podman end of life dates — full support timeline
23 of 25 tracked podman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | 2026-06-24 | not announced | 6.0.2 | supported |
| 5.8 | 2026-02-12 | 2026-09-26 | 5.8.5 | ends soon |
| 5.7 | 2025-11-11 | 2026-02-12 | 5.7.1 | ended |
| 5.6 | 2025-08-15 | 2025-11-11 | 5.6.2 | ended |
| 5.5 | 2025-05-13 | 2025-08-15 | 5.5.2 | ended |
| 5.4 | 2025-02-11 | 2025-05-13 | 5.4.2 | ended |
| 5.3 | 2024-11-12 | 2025-02-11 | 5.3.2 | ended |
| 5.2 | 2024-08-01 | 2024-11-12 | 5.2.5 | ended |
| 5.1 | 2024-05-29 | 2024-08-01 | 5.1.2 | ended |
| 5.0 | 2024-03-19 | 2024-05-29 | 5.0.3 | ended |
| 4.9 | 2024-01-22 | 2024-05-30 | 4.9.5 | ended |
| 4.8 | 2023-11-27 | 2024-01-03 | 4.8.3 | ended |
| 4.7 | 2023-09-27 | 2023-10-31 | 4.7.2 | ended |
| 4.6 | 2023-07-20 | 2023-08-28 | 4.6.2 | ended |
| 4.5 | 2023-04-14 | 2023-05-26 | 4.5.1 | ended |
| 4.4 | 2023-02-01 | 2023-03-27 | 4.4.4 | ended |
| 4.3 | 2022-10-18 | 2022-11-10 | 4.3.1 | ended |
| 4.2 | 2022-08-10 | 2022-09-06 | 4.2.1 | ended |
| 4.1 | 2022-05-05 | 2022-06-14 | 4.1.1 | ended |
| 4.0 | 2022-02-17 | 2022-04-01 | 4.0.3 | ended |
| 3.4 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-04-20 | 3.4.7 | ended |
| 3.3 | 2021-08-20 | 2021-08-30 | 3.3.1 | ended |
| 3.2 | 2021-06-03 | 2021-07-16 | 3.2.3 | ended |
| 3.1 | 2021-03-29 | 2021-04-21 | 3.1.2 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported podman 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/podman, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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