Experience Manager Releases Roadmap aem-releases-roadmap
Last update: Wed Sep 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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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:
Past Cloud Service Releases past
Release
Event
Schedule
Status
Maintenance Release
21570Automatic Update
July 14-16, 2025
Updated
Maintenance Release
21706Automatic Update
July 28-30, 2025
Updated
Feature Activation
August 7, 2025
Activated
Maintenance Release
21772Automatic Update
August 11-13, 2025
Updated
Maintenance Release
21994Automatic Update
August 25-27, 2025
Updated
Feature Activation
August 28, 2025
Activated
Upcoming Cloud Service Releases upcoming
Release
Event
Schedule
Status
Maintenance Release
22171Automatic Update
September 8-10, 2025
Target
Maintenance Release
Automatic Update
September 22-24, 2025
Target
Feature Release 2025.9.0
Feature Activation
September 25, 2025
Target
Maintenance Release
Automatic Update
October 6-8, 2025
Target
Maintenance Release
Automatic Update
October 20-22, 2025
Target
Feature Release 2025.10.0
Feature Activation
October 30, 2025
Target
Maintenance Release
Automatic Update
November 3-5, 2025
Target
Maintenance Release
Automatic Update
November 17-19, 2025
Target
Feature Release 2025.11.0
Feature Activation
November 20, 2025
Target
Maintenance Release
Automatic Update
December 8-10, 2025
Target
Feature Release 2025.12.0
Feature Activation
December 11, 2025
Target
Maintenance Release
Automatic Update
January 12-14, 2026
Target
Maintenance Release
Automatic Update
January 26-28, 2026
Target
Feature Release 2026.1.0
Feature Activation
January 29, 2026
Target
Planned Maintenance Exclusion Period
No automatic AEMaaCS maintenance will be executed during the following timeframes, beginning and ending at midnight (00:00) CET:
- Monday, November 24 2025 until Tuesday, December 2 2025.
- Monday, December 8 2025 until Friday, January 2 2026.
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). It allows for quicker adoption of product updates through frequent releases. The schedule for upcoming product updates 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
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
6.5.20.0
Service Pack
February 22, 2024
Activated
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
Experience Manager 6.5 Service Pack 24
6.5.24.0
Service Pack
November 20, 2025
Target
Experience Manager Forms releases the add-on packages one week after the scheduled Experience Manager Service Pack release date.