Redis Version EOL (2026)

Redis releases approximately one major version per year, with each major version receiving roughly four years of support. The Redis team maintains the most recent stable version plus the previous major version with security and critical bug fixes, while older versions become unsupported. Redis Stack — which bundles Redis with modules for search, JSON, time series, and other capabilities — follows a separate release and support timeline tied to the underlying Redis core version. The recent license change from BSD to SSPL RSAL v2 also led to the Valkey fork, which has its own independent support timeline. Understanding Redis version support is important for caching layers, message brokers, and real-time data pipelines.

Redis Version Support Table

Redis Support Policy

Redis support is managed by Redis Ltd. (formerly Redis Labs).

• Release cadence: Approximately 1 major version per year.
• Support window: Roughly 4 years per major version. The Redis team supports the latest stable version plus the previous major version with security patches.
• Redis Stack: Modules (RediSearch, RedisJSON, RedisTimeSeries, RedisGraph, RedisBloom) follow a separate release schedule. Each Stack version is tied to a specific Redis core version and receives support aligned with that core version’s lifecycle.
• Valkey fork: After Redis’s license change to SSPL RSAL v2, the community forked Redis as Valkey. Valkey maintains its own release and support timeline, which is backward-compatible with Redis 7.2 and later.

How to Check Your Redis Version

redis-server --version

From within a redis-cli session:

redis-cli INFO SERVER | grep redis_version

FAQ

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