blender end of life dates — full support timeline
16 of 18 tracked blender 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 LTS | 2026-07-14 | 2028-07-14 | 5.2.0 | supported |
| 5.1 | 2026-03-17 | 2026-07-14 | 5.1.2 | ended |
| 5.0 | 2025-11-18 | 2026-03-17 | 5.0.1 | ended |
| 4.5 LTS | 2025-07-14 | 2027-07-14 | 4.5.12 | supported |
| 4.4 | 2025-03-17 | 2025-07-14 | 4.4.3 | ended |
| 4.3 | 2024-11-19 | 2025-03-18 | 4.3.2 | ended |
| 4.2 LTS | 2024-07-16 | 2026-07-16 | 4.2.23 | ended |
| 4.1 | 2024-03-25 | 2024-07-16 | 4.1.1 | ended |
| 4.0 | 2023-11-14 | 2024-03-25 | 4.0.2 | ended |
| 3.6 LTS | 2023-06-27 | 2025-06-27 | 3.6.23 | ended |
| 3.5 | 2023-03-29 | 2023-06-27 | 3.5.1 | ended |
| 3.4 | 2022-12-07 | 2023-03-29 | 3.4.1 | ended |
| 3.3 LTS | 2022-09-07 | 2024-09-07 | 3.3.21 | ended |
| 3.2 | 2022-06-08 | 2022-09-07 | 3.2.2 | ended |
| 3.1 | 2022-03-09 | 2022-06-08 | 3.1.2 | ended |
| 3.0 | 2021-12-03 | 2022-03-09 | 3.0.1 | ended |
| 2.93 LTS | 2021-06-02 | 2023-06-02 | 2.93.18 | ended |
| 2.83 LTS | 2020-06-03 | 2022-06-01 | 2.83.20 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported blender 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/blender, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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