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Docker releases & version history
Container Platform
Latest: 29.3.0
222
Releases
5
Articles
191
Supported
Docker Version Timeline
Live dataComplete version history for Docker Engine, Docker Desktop, Docker Compose, containerd. Click each section to expand and view all releases.
Docker Engine
Container runtime for Linux servers
29v29.3.0
Released: Nov 10, 2025
Supported
28v28.5.2
Released: Feb 20, 2025
Supported
27v27.5.1
Released: Jun 25, 2024EOL: May 3, 2025
End of Life
26.1v26.1.5
Released: Apr 22, 2024EOL: Feb 17, 2025
End of Life
26.0v26.0.2
Released: Mar 20, 2024EOL: Jun 8, 2024
End of Life
25.0v25.0.14
Released: Jan 19, 2024
Supported
24.0v24.0.9
Released: May 16, 2023EOL: Jun 8, 2024
End of Life
23.0v23.0.18
Released: Feb 2, 2023EOL: May 19, 2025
End of Life
20.10v20.10.27
Released: Dec 9, 2020EOL: Dec 10, 2023
End of Life
19.03v19.03.15
Released: Jul 22, 2019EOL: Jan 8, 2021
End of Life
18.09v18.09.9
Released: Nov 8, 2018EOL: Aug 22, 2019
End of Life
18.06v18.06.3
Released: Jul 18, 2018EOL: Dec 8, 2018
End of Life
18.05v18.05.0
Released: Apr 25, 2018EOL: Aug 18, 2018
End of Life
18.04v18.04.0
Released: Mar 27, 2018EOL: Jun 9, 2018
End of Life
18.03v18.03.1
Released: Mar 14, 2018EOL: May 10, 2018
End of Life
18.02v18.02.0
Released: Jan 26, 2018EOL: Apr 21, 2018
End of Life
18.01v18.01.0
Released: Dec 12, 2017EOL: Mar 7, 2018
End of Life
17.12v17.12.1
Released: Dec 15, 2017EOL: Feb 10, 2018
End of Life
17.11v17.11.0
Released: Nov 17, 2017EOL: Jan 27, 2018
End of Life
17.10v17.10.0
Released: Oct 13, 2017EOL: Dec 20, 2017
End of Life
17.09v17.09.1
Released: Sep 22, 2017EOL: Nov 17, 2017
End of Life
17.07v17.07.0
Released: Aug 28, 2017EOL: Oct 26, 2017
End of Life
17.06v17.06.2
Released: Jun 20, 2017EOL: Sep 29, 2017
End of Life
17.05v17.05.0
Released: May 4, 2017EOL: Jul 28, 2017
End of Life
17.04v17.04.0
Released: Apr 3, 2017EOL: Jun 4, 2017
End of Life
17.03v17.03.2
Released: Feb 23, 2017EOL: May 5, 2017
End of Life
Docker Desktop
GUI app for Mac & Windows
4.58.0
Released: Jan 26, 2026
Supported
4.57.0
Released: Jan 19, 2026
Supported
4.56.0
Released: Jan 12, 2026
Supported
4.55.0
Released: Dec 16, 2025
Supported
4.54.0
Released: Dec 4, 2025
Supported
4.53.0
Released: Nov 27, 2025
Supported
4.52.0
Released: Nov 20, 2025
Supported
4.51.0
Released: Nov 13, 2025
Supported
4.50.0
Released: Nov 6, 2025
Supported
4.49.0
Released: Oct 23, 2025
Supported
4.48.0
Released: Oct 9, 2025
Supported
4.47.0
Released: Sep 25, 2025
Supported
4.46.0
Released: Sep 11, 2025
Supported
4.45.0
Released: Aug 28, 2025
Supported
4.44.3
Released: Aug 20, 2025
Supported
4.44.2
Released: Aug 15, 2025
Supported
4.44.1
