We are pleased to announce that OpenSSL
3.5
will be the next long term stable (LTS) release. Per OpenSSL’s LTS
policy,
3.5 will be supported until April 8, 2030.

The previous LTS (OpenSSL 3.0)
will continue to be fully supported until September 7, 2025 and
receive security fixes until September 7, 2026. Projects that
currently depend on 3.0 are strongly encouraged to switch to OpenSSL
3.5 once it has been released.

In addition, the OpenSSL Corporation and Foundation have agreed to
designate an LTS every two years. That means there will be an LTS
release in April of 2027, another in 2029, and so on. As always, each
LTS will be supported for 5 years with the final ye