This topic describes the Amazon MSK version support policy and the procedure for Update the Apache Kafka version. If you're upgrading your Kafka version, follow the best practices outlined in Best practices for version upgrades.
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Amazon MSK version support policy
This section describes the support policy for Amazon MSK supported Kafka versions.
All Kafka versions are supported until they reach their end of support date. For details on end of support dates, see Supported Apache Kafka versions. Upgrade your MSK cluster to the recommended Kafka version or higher version before the end of support date. For details on updating your Apache Kafka version, see Update the Apache Kafka version. A cluster using a Kafka version after its end of support date is auto-upgraded to the recommended Kafka version. Automatic updates can happen at any time after the end of support date. You will not receive any notification before the update.
MSK will phase out support for newly created clusters that use Kafka versions with published end of support dates.
