# Next Julia LTS; when?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/next-julia-lts-when/70030>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [October 19, 2021, 1:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/next-julia-lts-when/70030 "2021-10-19T13:00:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 1:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/next-julia-lts-when/70030/4 "2021-10-19T13:09:55Z")

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Still, nothing has changed in regards to the LTS plans in the past month. 1.6 will become LTS when 1.7 is released. This hasn’t changed since this thread.

> [@What are the current plans regarding a new LTS Julia version?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-are-the-current-plans-regarding-a-new-lts-julia-version/63501/24):
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> The plan is still for 1.6 to be the new LTS. There are always features in new releases that someone would like to have in an LTS version. Aside from the manifest format, which is being backported to 1.6, none of these seem like show-stoppers. The vast majority of people should be using whatever the latest Julia version is, not staying on the LTS. There seems to be some misunderstanding that the LTS is better to run for some reason, which is very much not the case. You should only be using the L…

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