OpenJDK Product Lifecycle

Release dates, version history and support and end-of-life dates as published by OpenJDK. Dates within the next 12 months are highlighted; past dates are dimmed. Retrieved 2026-10-14.

• JDK release cadence and update releases. New JDK feature releases follow a strict six-month cadence; after a feature release enters Rampdown Phase Two a corresponding jdk-updates repository is opened, and the JDK Updates Project lists which update releases are active or retired without publishing end dates. [2]