amazon eks end of life dates — full support timeline
16 of 19 tracked amazon eks releases have already reached end of life. The dates below are published support dates, not estimates.
Version support timeline
| Release | Released | End of life | Latest | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.36 | 2026-06-02 | 2027-08-02 | 1.36-eks-6 | supported |
| 1.35 | 2026-01-28 | 2027-03-27 | 1.35-eks-17 | supported |
| 1.34 | 2025-10-06 | 2026-12-02 | 1.34-eks-27 | ends soon |
| 1.33 | 2025-05-28 | 2026-07-29 | 1.33-eks-41 | ended |
| 1.32 | 2025-01-25 | 2026-03-23 | 1.32-eks-48 | ended |
| 1.31 | 2024-09-26 | 2025-11-26 | 1.31-eks-64 | ended |
| 1.30 | 2024-05-23 | 2025-07-23 | 1.30-eks-72 | ended |
| 1.29 | 2024-01-23 | 2025-03-23 | 1.29-eks-66 | ended |
| 1.28 | 2023-09-26 | 2024-11-26 | 1.28-eks-63 | ended |
| 1.27 | 2023-05-24 | 2024-07-24 | 1.27-eks-53 | ended |
| 1.26 | 2023-04-11 | 2024-06-11 | 1.26-eks-51 | ended |
| 1.25 | 2023-02-21 | 2024-05-01 | 1.25-eks-48 | ended |
| 1.24 | 2022-11-15 | 2024-01-31 | 1.24-eks-45 | ended |
| 1.23 | 2022-08-11 | 2023-10-11 | 1.23-eks-30 | ended |
| 1.22 | 2022-04-04 | 2023-06-04 | 1.22-eks-14 | ended |
| 1.21 | 2021-07-19 | 2023-02-16 | 1.21-eks-18 | ended |
| 1.20 | 2021-05-18 | 2022-11-01 | 1.20-eks-14 | ended |
| 1.19 | 2021-02-16 | 2022-08-01 | 1.19-eks-11 | ended |
| 1.18 | 2020-10-13 | 2022-08-15 | 1.18-eks-13 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported amazon eks release. After end of life a version stops receiving security patches, which typically becomes an audit or compliance finding before it becomes an outage. Upgrading to a supported release is the migration path; the table above shows which releases still qualify.
Source
These dates are maintained by endoflife.date/amazon-eks, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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