Experience Manager Releases Roadmap

Last update: November 3, 2026

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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.

NOTE
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

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:

IMPORTANT
For customers on outdated versions: to help ensure the security and stability of your AEM environments and related instances, your programs must be updated to the latest Experience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 update your environment to the current version, contact your Adobe technical representative (CSME, TAM). Versions that are more than six months older than the current release require scheduled updates with Adobe assistance.
Be advised that if you take no action by April 30, 2026, Adobe can deactivate deployment pipelines and impact other AEMaaCS functionalities. Continued operation on an unsupported version can negatively affect application stability and uptime, and further increase security exposure.

Past Cloud Service Releases

ReleaseEventScheduleStatus
Maintenance Release 26353Automatic UpdateJune 8-10, 2026Updated
Maintenance Release 26773Automatic UpdateJune 22-24, 2026Updated
Feature Release 2026.6.0Feature ActivationJune 25, 2026Activated
Maintenance Release 26908Automatic UpdateJuly 6-8, 2026Updated
Maintenance Release 27083Automatic UpdateJuly 20-22, 2026Updated
Feature Release 2026.7.0Feature ActivationJuly 30, 2026Activated
Maintenance Release 27293Automatic UpdateAugust 3-5, 2026Updated
Maintenance Release 27673Automatic UpdateAugust 17-19, 2026Updated
Feature Release 2026.8.0Feature ActivationAugust 27, 2026Activated
Maintenance Release 27830Automatic UpdateAugust 31- September 2, 2026Updated
Feature Release 2026.9.0Feature ActivationSeptember 24, 2026Activated
Maintenance Release 28386Automatic UpdateSeptember 28-30, 2026Updated
Maintenance Release 28871Automatic UpdateOctober 12-14, 2026Updated
Maintenance Release 29023Automatic UpdateOctober 26-28, 2026Updated
Feature Release 2026.10.0Feature ActivationOctober 29, 2026Activated

Upcoming Cloud Service Releases

ReleaseEventScheduleStatus
Maintenance Release 29251Automatic UpdateNovember 9-11, 2026Target
Feature Release 2026.11.0Feature ActivationNovember 19, 2026Target
Maintenance ReleaseAutomatic UpdateDecember 7-9, 2026Target
Feature Release 2026.12.0Feature ActivationDecember 10, 2026Target
CAUTION
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 23 2026 until Tuesday, December 1 2026.
  • Monday, December 14 2026 until Sunday, January 3 2027.

Experience Manager On-premise and 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

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.

ReleaseVersionTypeScheduleStatus
Experience Manager 6.5 LTS Service Pack 16.5.LTS.SP1Service PackAugust 28, 2025Activated
Experience Manager 6.5 LTS Service Pack 26.5.LTS.SP2Service PackFebruary 19, 2026Activated
Experience Manager 6.5 LTS Service Pack 36.5.LTS.SP3Service PackAugust 20, 2026Activated
Experience Manager 6.5 LTS Service Pack 46.5.LTS.SP4Service PackFebruary 18, 2027Target
Experience Manager 6.5 LTS Service Pack 56.5.LTS.SP5Service PackMay 20, 2027Target
Experience Manager 6.5 LTS Service Pack 66.5.LTS.SP6Service PackAugust 19, 2027Target
Experience Manager 6.5 LTS Service Pack 76.5.LTS.SP7Service PackNovember 18, 2027Target

Experience Manager 6.5

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.

ReleaseVersionTypeScheduleStatus
Experience Manager 6.5 Service Pack 216.5.21.0Service PackJune 6, 2024Activated
Experience Manager 6.5 Service Pack 226.5.22.0Service PackNovember 21, 2024Activated
Experience Manager 6.5 Service Pack 236.5.23.0Service PackMay 22, 2025Activated
Experience Manager 6.5 Service Pack 246.5.24.0Service PackNovember 26, 2025Activated
Experience Manager 6.5 Service Pack 256.5.25.0Service PackMay 21, 2026Activated
Experience Manager 6.5 Service Pack 266.5.26.0Service PackNovember 12, 2026Target
AVAILABILITY
AEM 6.5 support continues through AEM 6.5 LTS. Current 6.5 support timelines:
  • Adobe Managed Services customers: ends by August 31, 2026.
  • On Prem customers: core support currently planned to end by February 2027.
AEM 6.5 LTS covers both paths. See the AEM 6.5 LTS Frequently Asked Questions for details.
NOTE
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 February 28, 2027. See Products and technical support periods. If you have approved extended support for 6.5 until February 2028, critical security fixes will only be available on the last released Service Pack 26.
NOTE
Experience Manager Forms releases the add-on packages one week after the scheduled Experience Manager Service Pack release date.
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