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Perl 5.42 is the newest actively maintained release, currently at patch 5.42.2. 2 of 9 tracked cycles remain supported. The next cycle scheduled to reach end-of-life is 5.40, on June 9, 2027.

Latest version

5.42.2

Mar 29, 2026

Actively maintained cycles

of 9 tracked

Total cycles tracked

since May 30, 2017

Release lifecycle

Actively maintainedSecurity support onlyEnd of life

Today

5.42Latest

5.42.2 · Mar 29, 2026

5.40

5.40.4 · Mar 29, 2026

5.38

EOL Jul 2, 2026

5.36

EOL May 27, 2025

5.34

EOL May 20, 2024

5.32

EOL Jun 20, 2023

5.30

EOL May 22, 2022

5.28

EOL Jun 23, 2021

5.26

EOL May 30, 2020

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Data sourced from endoflife.date.

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