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description: The product lifecycle of Redis Software cluster versions and bundled Redis database versions.
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Redis Enterprise for Kubernetes has its own support lifecycle, which accounts for the Kubernetes distribution lifecycle. For details, see [Supported Kubernetes distributions]({{<relref "/operate/kubernetes/reference/supported_k8s_distributions">}}).
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## Redis database version management

The following sections describe the lifecycle policy for Redis database versions bundled with Redis Software.

### Redis database version structure

Redis database versions use a **MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH** versioning scheme:

- **Major versions**: Significant changes that may include breaking changes (for example, Redis 7 → Redis 8)

- **Minor versions**: New features and improvements within a major version (for example, 8.2 → 8.4 → 8.6)

- **Patch versions**: Bug fixes and security updates (for example, 8.2.1 → 8.2.2)

### Redis database version support policy

As of Redis Software version 8.0.x, Redis database versions follow a long-term and short-term support model as follows:

- **Long-term support**: The first minor release and last minor release of each major database version receive extended support of 5 years.

- **Short-term support**: Minor versions between the first minor release and last minor release receive short-term support of 6 months.

For example:

| Redis DB version | Release type | Support type |
|------------------|--------------|--------------|
| 8.0 | Major release | Short-term |
| 8.2 | First minor release | Long-term |
| 8.x | Intermediate minor release | Short-term |
| 8.z | Last minor release | Long-term |

Redis database versions have the following end-of-life dates:

| Redis version | End-of-life (EOL) |
|---------------|-------------------|
| **Redis 8.2** | TBD |
| **Redis 8.0** | TBD |
| **Redis 7.4** | December 1, 2029 |
| **Redis 7.2** | December 1, 2029 |
| **Redis 6.2** | April 1, 2027 |

For detailed database upgrade instructions, see [Upgrade a Redis Software database]({{<relref "/operate/rs/installing-upgrading/upgrading/upgrade-database">}}) or [Upgrade an Active-Active database]({{<relref "/operate/rs/installing-upgrading/upgrading/upgrade-active-active">}}).