## Releases

| Release series | Released | End of maintenance support | End of Life (EOL) |
| :------------- | :------- | :------------------------- | :---------------- |
| [v2025.2](v2025.2/) {{<tags/release/lts>}} | {{< yb-eol-dates "v2025.2" release >}} | {{< yb-eol-dates "v2025.2" EOM >}} | {{< yb-eol-dates "v2025.2" EOL >}} |
| [v2025.1](v2025.1/) {{<tags/release/sts>}} | {{< yb-eol-dates "v2025.1" release >}} | {{< yb-eol-dates "v2025.1" EOM >}} | {{< yb-eol-dates "v2025.1" EOL >}} |
| [v2024.2](v2024.2/) {{<tags/release/lts>}} | {{< yb-eol-dates "v2024.2" release >}} | {{< yb-eol-dates "v2024.2" EOM >}} | {{< yb-eol-dates "v2024.2" EOL >}} |
| [v2024.1](v2024.1/) {{<tags/release/sts>}} | {{< yb-eol-dates "v2024.1" release >}} | {{< yb-eol-dates "v2024.1" EOM >}} | {{< yb-eol-dates "v2024.1" EOL >}} |
| [v2.20](v2.20/) {{<tags/release/lts>}} | {{< yb-eol-dates "v2.20" release >}} | {{< yb-eol-dates "v2.20" EOM >}} | {{< yb-eol-dates "v2.20" EOL >}} |

For end-of-life releases, see [Releases at end of life](../ybdb-releases/#eol-releases).

For information on stable release support policy, see [Stable Release support policy](../versioning/#stable-release-support-policy).

For information on release versioning, see [Versioning](../versioning/).

## Compatibility with YugabyteDB

YugabyteDB Anywhere is a control plane for deploying and managing YugabyteDB universes. You can use YugabyteDB Anywhere to deploy universes with an equivalent or earlier version of YugabyteDB.

Qualification tests for each new version of YugabyteDB Anywhere are run on the latest version of YugabyteDB in each release series.

### Supported versions

Every version of YugabyteDB Anywhere supports the then concurrently-released YugabyteDB version and all earlier then-supported versions of YugabyteDB.

For example, as of November 2024, the just-released YugabyteDB Anywhere v2024.2.x supported the following YugabyteDB release series:

- [v2024.2.x](../ybdb-releases/v2024.2/) (LTS)
- [v2024.1.x](../ybdb-releases/v2024.1/) (STS)
- [v2.20.x](../ybdb-releases/v2.20/) (LTS)

For information on YugabyteDB release support timelines, refer to [YugabyteDB releases](../ybdb-releases).

{{< warning title="YugabyteDB v2.20 and v2024.1 End of Maintenance" >}}
v2.20 and v2024.1 will reach end of maintenance in early 2026. If you are running universes on these release series, you should consider upgrading those universes to the next LTS release series (v2024.2). Note that to upgrade to v2025.1 or later (a [YSQL major upgrade](../../yugabyte-platform/manage-deployments/ysql-major-upgrade-yba/)), your universe must be running v2024.2.3.0 or later.
{{< /warning >}}

For information on managing YugabyteDB releases and upgrading universes using YugabyteDB Anywhere, refer to [Upgrade the YugabyteDB software](../../yugabyte-platform/manage-deployments/upgrade-software/).

## Upgrading YugabyteDB Anywhere

Keep YugabyteDB Anywhere up-to-date with the latest stable version to get the latest fixes and improvements, as well as to be able to deploy the latest releases of YugabyteDB.

You can't use YugabyteDB Anywhere to deploy versions of YugabyteDB that are newer than your YugabyteDB Anywhere instance. To upgrade a universe to a more recent version of YugabyteDB, you may first have to upgrade YugabyteDB Anywhere.

- For YugabyteDB upgrades in YugabyteDB Anywhere, you can only upgrade from a _stable_ version to another _stable_ version, or from a _preview_ version to another _preview_ version. Optionally, you can [skip tests](#skip-tests) during upgrades.

- For YugabyteDB Anywhere upgrades, you can only upgrade from a _stable_ version to another _stable_ version, or from a _preview_ version to another _preview_ version. Optionally, you can [skip tests](#skip-tests) during upgrades.

For instructions on upgrading YugabyteDB Anywhere, refer to [Upgrade YugabyteDB Anywhere](../../yugabyte-platform/upgrade/).

### Skip tests

Optionally, you can set a runtime flag `yb.skip_version_checks` to skip all YugabyteDB and YugabyteDB Anywhere version checks during upgrades. For more information, contact {{% support-platform %}}.