# 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  |