Released: Aug 13, 2025
Supported
4.44.0
Released: Aug 7, 2025
Supported
4.43.2
Released: Jul 15, 2025
Supported
4.43.1
Released: Jul 4, 2025
Supported
4.43.0
Released: Jul 3, 2025
Supported
4.42.1
Released: Jun 18, 2025
Supported
4.42.0
Released: Jun 4, 2025
Supported
4.41.2
Released: May 6, 2025
Supported
4.41.1
Released: Apr 30, 2025
Supported
4.41.0
Released: Apr 28, 2025
Supported
4.40.0
Released: Mar 31, 2025
Supported
4.39.0
Released: Mar 5, 2025
Supported
4.38.0
Released: Jan 30, 2025
Supported
4.37.2
Released: Jan 9, 2025
Supported
4.37.1
Released: Dec 17, 2024
Supported
4.37.0
Released: Dec 12, 2024
Supported
4.36.1
Released: Jan 9, 2025
Supported
4.36.0
Released: Nov 18, 2024
Supported
4.35.2
Released: Jan 9, 2025
Supported
4.35.1
Released: Oct 30, 2024
Supported
4.35.0
Released: Oct 24, 2024
Supported
4.34.4
Released: Jan 9, 2025
Supported
4.34.3
Released: Oct 9, 2024
Supported
4.34.2
Released: Sep 12, 2024
Supported
4.34.1
Released: Sep 5, 2024
Supported
4.34.0
Released: Aug 29, 2024
Supported
4.33.2
Released: Jan 9, 2025
Supported
4.33.1
Released: Jul 31, 2024
Supported
4.33.0
Released: Jul 25, 2024
Supported
4.32.1
Released: Jan 9, 2025
Supported
4.32.0
Released: Jul 4, 2024
Supported
4.31.1
Supported
4.31.0
Supported
4.30.0
Released: May 6, 2024
Supported
4.29.0
Released: Apr 8, 2024
Supported
4.28.0
Released: Feb 26, 2024
Supported
4.27.2
Released: Feb 8, 2024
Supported
4.27.1
Released: Feb 1, 2024
Supported
4.27.0
Released: Jan 25, 2024
Supported
4.26.1
Released: Dec 14, 2023
Supported
4.26.0
Released: Dec 4, 2023
Supported
4.25.2
Released: Nov 21, 2023
Supported
4.25.1
Released: Nov 13, 2023
Supported
4.25.0
Released: Oct 26, 2023
Supported
4.24.2
Released: Oct 12, 2023
Supported
4.24.1
Released: Oct 4, 2023
Supported
4.24.0
Released: Sep 28, 2023
Supported
4.23.0
Released: Sep 11, 2023
Supported
4.22.1
Released: Aug 24, 2023
Supported
4.22.0
Released: Aug 3, 2023
Supported
4.21.1
Released: Jul 3, 2023
Supported
4.21.0
Released: Jun 29, 2023
Supported
4.20.1
Released: Jun 5, 2023
Supported
4.20.0
Released: May 30, 2023
Supported
4.19.0
Released: Apr 27, 2023
Supported
4.18.0
Released: Apr 3, 2023
Supported
4.17.1
Released: Mar 20, 2023
Supported
4.17.0
Released: Feb 27, 2023
Supported
4.16.3
Released: Jan 30, 2023
Supported
4.16.2
Released: Jan 19, 2023
Supported
4.16.1
Released: Jan 13, 2023
Supported
4.16.0
Released: Jan 12, 2023
Supported
4.15.0
Released: Dec 1, 2022
Supported
4.14.1
Released: Nov 17, 2022
Supported
4.14.0
Released: Nov 10, 2022
Supported
4.13.1
Released: Oct 31, 2022
Supported
4.13.0
Released: Oct 19, 2022
Supported
4.12.0
Released: Sep 1, 2022
Supported
4.11.1
Released: Aug 5, 2022
Supported
4.11.0
Released: Jul 28, 2022
Supported
