spring framework end of life dates — full support timeline
9 of 10 tracked spring framework 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.0 | 2025-11-30 | 2027-07-31 | 7.0.8 | supported |
| 6.2 | 2024-11-30 | 2026-06-30 | 6.2.19 | ended |
| 6.1 | 2023-11-30 | 2025-06-30 | 6.1.21 | ended |
| 6.0 | 2022-11-30 | 2024-06-30 | 6.0.23 | ended |
| 5.3 LTS | 2020-10-31 | 2024-08-31 | 5.3.39 | ended |
| 5.2 | 2019-09-30 | 2021-12-31 | 5.2.25 | ended |
| 5.1 | 2018-09-30 | 2020-12-31 | 5.1.20 | ended |
| 5.0 | 2017-09-28 | 2020-12-31 | 5.0.20 | ended |
| 4.3 | 2016-06-10 | 2020-12-31 | 4.3.30 | ended |
| 3.2 | 2012-12-13 | 2016-12-31 | 3.2.18 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported spring framework 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/spring-framework, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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