# .NET Releases

The .NET team releases new versions of .NET annually, each November. Releases are either Long Term Support (LTS) or Current, the two [.NET release types](release-policies.md).

The following table lists currently in-support .NET releases, per [Microsoft support policy](microsoft-support.md).

|  Version  |  Release Date | Support Level | Supported Patch Version | End of Support |
| :-- | :-- | :-- | :-- | :-- |
| [.NET 5.0](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/5.0) | [November 10, 2020](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-net-5-0/) | Current | [5.0.1](release-notes/5.0/README.md) | February, 2022 |
| [.NET Core 3.1](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/3.1) | [December 3, 2019](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-net-core-3-1/) | LTS | [3.1.10](release-notes/3.1/README.md) | December 3, 2022 |
| [.NET Core 2.1](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/2.1) | [May 30, 2018](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-net-core-2-1/) | LTS | [2.1.23](release-notes/2.1/README.md) | August 21, 2021 |

The following table lists out-of-support releases.

|  Version  |  Release Date | Support Level | Final Patch Version | End of Support |
| :-- | :-- | :-- | :-- | :-- |
| [.NET Core 3.0](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/3.0) | [September 23, 2019](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-net-core-3-0/) | Current | [3.0.3](release-notes/3.0/README.md) | [March 3, 2020](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/net-core-3-0-end-of-life/) |
| [.NET Core 2.2](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/2.2) | [December 4th, 2018](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-net-core-2-2/) | Current | [2.2.8](release-notes/2.2/README.md) | [December 23, 2019](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/net-core-2-2-will-reach-end-of-life-on-december-23-2019/) |
| [.NET Core 2.0](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/2.0) | [August 14th, 2017](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dotnet/2017/08/14/announcing-net-core-2-0/) | Current | [2.0.9](release-notes/2.0/README.md) | [October 1, 2018](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/net-core-2-0-will-reach-end-of-life-on-september-1-2018/) |
| [.NET Core 1.1](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/1.1) | [November 16th, 2016](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-net-core-1-1/) | LTS | [1.1.13](release-notes/1.1/README.md) | [June 27, 2019](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/net-core-1-0-and-1-1-will-reach-end-of-life-on-june-27-2019/) |
| [.NET Core 1.0](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/1.0) | [June 27th, 2016](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-net-core-1-0/) | LTS | [1.1.16](release-notes/1.0/README.md) | [June 27, 2019](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/net-core-1-0-and-1-1-will-reach-end-of-life-on-june-27-2019/) |