4.10.1
Released: Jul 5, 2022
Supported
4.10.0
Released: Jun 30, 2022
Supported
4.9.1
Released: Jun 16, 2022
Supported
4.9.0
Released: Jun 2, 2022
Supported
4.8.2
Released: May 18, 2022
Supported
4.8.1
Released: May 9, 2022
Supported
4.8.0
Released: May 6, 2022
Supported
4.7.1
Released: Apr 19, 2022
Supported
4.7.0
Released: Apr 7, 2022
Supported
4.6.1
Released: Mar 22, 2022
Supported
4.6.0
Released: Mar 14, 2022
Supported
4.5.1
Released: Feb 15, 2022
Supported
4.5.0
Released: Feb 10, 2022
Supported
4.4.4
Released: Jan 24, 2022
Supported
4.4.3
Released: Jan 14, 2022
Supported
4.4.2
Supported
4.3.2
Released: Dec 21, 2021
Supported
4.3.1
Released: Dec 11, 2021
Supported
4.3.0
Released: Dec 2, 2021
Supported
4.2.0
Released: Nov 9, 2021
Supported
4.1.1
Released: Oct 12, 2021
Supported
4.1.0
Released: Sep 30, 2021
Supported
4.0.1
Released: Sep 13, 2021
Supported
4.0.0
Released: Aug 31, 2021
Supported
Docker Compose
Multi-container orchestration
5.0v5.0.0
Released: Dec 2, 2025
Supported
2.40v2.40.0
Released: Oct 3, 2025
Supported
2.39v2.39.0
Released: Jul 24, 2025
Supported
2.38v2.38.0
Released: Jun 30, 2025
Supported
2.37v2.37.0
Released: Jun 5, 2025
Supported
2.36v2.36.0
Released: May 7, 2025
Supported
2.35v2.35.0
Released: Apr 10, 2025
Supported
2.34v2.34.0
Released: Mar 14, 2025
Supported
2.33v2.33.0
Released: Feb 12, 2025
Supported
2.32v2.32.0
Released: Dec 13, 2024
Supported
2.31v2.31.0
Released: Nov 28, 2024
Supported
2.30v2.30.0
Released: Oct 29, 2024
Supported
2.29v2.29.0
Released: Jul 17, 2024
Supported
2.28v2.28.0
Released: Jun 21, 2024
Supported
2.27v2.27.0
Released: Apr 24, 2024
Supported
2.26v2.26.0
Released: Mar 22, 2024
Supported
2.25v2.25.0
Released: Mar 15, 2024
Supported
2.24v2.24.0
Released: Jan 11, 2024
Supported
2.23v2.23.0
Released: Oct 18, 2023
Supported
2.22v2.22.0
Released: Sep 21, 2023
Supported
2.21v2.21.0
Released: Aug 30, 2023
Supported
2.20v2.20.0
Released: Jul 11, 2023
Supported
2.19v2.19.0
Released: Jun 21, 2023
Supported
2.18v2.18.0
Released: May 16, 2023
Supported
2.17v2.17.0
Released: Mar 22, 2023
Supported
2.16v2.16.0
Released: Feb 8, 2023
Supported
2.15v2.15.0
Released: Jan 5, 2023
Supported
2.14v2.14.0
Released: Dec 2, 2022
Supported
2.13v2.13.0
Released: Nov 23, 2022
Supported
2.12v2.12.0
Released: Oct 18, 2022
Supported
2.11v2.11.0
Released: Sep 14, 2022
Supported
2.10v2.10.0
Released: Aug 19, 2022
Supported
2.9v2.9.0
Released: Aug 1, 2022
Supported
2.8v2.8.0
Released: Jul 29, 2022
Supported
2.7v2.7.0
Released: Jul 20, 2022
Supported
2.6v2.6.0
Released: May 30, 2022
Supported
2.5v2.5.0
Released: Apr 29, 2022
Supported
2.4v2.4.0
Released: Apr 1, 2022
Supported
2.3v2.3.0
Released: Mar 4, 2022
Supported
2.2v2.2.1
