End of life / Laravel / 5.5
End of life
Laravel 5.5 is past end of life.
Security fixes stopped on 30 Aug 2020, 2251 days ago. New vulnerabilities in 5.5 won’t be fixed.
- Released
- 30 Aug 2017
- Active support
- ended 30 Aug 2019
- Security fixes
- ended 30 Aug 2020
- Latest
- 5.5.50
Upgrade to Laravel 13: security fixes until 17 Mar 2028.
Release cycles
Every Laravel 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 13.
13 is the newest supported Laravel cycle, with security fixes until 17 Mar 2028.
Before you upgrade
Upgrade one major at a time, with each version’s guide. Check your first-party and third-party packages support the new major first. Read the Laravel 13 upgrade guide
How to check your version
Which Laravel is this site on?
In the app
In the lock file
On Forge
Know before support ends.
Porro reads the PHP, framework and database version from every site and tells you 90 days before support runs out.
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