Drupal 9 release date and what it means

Drupal 9 was released on June 3, 2020. Check out the release cycle overview for more details.

Drupal 9 was released alongside Drupal 8.9, a long-term-support (LTS) minor release of Drupal 8. The only difference between the Drupal 9 release and the Drupal 8 LTS release is Drupal 9's updated dependencies and removal of deprecated code.

Drupal 8 will be supported by the Drupal community until November 2, 2021.

Drupal 7 will be supported by the Drupal community until November 28, 2022. Drupal 7 Vendor Extended Support will be provided until at least 2025.