Released: Nov 29, 2021
Supported
2.1v2.1.0
Released: Nov 3, 2021
Supported
2.0v2.0.0
Released: Sep 28, 2021
Supported
1.29v1.29.0
Released: Apr 6, 2021
Supported
1.28v1.28.0
Released: Jan 20, 2021
Supported
1.27v1.27.0
Released: Sep 7, 2020
Supported
1.26v1.26.0
Released: Jun 3, 2020
Supported
1.25v1.25.0
Released: Nov 18, 2019
Supported
1.24v1.24.0
Released: Mar 28, 2019
Supported
1.23v1.23.0
Released: Oct 30, 2018
Supported
1.22v1.22.0
Released: Jul 17, 2018
Supported
1.21v1.21.0
Released: Apr 10, 2018
Supported
1.20v1.20.0
Released: Mar 20, 2018
Supported
1.19v1.19.0
Released: Feb 7, 2018
Supported
1.18v1.18.0
Released: Dec 18, 2017
Supported
1.17v1.17.0
Released: Nov 2, 2017
Supported
1.16v1.16.0
Released: Aug 31, 2017
Supported
1.15v1.15.0
Released: Jul 26, 2017
Supported
1.14v1.14.0
Released: Jun 19, 2017
Supported
1.13v1.13.0
Released: May 2, 2017
Supported
1.12v1.12.0
Released: Apr 5, 2017
Supported
1.11v1.11.0
Released: Feb 8, 2017
Supported
1.10v1.10.0
Released: Jan 17, 2017
Supported
1.9v1.9.0
Released: Nov 16, 2016
Supported
1.8v1.8.0
Released: Jul 27, 2016
Supported
1.7v1.7.0
Released: Apr 13, 2016
Supported
1.6v1.6.0
Released: Feb 4, 2016
Supported
1.5v1.5.0
Released: Nov 3, 2015
Supported
1.4v1.4.0
Released: Aug 11, 2015
Supported
1.3v1.3.0
Released: Jun 18, 2015
Supported
1.2v1.2.0
Released: Apr 16, 2015
Supported
1.1v1.1.0
Released: Feb 25, 2015
Supported
1.0v1.0.0
Released: Oct 16, 2014
Supported
0.5v0.5.0
Released: Jul 11, 2014
Supported
0.4v0.4.0
Released: Apr 30, 2014
Supported
0.3v0.3.0
Released: Mar 3, 2014
Supported
containerd
Industry-standard container runtime
2.2v2.2.1
Released: Nov 5, 2025EOL: Nov 6, 2026
Supported
2.1v2.1.6
Released: May 7, 2025EOL: May 5, 2026
Supported
2.0v2.0.7
Released: Nov 5, 2024EOL: Nov 7, 2025
End of Life
1.7v1.7.30
Released: Mar 10, 2023EOL: Sep 1, 2026
SupportedLTS
1.6v1.6.39
Released: Feb 15, 2022EOL: Aug 23, 2025
End of LifeLTS
1.5v1.5.18
Released: May 3, 2021EOL: Feb 28, 2023
End of Life
1.4v1.4.13
Released: Aug 17, 2020EOL: Mar 3, 2022
End of Life
1.3v1.3.10
Released: Sep 26, 2019EOL: Mar 4, 2021
End of Life
1.2v1.2.14
Released: Oct 24, 2018EOL: Oct 15, 2020
End of Life
1.1v1.1.8
Released: Apr 23, 2018EOL: Oct 23, 2019
End of Life
1.0v1.0.3
Released: Dec 5, 2017EOL: Dec 5, 2018
End of Life
Docker Tools
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Key Dates
- Docker Engine: 27.x
- Docker Desktop: 4.x
- Compose V2: 2.x
Best Practices
- Pin image versions in Dockerfiles
- Scan images for CVEs before deployment
- Use multi-stage builds for smaller images
- Keep containerd updated with Engine
Official Resources
Complete Docker Version Timeline
We track 222 Docker releases. The latest version is 29.4.0.
