# Are Slim 2.x / 3.x still receiving security updates?

**URL:** <https://discourse.slimframework.com/t/are-slim-2-x-3-x-still-receiving-security-updates/4680>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [March 3, 2021, 2:19pm UTC](https://discourse.slimframework.com/t/are-slim-2-x-3-x-still-receiving-security-updates/4680 "2021-03-03T14:19:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![dvincitravis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@dvincitravis](https://discourse.slimframework.com/u/dvincitravis)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 2:19pm UTC](https://discourse.slimframework.com/t/are-slim-2-x-3-x-still-receiving-security-updates/4680/1 "2021-03-03T14:19:43Z")

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Hi there –

I see that the last release on the 2.x branch was 2.6.3 (back in January 2017), and the last 3.x release was 3.12.3 (in November 2019).

Are these branches still receiving security updates? Or do I need to upgrade to 4.x to be assured that vulnerabilities will be addressed?

I couldn’t find any official statement on the status of these branches, LTS, EOL, etc.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![odan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9de053/32.png) [@odan](https://discourse.slimframework.com/u/odan)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 11:38am UTC](https://discourse.slimframework.com/t/are-slim-2-x-3-x-still-receiving-security-updates/4680/2 "2021-03-04T11:38:58Z")

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Maybe this answer helps:

> [@What is your release / maintenance policy](https://discourse.slimframework.com/t/what-is-your-release-maintenance-policy/3250/2):
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> It’s now 2021 and I can’t find information about this anywhere. If it exists in a post somewhere, someone please link me. Otherwise I am going to guess that support will just end “whenever” and that one will have to plan on just always using the latest version and may have to jump major versions at some point in order to keep getting security updates…

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**Author:** ![dvincitravis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@dvincitravis](https://discourse.slimframework.com/u/dvincitravis)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://discourse.slimframework.com/t/are-slim-2-x-3-x-still-receiving-security-updates/4680/3 "2021-03-08T16:27:26Z")

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That does indeed help. Thank you!