perl end of life dates — full support timeline
7 of 10 tracked perl 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.44 | 2026-07-15 | 2029-07-15 | 5.44.0 | supported |
| 5.42 | 2025-07-03 | 2028-07-03 | 5.42.2 | supported |
| 5.40 | 2024-06-09 | 2027-06-09 | 5.40.4 | supported |
| 5.38 | 2023-07-02 | 2026-07-02 | 5.38.5 | ended |
| 5.36 | 2022-05-27 | 2025-05-27 | 5.36.3 | ended |
| 5.34 | 2021-05-20 | 2024-05-20 | 5.34.3 | ended |
| 5.32 | 2020-06-20 | 2023-06-20 | 5.32.1 | ended |
| 5.30 | 2019-05-22 | 2022-05-22 | 5.30.3 | ended |
| 5.28 | 2018-06-22 | 2021-06-23 | 5.28.3 | ended |
| 5.26 | 2017-05-30 | 2020-05-30 | 5.26.3 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported perl 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/perl, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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