Experience Manager Releases Roadmap aem-releases-roadmap
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Adobe Experience Manager consistently provides new features and improvements to existing functionalities. It provides bug fixes for users across Cloud Service, Managed Services, and on-premise versions. This article lists the upcoming releases for Experience Manager.
The dates below and roadmap updates available in this article are for information only and are subject to change at any time.
Experience Manager as a Cloud Service aem-as-cloud-service
Experience Manager as a Cloud Service new features are delivered through a monthly feature activation, while enhancements and bug fixes are delivered twice a month through maintenance releases.
The upcoming releases for Experience Manager as a Cloud Service are planned as follows:
For customers on outdated versions: to help ensure the security and stability of your AEM environments and related instances, your programs must be updated to the latest Experience Manager as a Cloud Service release.
To coordinate a plan to bring your environment to the current version, contact your Adobe technical representative (CSME, TAM). Versions that are more than six months behind the current release require step-by-step planned updates with Adobe assistance.
Be advised that if no action is taken by April 30, 2026, deployment pipelines can be deactivated and other AEMaaCS functionalities can be impacted. Continued operation on an unsupported version can negatively affect application stability and uptime, and further increase security exposure.
Past Cloud Service Releases past
Release
Event
Schedule
Status
Maintenance Release
23963Automatic Update
January 26-28, 2026
Updated
Feature Activation
January 29, 2026
Activated
Maintenance Release
24288Automatic Update
February 9-11, 2026
Updated
Maintenance Release
24464Automatic Update
February 23-25, 2026
Updated
Feature Activation
March 3, 2026
Activated
Maintenance Release
24678Automatic Update
March 9-11, 2026
Updated
Feature Activation
March 26, 2026
Activated
Maintenance Release
25194Automatic Update
April 6-8, 2026
Updated
Maintenance Release
25520Automatic Update
April 27-29 2026
Updated
Feature Activation
April 30, 2026
Activated
Maintenance Release
25892Automatic Update
May 11-13, 2026
Updated
Maintenance Release
26309Automatic Update
May 25-27 2026
Updated
Feature Activation
May 28, 2026
Activated
Maintenance Release
26353Automatic Update
June 8-10, 2026
Updated
Maintenance Release
26773Automatic Update
June 22-24 2026
Updated
Feature Activation
June 25, 2026
Activated
Upcoming Cloud Service Releases upcoming
Release
Event
Schedule
Status
Maintenance Release
Automatic Update
July 6-8, 2026
Target
Maintenance Release
Automatic Update
July 20-22 2026
Target
Feature Release 2026.7.0
Feature Activation
July 30, 2026
Target
Experience Manager On-premise and Managed Services aem-on-prem-managed-services
Product updates in terms of new features, enhancements, and bug fixes for supported Experience Manager on-premise and Managed Services are delivered through Service Packs and Cumulative Fix Packs (CFPs). This approach allows for quicker adoption of product updates through frequent releases. The schedule for upcoming product update releases is as follows.
Experience Manager 6.5 LTS aem65lts
Experience Manager 6.5 LTS product updates are delivered through Service Packs. These Service Packs include new features, enhancements, and bug fixes. For details about the latest released service pack, see Experience Manager 6.5 LTS release notes.
Release
Version
Type
Schedule
Status
6.5.LTS.SP1
Service Pack
August 28, 2025
Activated
6.5.LTS.SP2
Service Pack
February 19, 2026
Activated
Experience Manager 6.5 LTS Service Pack 3
6.5.LTS.SP3
Service Pack
August 20, 2026
Target
Experience Manager 6.5 aem65
Experience Manager 6.5 product updates are delivered through Service Packs. These Service Packs include new features, enhancements, and bug fixes. For details about the latest released service pack, see Experience Manager 6.5 service pack release notes.
Release
Version
Type
Schedule
Status
6.5.21.0
Service Pack
June 6, 2024
Activated
6.5.22.0
Service Pack
November 21, 2024
Activated
6.5.23.0
Service Pack
May 22, 2025
Activated
6.5.24.0
Service Pack
November 26, 2025
Activated
6.5.25.0
Service Pack
May 21, 2026
Activated
Experience Manager 6.5 Service Pack 26
6.5.26.0
Service Pack
November 19, 2026
Target
- 6.5.26.0 is the last supported service pack release for AEM 6.5.
Each Service Pack is supported for up to 18 months from its release - until 2/28/2027.
- AEM 6.5 support for Adobe Managed Service customers ends by August 31, 2026.
- AEM 6.5 core support for On Prem customers is currently planned to end by February 2027.
- Support for AEM 6.5 is continued through AEM 6.5 LTS. See the AEM 6.5 LTS Frequently Asked Questions.
Experience Manager Forms releases the add-on packages one week after the scheduled Experience Manager Service Pack release date.