End of life / Alpine Linux / 3.16
End of life
Alpine Linux 3.16 is past end of life.
Security fixes stopped on 23 May 2024, 889 days ago. New vulnerabilities in 3.16 won’t be fixed.
- Released
- 23 May 2022
- Active support
- —
- Security fixes
- ended 23 May 2024
- Latest
- 3.16.9
Upgrade to Alpine Linux 3.24: security fixes until 1 Jun 2028.
Release cycles
Every Alpine Linux cycle, at a glance.
Active support means bug fixes and security fixes; after it, security fixes only. Past the end of security support, nothing.
- Active support
- Security fixes only
- Supported
- Ends within 90 days
- Ended
Cycle
Status
Released
Active until
Security until
Latest
What to upgrade to
Go to 3.24, not 3.21.
3.21 runs out in 3 days. 3.24 is the newest supported Alpine Linux cycle, with security fixes until 1 Jun 2028.
Before you upgrade
In a Dockerfile, raise the alpine tag in FROM and rebuild the image.
How to check your version
Which Alpine Linux is this site on?
On the server
In a Dockerfile
Know before support ends.
Porro reads the PHP, framework and database version from every site and tells you 90 days before support runs out.
Dates from endoflife.date/alpine, checked daily · data as of 29 Oct 2026.