Amazon Corretto 26 End of Life: October 2026
Amazon Corretto 26 reaches end of life in October 2026, and its last planned update was in July 2026. Corretto 26 is a feature release; the long-term support version next to it, Corretto 25, is supported to October 2032. The months are from the support calendar in Amazon's Corretto FAQ. Amazon publishes months, not days.
Amazon's Corretto support calendar
| Version | Type | Last planned update | End of life |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corretto 27 | Feature release | January 2027 | April 2027 |
| Corretto 26 | Feature release | July 2026 | October 2026 |
| Corretto 25 (LTS) | Long-term support | July 2032 | October 2032 |
| Corretto 21 (LTS) | Long-term support | July 2030 | October 2030 |
| Corretto 17 (LTS) | Long-term support | July 2029 | October 2029 |
| Corretto 11 (LTS) | Long-term support | October 2031 | January 2032 |
| Corretto 8 (LTS) | Long-term support | October 2030 | December 2030 |
Months are as Amazon prints them. Our Amazon Corretto page stores each end-of-life month as its last day so it can be sorted and counted down. Our build re-reads Amazon's calendar and fails if the Corretto 25 or 21 months change. Amazon's calendar also notes that JavaFX stopped being included in Corretto 8 at the end of March 2026.
How Corretto support works
- Long-term support versions last years. Corretto 8, 11, 17, 21 and 25 each have an end of life between 2029 and 2032.
- Feature releases last about seven months. Corretto 26 became generally available in March 2026 and ends in October 2026. Corretto 27 followed in September 2026 and ends in April 2027. Each one exists to bridge to the next.
- Updates are quarterly. Amazon says updates are planned quarterly and that it plans to apply urgent fixes, including security fixes, outside that cycle when they are ready.
- It is free. Amazon distributes Corretto under an open source licence at no cost. Help with Corretto is available through an AWS Support plan for customers who already have one.
What to do
- On Corretto 26: move now. Go to Corretto 27 if you follow every Java release, or to Corretto 25 if you want a version you can stay on. Most production systems want 25.
- On a feature release older than 26 (24, 23, 22 and so on): long past end of life. The same choice applies.
- On a long-term support version: keep taking the quarterly updates, and note the end-of-life month of your version from the table above.
- Compare vendors if the dates do not suit you. The same Java version has a different end date from each vendor: see Java end of life by vendor.
Frequently Asked Questions
When does Amazon Corretto 26 reach end of life?
Amazon's support calendar gives the end of life for Corretto 26 as October 2026, with its last planned update in July 2026. Amazon publishes the month, not a day. Corretto 26 is a feature release, not a long-term support version.
How long is Amazon Corretto 25 supported?
Corretto 25 is a long-term support version. Amazon's support calendar gives its last planned update as July 2032 and its end of life as October 2032.
Which Amazon Corretto versions are long-term support?
Corretto 8, 11, 17, 21 and 25. Amazon's calendar gives their end-of-life months as December 2030 for Corretto 8, January 2032 for Corretto 11, October 2029 for Corretto 17, October 2030 for Corretto 21 and October 2032 for Corretto 25. The versions in between, such as 26 and 27, are feature releases that last about seven months.
Is Amazon Corretto free?
Yes. Amazon says Corretto is distributed under an open source licence at no cost. Updates are planned quarterly, and Amazon says it also plans to apply urgent fixes, including security fixes, outside that cycle when they are ready.
Related
- Amazon Corretto — every version, live status and EOL Risk Score
- Java end of life by vendor
- The September 2026 Java end-of-life wave
- Azul extends Java 6 and 7 support to 2029
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