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Aerospike Database Versioning & Releases

Aerospike Database uses a clear versioning scheme to help you plan upgrades with confidence. Each epoch comes with standard support, which you can read about in our Support Policy page.

Version Format

We use a four-part version number:

epoch.major.minor.patch

For example: 8.0.0.1

PartMeaningBreaking Changes?
EpochMajor architecture/protocol changes
MajorNew features; metrics/config/logs changes
MinorNew features, improvements
PatchBug fixes, hotfixes

We recommend always running the latest patch version within your epoch.


Breaking Changes

A breaking change occurs when:

  • Metrics, config parameters, or info commands are renamed/removed/changed.
  • Developer APIs are removed or significantly altered.
  • Ticker or audit logs change incompatibly.

Not considered breaking:

  • Debugging info commands (partition-info, dump-*, debug-*).
  • Debug-level log messages.

Deprecation & Guarantees

  • No breaking changes in minor or patch releases.
  • Deprecated features are announced and logged before removal.
  • Deprecated features are removed only in a future epoch.
  • Last major/minor release of an epoch provides an upgrade bridge to the next epoch.

Supported Linux versions

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) derivatives, such as Oracle Linux and Rocky Linux, are supported by way of their binary compatibility with RHEL, as long as these distributions deliver on their promised compatibility. Upstream variants of RHEL, such as CentOS Stream, are not binary compatible with RHEL and not officially supported. The following table lists the supported operating system (OS) versions for each Aerospike Database release. Aerospike provides patch releases to address security vulnerabilities in the underlying supported OS version, as long as the OS itself is still actively supported.

Version8.18.07.27.17.0
RHEL91, 891, 89 1, 89 1, 89 1, 8
Ubuntu24.04, 22.04, 20.0424.04, 22.04, 20.0424.04, 22.04, 20.0422.04, 20.0422.04, 20.04
Debian12, 1112, 1112, 1112, 1112, 11
Amazon LinuxAL2023AL2023AL2023AL2023AL2023
  1. Must have a kernel supporting 4K memory pages.

Client compatibility

For information about client compatibility, see the Client Matrix.


Aerospike Database Releases & Schedules

VersionRelease dateEnd of Life date
8.12025-08-052028-08-04
8.02025-01-222027-01-21
7.22024-10-072026-10-06
7.12024-05-152026-05-14
7.02023-11-152025-11-14
6.42023-08-032025-08-04
6.32023-03-302025-03-29
6.22022-11-172024-03-30
6.12022-08-302025-02-28
6.02022-04-272023-08-30
5.72021-09-272023-04-27
5.62021-05-102022-09-27
5.52021-02-052022-05-10
5.42021-01-132022-02-05
5.32020-12-102022-01-13
5.22020-10-012021-12-10
5.12020-07-312021-10-01
5.02020-05-142021-07-31
4.92020-04-082021-05-14
4.82019-12-122021-04-08
4.72019-09-302020-12-12
4.62019-08-092020-09-30
4.5.32019-05-142020-08-09
4.5.22019-04-012020-05-14
4.5.12019-02-262020-04-01
4.5.02018-12-122020-02-26
4.42018-11-192019-12-12
4.3.12018-10-182019-11-19
4.3.02018-08-012019-10-18
4.22018-05-312019-08-01
4.12018-05-102019-05-31
4.02018-03-072019-05-10

See Upgrade or repair an Aerospike server for information about moving to a later version.

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