End of life / MariaDB / 5.5
End of life
MariaDB 5.5 is past end of life.
Security fixes stopped on 11 Apr 2020, 2392 days ago. New vulnerabilities in 5.5 won’t be fixed.
- Released
- 11 Apr 2012
- Active support
- —
- Security fixes
- ended 11 Apr 2020
- Latest
- 5.5.68
Upgrade to MariaDB 12.3: security fixes until 12 Jun 2029.
Release cycles
Every MariaDB 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 12.3, not 13.0.
13.0 runs out in 63 days. 12.3 is the newest supported long-term MariaDB cycle, with security fixes until 12 Jun 2029.
Before you upgrade
Take a backup and restore it on the new version before you upgrade for real, then run mariadb-upgrade. Read the MariaDB 12.3 upgrade guide
How to check your version
Which MariaDB is this site on?
In SQL
On the server
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/mariadb, checked daily · data as of 29 Oct 2026.