Keycloak End of Life (EOL) Dates & Support Timeline
Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Keycloak versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | 10.0.2 | Apr 29, 2020 | Jul 22, 2020 | 2182 days past EOL | EOL |
| 11.0 | 11.0.3 | Jul 22, 2020 | Dec 16, 2020 | 2035 days past EOL | EOL |
| 12.0 | 12.0.4 | Dec 16, 2020 | May 6, 2021 | 1894 days past EOL | EOL |
| 13.0 | 13.0.1 | May 6, 2021 | Jun 18, 2021 | 1851 days past EOL | EOL |
| 14.0 | 14.0.0 | Jun 18, 2021 | Jul 15, 2021 | 1824 days past EOL | EOL |
| 15.0 | 15.0.2 | Jul 30, 2021 | Dec 10, 2021 | 1676 days past EOL | EOL |
| 15.1 | 15.1.1 | Dec 10, 2021 | Dec 17, 2021 | 1669 days past EOL | EOL |
| 16.0 | 16.0.0 | Dec 17, 2021 | Dec 20, 2021 | 1666 days past EOL | EOL |
| 16.1 | 16.1.1 | Dec 20, 2021 | Mar 11, 2022 | 1585 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17.0 | 17.0.1 | Feb 11, 2022 | Apr 20, 2022 | 1545 days past EOL | EOL |
| 18.0 | 18.0.2 | Apr 20, 2022 | Jul 27, 2022 | 1447 days past EOL | EOL |
| 19.0 | 19.0.3 | Jul 27, 2022 | Nov 1, 2022 | 1350 days past EOL | EOL |
| 20.0 | 20.0.5 | Nov 1, 2022 | Feb 23, 2023 | 1236 days past EOL | EOL |
| 21.0 | 21.0.2 | Feb 23, 2023 | Apr 19, 2023 | 1181 days past EOL | EOL |
| 21.1 | 21.1.2 | Apr 19, 2023 | Jul 11, 2023 | 1098 days past EOL | EOL |
| 22.0 | 22.0.5 | Jul 11, 2023 | Nov 23, 2023 | 963 days past EOL | EOL |
| 23.0 | 23.0.7 | Nov 23, 2023 | Mar 4, 2024 | 861 days past EOL | EOL |
| 24.0 | 24.0.5 | Mar 4, 2024 | Jun 10, 2024 | 763 days past EOL | EOL |
| 25.0 | 25.0.6 | Jun 10, 2024 | Oct 4, 2024 | 647 days past EOL | EOL |
| 26.0 | 26.0.8 | Oct 4, 2024 | Jan 15, 2025 | 544 days past EOL | EOL |
| 26.1 | 26.1.5 | Jan 15, 2025 | Apr 11, 2025 | 458 days past EOL | EOL |
| 26.2 | 26.2.5 | Apr 11, 2025 | Jul 2, 2025 | 376 days past EOL | EOL |
| 26.3 | 26.3.5 | Jul 2, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | 286 days past EOL | EOL |
| 26.4 | 26.4.7 | Sep 30, 2025 | Jan 6, 2026 | 188 days past EOL | EOL |
| 26.5 | 26.5.7 | Jan 6, 2026 | Apr 8, 2026 | 96 days past EOL | EOL |
| 26.6 | 26.6.4 | Apr 8, 2026 | Jul 9, 2026 | 4 days past EOL | EOL |
| 26.7 | 26.7.0 | Jul 9, 2026 | TBD | Supported | Active |
What does Keycloak end of life mean for your organization?
When a version of Keycloak reaches end of life, the maintainers stop issuing security patches. Vulnerabilities discovered after this date are publicly disclosed on the National Vulnerability Database, exploit code appears on GitHub, and your systems remain permanently exposed.
The CVE blind spot: Most vulnerability scanners check for known CVEs but do not flag the accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software. With a zero-day, nobody knows about the vulnerability. With EOL software, the vulnerability is public — listed, rated, and often weaponized — but no patch will ever exist. This is the most dangerous gap in enterprise security posture.
Organizations running EOL Keycloak should treat it as a vulnerability class in their risk register, apply compensating controls (network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, access restriction), and prioritize migration to a supported version.
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If you cannot migrate immediately, extended support vendors provide continued security patches for EOL Keycloak versions. This is a bridge, not a permanent solution — plan your migration in parallel.
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