Django 5.1
This version has reached end of life and no longer receives updates.
August 7, 2024
April 2, 2025
December 3, 2025
5.1.15 (December 2, 2025)
About Django 5.1
Django 5.1 introduced LoginRequiredMiddleware (experimental), query expression improvements, and better admin UI performance.
Key Changes in Django 5.1
- ●Query expression improvements with
Q()enhancements for complex lookups - ●Admin site performance improvements for large datasets
- ●Improved async support with more async-compatible ORM methods
- ●Better deployment documentation and ASGI improvements
- ●Model field descriptor improvements
Django 5.1 recently reached end of life on December 3, 2025. This means it no longer receives security patches or bug fixes from the maintainers. If you are still on this version, now is the time to finalize your upgrade plan before the gap between your version and the current release grows wider.
The recommended upgrade target is Django 5.2 LTS. You are 2 major versions behind, so review the changelog for each version in between to catch any breaking changes. A staged upgrade through each major version is often safer than jumping directly.
Lifecycle Progress
This version reached end of life December 3, 2025.
All Django Versions
| Version | Released | EOL | Latest | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | December 3, 2025 | April 30, 2027 | 6.0.2 | Active |
| 5.2 | April 2, 2025 | April 30, 2028 | 5.2.11 | Security Only |
| 5.1 (current page) | August 7, 2024 | December 3, 2025 | 5.1.15 | End of Life |
| 5.0 | December 4, 2023 | April 2, 2025 | 5.0.14 | End of Life |
| 4.2 | April 3, 2023 | April 30, 2026 | 4.2.28 | Security Only |
| 4.1 | August 3, 2022 | December 1, 2023 | 4.1.13 | End of Life |
| 4.0 | December 7, 2021 | April 1, 2023 | 4.0.10 | End of Life |
| 3.2 | April 6, 2021 | April 1, 2024 | 3.2.25 | End of Life |
| 3.1 | August 4, 2020 | December 7, 2021 | 3.1.14 | End of Life |
| 3.0 | December 2, 2019 | April 6, 2021 | 3.0.14 | End of Life |
| 2.2 | April 1, 2019 | April 11, 2022 | 2.2.28 | End of Life |
| 2.1 | August 1, 2018 | December 2, 2019 | 2.1.15 | End of Life |
| 2.0 | December 2, 2017 | April 1, 2019 | 2.0.13 | End of Life |
| 1.11 | April 4, 2017 | April 1, 2020 | 1.11.29 | End of Life |
| 1.10 | August 1, 2016 | December 2, 2017 | 1.10.8 | End of Life |
| 1.9 | December 1, 2015 | April 4, 2017 | 1.9.13 | End of Life |
| 1.8 | April 1, 2015 | April 1, 2018 | 1.8.19 | End of Life |
| 1.7 | September 3, 2014 | December 1, 2015 | 1.7.11 | End of Life |
| 1.6 | November 6, 2013 | April 1, 2015 | 1.6.11 | End of Life |
| 1.5 | February 26, 2013 | September 2, 2014 | 1.5.12 | End of Life |
| 1.4 | March 23, 2012 | October 1, 2015 | 1.4.22 | End of Life |
| 1.3 | March 23, 2011 | February 26, 2013 | 1.3.7 | End of Life |
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