oracle jdk end of life dates — full support timeline
23 of 27 tracked oracle jdk 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 2026-03-17 | 2026-09-18 | 26.0.2 | ends soon |
| 25 LTS | 2025-09-16 | 2030-09-30 | 25.0.4 | supported |
| 24 | 2025-03-18 | 2025-09-16 | 24.0.2 | ended |
| 23 | 2024-09-17 | 2025-03-18 | 23.0.2 | ended |
| 22 | 2024-03-19 | 2024-09-17 | 22.0.2 | ended |
| 21 LTS | 2023-09-19 | 2028-09-30 | 21.0.12 | supported |
| 20 | 2023-03-21 | 2023-09-19 | 20.0.2 | ended |
| 19 | 2022-09-20 | 2023-03-21 | 19.0.2 | ended |
| 18 | 2022-03-22 | 2022-09-20 | 18.0.2.1 | ended |
| 17 LTS | 2021-09-14 | 2026-09-30 | 17.0.20 | ends soon |
| 16 | 2021-03-16 | 2021-09-14 | 16.0.2 | ended |
| 15 | 2020-09-15 | 2021-03-16 | 15.0.2 | ended |
| 14 | 2020-03-17 | 2020-09-16 | 14.0.2 | ended |
| 13 | 2019-09-17 | 2020-03-17 | 13.0.2 | ended |
| 12 | 2019-03-19 | 2019-09-17 | 12.0.2 | ended |
| 11 LTS | 2018-09-25 | 2023-09-30 | 11.0.32 | ended |
| 10 | 2018-03-20 | 2018-09-25 | 10.0.2 | ended |
| 9 | 2017-09-21 | 2018-03-20 | 9.0.4 | ended |
| 8 LTS | 2014-03-18 | 2022-03-31 | 8u501 | ended |
| 7 LTS | 2011-07-11 | 2019-07-31 | 7u351 | ended |
| 6 | 2006-12-12 | 2018-12-31 | 6u211 | ended |
| 5 | 2004-09-30 | 2009-10-30 | 5.0u85 | ended |
| 1.4 | 2002-02-13 | 2008-10-30 | 1.4.2_42 | ended |
| 1.3 | 2000-05-08 | 2006-03-31 | 1.3.1_32 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported oracle jdk 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/oracle-jdk, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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