docker engine end of life dates — full support timeline
24 of 26 tracked docker engine 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 2025-11-10 | not announced | 29.7.1 | supported |
| 28 | 2025-02-20 | 2026-05-13 | 28.5.2 | ended |
| 27 | 2024-06-25 | 2025-05-03 | 27.5.1 | ended |
| 26.1 | 2024-04-22 | 2025-02-17 | 26.1.5 | ended |
| 26.0 | 2024-03-20 | 2024-06-08 | 26.0.2 | ended |
| 25.0 | 2024-01-19 | 2026-12-04 | 25.0.16 | ends soon |
| 24.0 | 2023-05-16 | 2024-06-08 | 24.0.9 | ended |
| 23.0 | 2023-02-02 | 2025-05-19 | 23.0.18 | ended |
| 20.10 | 2020-12-09 | 2023-12-10 | 20.10.27 | ended |
| 19.03 | 2019-07-22 | 2021-01-08 | 19.03.15 | ended |
| 18.09 | 2018-11-08 | 2019-08-22 | 18.09.9 | ended |
| 18.06 | 2018-07-18 | 2018-12-08 | 18.06.3 | ended |
| 18.05 | 2018-04-25 | 2018-08-18 | 18.05.0 | ended |
| 18.04 | 2018-03-27 | 2018-06-09 | 18.04.0 | ended |
| 18.03 | 2018-03-14 | 2018-05-10 | 18.03.1 | ended |
| 18.02 | 2018-01-26 | 2018-04-21 | 18.02.0 | ended |
| 17.12 | 2017-12-15 | 2018-02-10 | 17.12.1 | ended |
| 18.01 | 2017-12-12 | 2018-03-07 | 18.01.0 | ended |
| 17.11 | 2017-11-17 | 2018-01-27 | 17.11.0 | ended |
| 17.10 | 2017-10-13 | 2017-12-20 | 17.10.0 | ended |
| 17.09 | 2017-09-22 | 2017-11-17 | 17.09.1 | ended |
| 17.07 | 2017-08-28 | 2017-10-26 | 17.07.0 | ended |
| 17.06 | 2017-06-20 | 2017-09-29 | 17.06.2 | ended |
| 17.05 | 2017-05-04 | 2017-07-28 | 17.05.0 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported docker engine 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/docker-engine, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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