The Kubernetes project maintains release branches for the most recent three minor releases (1.28, 1.27, 1.26). 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

1.28

1.27

1.26

1.25

Upcoming Release

Check out the schedule for the upcoming 1.29 Kubernetes release!

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