Upgrading to Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) 6.5 LTS

Last update: March 5, 2025

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NOTE
The upgrade to AEM 6.5 LTS is supported from the last 6 Service packs.

This section covers upgrading an AEM installation to AEM 6.5 LTS:

For easier reference to the AEM instances involved in these procedures, the following terms are used throughout these articles:

  • The source instance is the AEM instance that you are upgrading from.
  • The target instance is the one that you are upgrading to.

What Has Changed?

Updates

Foundation layer now supports Java 17, incorporating latest open-source bundles from Apache Sling, Felix, and Jackrabbit Oak. Additionally, the packaging of the AEM 6.5 LTS uber-jar has changed. Additionally, a few legacy features have been removed from AEM 6.5 LTS. For more information, refer to Release notes and List of Obsolete Bundles Uninstalled After the Upgrade

AEM 6.5 LTS has a strong focus on backward compatibility of features and comes with an analyzer tool. See Assessing the Upgrade Complexity with the AEM Analyzer for assessment of complexity as you start planning for the upgrade.

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