Docker is the industry standard container platform, enabling developers to build, share, and run applications in isolated containers. This page provides comprehensive version tracking for the entire Docker ecosystem, helping platform engineers and DevOps teams make informed decisions about container runtime upgrades, compatibility planning, and security patching.
Frequently Asked Questions
What Docker products are tracked on this page?
This page tracks Docker Engine, Docker Desktop, Docker Compose, and containerd releases. Each product has its own expandable section in the version timeline.
How often is this page updated?
Updated daily with the latest Docker releases. Version data is pulled live from official Docker sources.
What's the difference between Docker Engine and Docker Desktop?
Docker Engine is the core container runtime for Linux servers. Docker Desktop is a GUI application for Mac and Windows that bundles Docker Engine with developer-friendly tools like Docker Compose and Kubernetes.
Where can I check Docker image security vulnerabilities?
Use our Docker CVE Dashboard to look up known vulnerabilities for any Docker image.
Lifecycle Timeline
Visual overview of active support and maintenance windows.
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v29
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2026
2027
2028
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Maintenance
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Upgrade Paths
Migration guidance between major versions — breaking changes, effort estimates, and tips.
26/27
28
Low Difficulty
Est. 1-2 hours
Breaking Changes
- CDI (Container Device Interface) now stable
- Default bridge network driver changes on Linux
- Deprecated API endpoints removed for container attach
- Minimum kernel version requirement bumped
Migration Notes
Mostly smooth upgrade. Review network settings if using custom bridge networks. CDI adoption is optional but recommended for GPU workloads. Test on staging first if running in production.
28
29
Medium Difficulty
Est. 2-4 hours
Breaking Changes
- Compose V1 support fully removed — must use Compose V2
- Deprecated storage drivers removed (overlay, devicemapper)
- containerd 2.0 integration changes
- BuildKit is now the only build backend
- Swarm mode deprecated features removed
Migration Notes
The Compose V1 removal is the biggest impact — any scripts using `docker-compose` (hyphenated) must switch to `docker compose` (space). Storage driver changes affect older Linux distributions. BuildKit-only means legacy builder is gone.
Version Risk Assessment
Evaluate risk factors before choosing a version for production.
| Version | EOL Risk | CVE Risk | Ecosystem | Cloud Support | Overall | Recommended Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Docker Engine 26 | Critical | High | Dropping | Dropping | Critical | Upgrade immediately — EOL |
| Docker Engine 27 | Critical | High | Dropping | Dropping | Critical | Upgrade immediately — EOL May 2025 |
| Docker Engine 28 | Medium | Low | Active | Full | Medium | Stable — plan upgrade to 29 |
| Docker Engine 29 | None | Low | Active | Full | Low | Latest — recommended for production |
Docker Engine follows a rapid release cycle. Each major version is supported for roughly 6-12 months. Running EOL versions means missing security patches for container escape CVEs. Assessed February 2026.
Docker Engine Version Comparison
Side-by-side feature differences across major versions.
| Feature | v26 | v27 | v28 | v29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compose V2 | Stable | Stable | Stable | Stable |
| Compose V1 | Deprecated | Deprecated | Deprecated | Removed |
| BuildKit Default | Stable | Stable | Stable | Only backend |
| CDI (GPU/Device) | Experimental | Beta | Stable | Stable |
| containerd Version | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Rootless Mode | Stable | Stable | Stable | Stable |
| overlay2 Driver | Stable | Stable | Stable | Stable |
| Wasm Support | No | Beta | Beta | Stable |
| Multi-platform Build | Stable | Stable | Stable | Stable |
| IPv6 Networking | Beta | Stable | Stable | Stable |