# Release: Elastic Beanstalk Amazon Linux 2 platform branch PHP 7.4 retired on June 09, 2023
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This release announces the retirement of the PHP 7.4 platform branch based on Amazon Linux 2.

**Release date:** June 09, 2023

## Changes
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Today Elastic Beanstalk is announcing the retirement of the PHP 7.4 platform branch based on Amazon Linux 2, due to end of support by the owners of their language runtime components.

Elastic Beanstalk does not provide new maintenance updates for retired platform branches. If you currently use this retired platform branch, we strongly recommend that you migrate to a current, fully supported version. For more information, see [Updating your Elastic Beanstalk environment's platform version](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/using-features.platform.upgrade.html) in the *AWS Elastic Beanstalk Developer Guide*.

*The PHP 7.4 platform branch is now retired*. To reference this information along with other lists of retired components, see [Retired platform branch history](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/platforms-support-policy.html#platforms-support-policy.retired) in the *AWS Elastic Beanstalk Developer Guide*.

For more information about platform retirement, see [Elastic Beanstalk platform support policy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/platforms-support-policy.html) in the *AWS Elastic Beanstalk Developer Guide*.