33
Jun 2026
1.32
Feb 2026
1.31
Nov 2025
1.30
Jul 2025
1.29
Feb 2025
1.28
Oct 2024
1.27
Jul 2024
1.26
Feb 2024
1.25
Oct 2023
1.24
Jul 2023
1.23
Feb 2023
1.22
Dec 2022
1.21
Jun 2022
1.20
Feb 2022
1.19
Oct 2021
1.18
Jun 2021
1.17
Jan 2021
1.16
Sep 2020
today
Standard patch support
Maintenance mode (critical fixes only)
End of life
Every minor version
| Version | Status | Released | Maintenance mode | End of life | Latest patch | Patches | APIs removed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.37 Garhwal |
Supported | 26 Aug 2026 | 28 Aug 2027 | 28 Oct 2027 | 1.37.228 Oct 2026 |
2 | none |
| 1.36 ハル (Haru) |
Supported | 22 Apr 2026 | 28 Apr 2027 | 28 Jun 2027 | 1.36.628 Oct 2026 |
6 | none |
| 1.35 Timbernetes (The World Tree Release) |
Supported | 17 Dec 2025 | 28 Dec 2026 | 28 Feb 2027 | 1.35.1028 Oct 2026 |
10 | none |
| 1.34 Of Wind & Will (O' WaW) |
End of life | 27 Aug 2025 | 27 Aug 2026 | 27 Oct 2026 | 1.34.1328 Oct 2026 |
13 | none |
| 1.33 Octarine (The Color of Magic) |
End of life | 23 Apr 2025 | — | 28 Jun 2026 | 1.33.1312 Jun 2026 |
13 | none |
| 1.32 Penelope |
End of life | 11 Dec 2024 | — | 28 Feb 2026 | 1.32.1326 Feb 2026 |
13 | 2 kinds |
| 1.31 Elli |
End of life | 13 Aug 2024 | — | 11 Nov 2025 | 1.31.1412 Nov 2025 |
14 | none |
| 1.30 Uwubernetes |
End of life | 17 Apr 2024 | — | 15 Jul 2025 | 1.30.1418 Jun 2025 |
14 | none |
| 1.29 Mandala (The Universe) |
End of life | 13 Dec 2023 | — | 28 Feb 2025 | 1.29.1512 Mar 2025 |
15 | 2 kinds |
| 1.28 Planternetes |
End of life | 15 Aug 2023 | — | 22 Oct 2024 | 1.28.1523 Oct 2024 |
15 | none |
| 1.27 Chill Vibes |
End of life | 11 Apr 2023 | — | 16 Jul 2024 | 1.27.1617 Jul 2024 |
16 | 1 kind |
| 1.26 Electrifying |
End of life | 9 Dec 2022 | — | 28 Feb 2024 | 1.26.1514 Mar 2024 |
15 | 3 kinds |
| 1.25 Combiner |
End of life | 23 Aug 2022 | — | 28 Oct 2023 | 1.25.1616 Nov 2023 |
16 | 8 kinds |
| 1.24 Stargazer |
End of life | 3 May 2022 | — | 28 Jul 2023 | 1.24.1724 Aug 2023 |
17 | none |
| 1.23 The Next Frontier |
End of life | 7 Dec 2021 | — | 28 Feb 2023 | 1.23.1728 Feb 2023 |
17 | none |
| 1.22 Reaching New Peaks |
End of life | 4 Aug 2021 | — | 8 Dec 2022 | 1.22.178 Dec 2022 |
17 | 25 kinds |
| 1.21 Power to the Community |
End of life | 8 Apr 2021 | — | 28 Jun 2022 | 1.21.1417 Jun 2022 |
14 | none |
| 1.20 The Raddest Release |
End of life | 8 Dec 2020 | — | 28 Feb 2022 | 1.20.1519 Jan 2022 |
15 | none |
| 1.19 Accentuate the Paw-sitive |
End of life | 26 Aug 2020 | — | 28 Oct 2021 | 1.19.1628 Oct 2021 |
16 | none |
| 1.18 Fit & Finish / A Bit Quarky |
End of life | 25 Mar 2020 | — | 18 Jun 2021 | 1.18.2016 Jun 2021 |
18 | none |
| 1.17 Stability / The Chillest Release |
End of life | 9 Dec 2019 | — | 13 Jan 2021 | 1.17.1713 Jan 2021 |
16 | none |
| 1.16 Unlimited Breadsticks For All |
End of life | 18 Sep 2019 | — | 2 Sep 2020 | 1.16.152 Sep 2020 |
15 | 19 kinds |
"Maintenance mode" dates come from the release schedule, which keeps them only for currently supported versions. Patches counts patch releases after x.y.0. Removed APIs counts kinds that were on by default; see each version for off-by-default betas.
Next up: Kubernetes 1.38 is in development (alpha build v1.38.0-alpha.3, 28 Oct 2026). It gets a page here when it is released.