# Amazon DocumentDB engine version support dates
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Amazon DocumentDB supports multiple engine versions under standard support. You can continue running a version past its end of standard support date for an Extended Support fee. For more information, see [Amazon DocumentDB Extended Support](extended-support.md) and [Amazon DocumentDB pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/documentdb/pricing/).

You can use the following dates to plan your testing and upgrade cycles.


| Engine version | Release date | LTS release | End of standard support | Start of Extended Support (year 1 pricing) | Start of Extended Support (year 3 pricing) | End of Extended Support | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 
| Version 3.6 | 9 January 2019 | N/A | 30 March 2026 | 31 March 2026 | 31 March 2028 | 30 March 2029 | 
| Version 4.0 | 9 November 2020 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 
| Version 5.0 | 1 March 2023 | Version 5.0.0, Patch Version 3.0.17983 or later | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 
| Version 8.0 | November 2025 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |