Perl End of Life Dates
Release, end of support and end of life dates for every tracked Perl version, with current status.
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Status as of 2026-09-23 (UTC): 10 versions tracked; 2 supported, 1 security fixes only, 0 ending within 90 days, 7 end of life.
| Version | Status | Released | Active support ends | Security support ends | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.44 | Supported | 2026-07-15 | Not announced | 2029-07-15 | 5.44.0 |
| 5.42 | Supported | 2025-07-03 | Not announced | 2028-07-03 | 5.42.3 |
| 5.40 | Security fixes only | 2024-06-09 | 2026-07-15 | 2027-06-09 | 5.40.5 |
| 5.38 | End of life | 2023-07-02 | 2025-07-03 | 2026-07-02 | 5.38.5 |
| 5.36 | End of life | 2022-05-27 | 2024-06-09 | 2025-05-27 | 5.36.3 |
| 5.34 | End of life | 2021-05-20 | 2023-07-02 | 2024-05-20 | 5.34.3 |
| 5.32 | End of life | 2020-06-20 | 2022-05-27 | 2023-06-20 | 5.32.1 |
| 5.30 | End of life | 2019-05-22 | 2021-05-20 | 2022-05-22 | 5.30.3 |
| 5.28 | End of life | 2018-06-22 | 2020-06-20 | 2021-06-23 | 5.28.3 |
| 5.26 | End of life | 2017-05-30 | 2019-05-22 | 2020-05-30 | 5.26.3 |
Note: "Not announced" means the vendor has not published a date. "Ended (no date published)" means the source marks it ended without a date. Dates are compared as calendar days in UTC, so a date can flip up to a day earlier or later than your local calendar.
Data: endoflife.date (MIT license), snapshot 2026-09-23. Dates come from each vendor's published lifecycle. Always confirm with the vendor link before a purchase or migration decision.