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Django is moving to an annual release cycle
Posted by Carlton Gibson on Aug. 10, 2026
Django's Steering Council has accepted the Django Enhancement Proposal DEP<br>20 to move Django to an annual release cycle. From January 2028, Django<br>will make one feature release a year, giving every feature release the<br>LTS-level three years of support, and version numbers will carry the feature<br>release year: Django 2028, then Django 2029, and so on.
Better Python support
Python releases annually, each October. Django's eight-month cycle hasn't fit<br>that well: LTS releases carried a wide Python matrix, including versions long<br>past their upstream end-of-life.
Under the new cycle, each Django version supports the three latest Python<br>versions at release, and picks up the new Python version during its first year.<br>Django's support window ends in step with its oldest supported Python.
Every release is an LTS
Every feature release gets three years of support: one year of mainstream<br>bugfixes, then two years of security and data-loss fixes. The "LTS" label is<br>retired — every feature release now carries that same, unique commitment.
No more LTS gap: no racing a deadline to jump two years of changes at once.<br>Upgrade one year at a time, whenever suits you within the support window. Three<br>versions are supported at any time, giving third-party packages a clear,<br>rolling target.
API stability and deprecation policies are unchanged — deprecation periods<br>actually get longer in calendar terms.
Transition timeline
Django 2028 will be the first release under the new cycle.
Release<br>Date<br>End of mainstream support<br>End of extended support
Django 6.1<br>August 2026<br>April 2027<br>December 2027
Django 6.2 LTS<br>April 2027<br>December 2027<br>April 2030
Django 2028<br>January 2028<br>January 2029<br>January 2031
Django 2029<br>January 2029<br>January 2030<br>January 2032
Django 2030<br>January 2030<br>January 2031<br>January 2033
Nothing changes before 2028. Support commitments for Django 5.2 LTS and 6.2<br>LTS stand as made.
Read the DEP
DEP 20 has the full specification and the reasoning behind each<br>decision. Thanks to everyone who took part in the discussion, and to the<br>Steering Council for its consideration.
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