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Podman Product Lifecycle

Release dates, version history and end-of-support dates for 2 Podman products and 75 versions.

Releases and Lifecycle

Upcoming End of Support

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

  • Podman 5.8 extended upstream support. After the release of Podman 6.0, the maintainers extended upstream support of the v5.8 series (CVE fixes and critical bugfixes only) until the second week of June 2027. [3]
Podman 39 versions

Release dates are those of the x.y.0 release on the official releases page; the Podman project publishes no general end-of-life schedule other than the Podman 5.8 extension. Patch releases are not listed.

VersionReleasedEnd of lifeSource
6.1–[1]
6.0–[1]
5.8Podman 5.8 extended upstream support[1][3]
5.7–[1]
5.6–[1]
5.5–[1]
5.4–[1]
5.3–[1]
5.2–[1]
5.1–[1]
5.0–[1]
4.9–[1]
4.8–[1]
4.7–[1]
4.6–[1]
4.5–[1]
4.4–[1]
4.3–[1]
4.2–[1]
4.1–[1]
4.0–[1]
3.4–[1]
3.3–[1]
3.2–[1]
3.1–[1]
3.0–[1]
2.2–[1]
2.1–[1]
2.0–[1]
1.9–[1]
1.8–[1]
1.7–[1]
1.6–[1]
1.5–[1]
1.4–[1]
1.3–[1]
1.2–[1]
1.1–[1]
1.0–[1]
Podman Desktop 36 versions

Release dates are those of the x.y.0 release on the official releases page; the project publishes no end-of-life dates. Patch releases are not listed.

VersionReleasedEnd of lifeSource
1.30–[2]
1.29–[2]
1.27–[2]
1.26–[2]
1.25–[2]
1.24–[2]
1.23–[2]
1.22–[2]
1.21–[2]
1.20–[2]
1.18–[2]
1.17–[2]
1.16–[2]
1.15–[2]
1.14–[2]
1.12–[2]
1.11–[2]
1.10–[2]
1.9–[2]
1.8–[2]
1.7–[2]
1.6–[2]
1.5–[2]
1.4–[2]
1.3–[2]
1.2–[2]
1.1–[2]
1.0–[2]
0.15–[2]
0.14–[2]
0.13–[2]
0.12–[2]
0.11–[2]
0.10–[2]
0.9–[2]
0.8–[2]
Sources 3
  1. Releases - podman-container-tools/podman retrieved 2026-10-14
  2. Releases - podman-desktop/podman-desktop retrieved 2026-10-14
  3. Intel Mac support in Podman Desktop: What developers need to know retrieved 2026-10-14
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