Perl End of Life (EOL), End of Support (EOS), EOSL, EOSS, and EOSM Dates

Latest Release: 5.42.0 (August 03, 2025)

Official Release Policy

Currently Supported Perl Releases - Active EOS/EOSL Support (3)

Release	Released	Active Support	Critical security patches	Latest	LTS
5.42	2025-07-03 (7 months ago)	-	2028-07-03 (in 2 years and 4 months)	5.42.0 2025-07-03 (7 months ago)	-
5.40	2024-06-09 (1 year and 8 months ago)	-	2027-06-09 (in 1 year and 3 months)	5.40.3 2025-08-03 (6 months ago)	-
5.38	2023-07-02 (2 years and 7 months ago)	2025-07-03 (7 months ago)	2026-07-02 (in 4 months)	5.38.5 2025-08-03 (6 months ago)	-

Perl End of Life (EOL) Releases - No Longer Supported (6)

Release	Released	Active Support	Critical security patches	Latest	LTS
5.36	2022-05-27 (3 years and 8 months ago)	2024-06-09 (1 year and 8 months ago)	2025-05-27 (8 months ago)	5.36.3 2023-11-29 (2 years and 2 months ago)	-
5.34	2021-05-20 (4 years and 9 months ago)	2023-07-02 (2 years and 7 months ago)	2024-05-20 (1 year and 9 months ago)	5.34.3 2023-11-29 (2 years and 2 months ago)	-
5.32	2020-06-20 (5 years and 8 months ago)	2022-05-27 (3 years and 8 months ago)	2023-06-20 (2 years and 8 months ago)	5.32.1 2021-01-23 (5 years and 1 month ago)	-
5.30	2019-05-22 (6 years and 9 months ago)	2021-05-20 (4 years and 9 months ago)	2022-05-22 (3 years and 9 months ago)	5.30.3 2020-05-29 (5 years and 8 months ago)	-
5.28	2018-06-22 (7 years and 8 months ago)	2020-06-20 (5 years and 8 months ago)	2021-06-23 (4 years and 8 months ago)	5.28.3 2020-05-29 (5 years and 8 months ago)	-
5.26	2017-05-30 (8 years and 8 months ago)	2019-05-22 (6 years and 9 months ago)	2020-05-30 (5 years and 8 months ago)	5.26.3 2018-11-28 (7 years and 2 months ago)	-

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