# Laravel: New Release Schedule

DevFeed: [Laravel: New Release Schedule](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/laravel-new-release-schedule-3927.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://laravel.com/blog/updates-to-laravels-versioning-policy>)

Author: Taylor Otwell

Published: 2021-01-25T14:12:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Laravel Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/laravel-blog.md>)

Topics: [Laravel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/laravel.md>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/releases.md>)

Tags: [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [framework](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/framework.md>), [laravel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/laravel.md>), [lts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/lts.md>), [php](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/php.md>), [policy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/policy.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [release-schedule](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release-schedule.md>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/releases.md>), [support](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/support.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>), [update](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/update.md>)

## AI overview

Laravel is changing its major release schedule from every six months to every twelve months. Laravel 9.0 (LTS) is planned for September 2021, followed by Laravel 10.0 in September 2022. Parallel testing is being backported to Laravel 8.0, and the revised schedule is intended to reduce the maintenance burden while encouraging high-value, backward-compatible features.

## Source excerpt

For the last 4 years, Laravel has released a new "major" version every 6 months. Before adopting the "semantic versioning" standard - the second number in the Laravel version number changed every 6 mo...