Do I need to upgrade from Craft 4?

Everything Craft CMS 4 site owners need to know about upgrading.

Andrew Fairlie
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Andrew Fairlie
Technical Director · 13+ years with Craft CMS
Published 17 Jul 2026
Last updated 4 Aug 2026
1 min read

Since 30th April 2026, Craft CMS 4 is end of life and you need to upgrade to Craft 5. 

The good news is that an upgrade is usually quite easy for a developer to carry out.

And support for Craft 5 is being renewed for another 5 years, making it a Long Term Support. The official end of security support date is currently 31 December 2031.

If you need someone to upgrade your site, and keep it updated each month to avoid slipping in future, reach out to us on hello@mutual.agency  and we’ll schedule an upgrade in for you. 

Andrew Fairlie
Andrew Fairlie
Technical Director · 13+ years with Craft CMS

Andrew is Technical Director at Mutual, a Craft CMS Partner agency. He has been building with Craft CMS since its public beta in 2012 — working through every major version from Craft 1 to Craft 5 — and has delivered over 100 sites for clients including Apple, Transparency International, and Arts University Bournemouth.

He writes about Craft CMS on the Mutual blog and has contributed to net Magazine. At Mutual, he leads development of Mutual One, a marketing platform built on Craft CMS as its foundation.

He has spoken about Craft CMS to undergraduate students at the University of Brighton and Canterbury Christ Church University, and appeared on the Devmode.fm podcast. He has also trained development teams at other agencies in working with the platform.

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