Announcing extended support for Kubernetes versions for Amazon EKS Anywhere

Today, AWS announced extended support for Kubernetes versions for Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service Anywhere (Amazon EKS Anywhere). With extended support for Kubernetes versions for Amazon EKS Anywhere, you continue to receive security patches for clusters on any Kubernetes version for up to 26 months after the version is released in Amazon EKS Anywhere. Extended support for Kubernetes versions for Amazon EKS Anywhere is available for Kubernetes versions 1.28 and above.

Standard support begins when a Kubernetes version becomes available in Amazon EKS Anywhere, and continues for 14 months - the same as the upstream Kubernetes project support window. After this time period, Amazon EKS Anywhere continues to include patches for Kubernetes versions for an additional 12 months. Cluster administrators and security teams using Amazon EKS Anywhere now get more time to plan Kubernetes upgrades, without compromising on the security posture of their clusters.

Extended support for Kubernetes versions for Amazon EKS Anywhere is available for customers with Amazon EKS Anywhere Enterprise Subscriptions at no additional cost. To learn more about the Amazon EKS Anywhere version support lifecycle, see the EKS Anywhere and Kubernetes version lifecycle documentation. To learn more about Amazon EKS Anywhere Enterprise Subscriptions, see the pricing webpage.