# Patch release cycle (Kibana and Elasticsearch)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/patch-release-cycle-kibana-and-elasticsearch/304294>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 9, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/patch-release-cycle-kibana-and-elasticsearch/304294 "2022-05-09T20:32:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ktiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/41988e/32.png) [@Ktiam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ktiam)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/patch-release-cycle-kibana-and-elasticsearch/304294/1 "2022-05-09T20:32:44Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m wondering if there is an official patch release cycle for the basic free version of Kibana and Elasticsearch? For example, 2 major updates per calendar year, etc.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/patch-release-cycle-kibana-and-elasticsearch/304294/2 "2022-05-10T00:22:16Z")

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Welcome to our community! 😃

We don't have a set cycle, no. Generally we do release a major version every year, minors every 6-8 weeks, and patches as needed.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/patch-release-cycle-kibana-and-elasticsearch/304294/3 "2022-06-07T00:22:22Z")

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