Amazon MSK version support - Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka

Amazon MSK version support

This topic describes the Amazon MSK version support policy and the procedure for Upgrade the Apache Kafka version. If you're upgrading your Kafka version, follow the best practices outlined in Best practices for version upgrades.

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 about upgrading your Apache Kafka version, see Upgrade 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 upgrades can happen at any time after the end of support date. You will not receive any notification before the upgrade.

  • MSK will phase out support for newly created clusters that use Kafka versions with published end of support dates.