Perl End of Life Dates
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Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. Though Perl is not officially an acronym, there are various backronyms in use, including "Practical Extraction and Reporting Language".
Last updated: May 31, 2026
| Version | Released | Active support | EOL date | Until EOL | Latest | CVEs | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.42 | Jul 3, 2025 | — | Jul 3, 2028 | in 755d | 5.42.2 | Active | |
| 5.40 | Jun 9, 2024 | — | Jun 9, 2027 | in 365d | 5.40.4 | Active | |
| 5.38 | Jul 2, 2023 | Jul 3, 2025 | Jul 2, 2026 | in 23d | 5.38.5 | EOL soon | |
| 5.36 | May 27, 2022 | Jun 9, 2024 | May 27, 2025 | 378d ago | 5.36.3 | EOL | |
| 5.34 | May 20, 2021 | Jul 2, 2023 | May 20, 2024 | 750d ago | 5.34.3 | EOL | |
| 5.32 | Jun 20, 2020 | May 27, 2022 | Jun 20, 2023 | 1085d ago | 5.32.1 | EOL | |
| 5.30 | May 22, 2019 | May 20, 2021 | May 22, 2022 | 1479d ago | 5.30.3 | EOL | |
| 5.28 | Jun 22, 2018 | Jun 20, 2020 | Jun 23, 2021 | 1812d ago | 5.28.3 | EOL | |
| 5.26 | May 30, 2017 | May 22, 2019 | May 30, 2020 | 2201d ago | 5.26.3 | EOL |
Data sourced from endoflife.date · CVE data from NVD
