---
title: "Core Version Support"
source: dbt Core Documentation
source_url: https://github.com/dbt-labs/docs.getdbt.com
licence: Apache-2.0
domain: data-and-analysis
subdomain: dbt-docs
date_added: 2026-04-25
---

- **[Active](/docs/dbt-versions#current-version-support)**: In the first few months after a minor version's initial release, we patch it with bugfix releases. These include fixes for regressions, new bugs, and older bugs / quality-of-life improvements. We implement these changes when we have high confidence that they're narrowly scoped and won't cause unintended side effects.
- **[Critical](/docs/dbt-versions#current-version-support)**: When a newer minor version ships, the previous one transitions to "Critical Support" for the remainder of its one-year window. Patches during this period are limited to critical security and installation fixes. After the one-year window ends, the version reaches end of life.
- **[End of Life](/docs/dbt-versions#end-of-life-versions)**: Minor versions that have reached EOL no longer receive new patch releases.
- **Deprecated**: <Constant name="core" /> versions that are no longer maintained by dbt Labs, nor supported in the <Constant name="dbt_platform" />.
