gradle end of life dates — full support timeline
7 of 9 tracked gradle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 2025-07-31 | not announced | 9.6.1 | supported |
| 8 | 2023-02-10 | not announced | 8.14.5 | supported |
| 7 | 2021-04-09 | 2025-07-31 | 7.6.6 | ended |
| 6 | 2019-11-08 | 2023-02-10 | 6.9.4 | ended |
| 5 | 2018-11-23 | 2019-11-08 | 5.6.4 | ended |
| 4 | 2017-06-14 | 2018-11-26 | 4.10.3 | ended |
| 3 | 2016-08-15 | 2017-06-14 | 3.5.1 | ended |
| 2 | 2014-07-01 | 2016-08-15 | 2.14.1 | ended |
| 1 | 2012-06-12 | 2014-07-01 | 1.12.0 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported gradle 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/gradle, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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