dovecot end of life dates — full support timeline
3 of 5 tracked dovecot 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.4 | 2025-01-24 | not announced | 2.4.4 | supported |
| 2.3 | 2017-12-22 | not announced | 2.3.21.1 | supported |
| 2.2 | 2013-04-11 | 2025-01-24 | 2.2.36.4 | ended |
| 2.1 | 2012-02-16 | 2017-12-22 | 2.1.16 | ended |
| 2.0 | 2010-08-16 | 2013-04-11 | 2.0.15 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported dovecot 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/dovecot, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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