---
title: Ruby agent EOL policy
source: https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/apm/agents/ruby-agent/getting-started/ruby-agent-eol-policy
---

The following are the specific policies and dates for support of our Ruby agent. New Relic Agents follow [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/) to indicate **MAJOR** versions may include breaking changes. **MAJOR** versions may drop support for language runtimes that have reached End-of-Life according to the maintainer. Additionally, **MAJOR** versions may drop support for and remove certain instrumentation. See our documentation about [general EOL policies](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/licenses/end-of-life/notification-changes-new-relic-saas-features-distributed-software/) for information about New Relic's overall end-of-life policy.

## New Relic Ruby agent releases and support dates [#ruby-eol]

Any versions not listed in the following table are no longer supported. Please [update your Ruby agent version](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/apm/agents/ruby-agent/installation/update-ruby-agent) to the [latest release](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/release-notes/agent-release-notes/ruby-release-notes/).

| [Ruby agent release](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/release-notes/agent-release-notes/ruby-release-notes/) | Start date | End date |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | -------- |

## Ruby runtimes [#ruby-runtimes]

The latest version of the New Relic Ruby agent may support a Ruby version outside the [Ruby Maintenance Branches policy](https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/branches/) set by the Ruby Core community. Support for older Rubies is often dropped during a major agent version release.

| New Relic Ruby agent version | Min Ruby version |
| ---------------------------- | ---------------- |
| 10.x                         | 2.6.0            |
| 9.x                          | 2.4.0            |
| 8.x                          | 2.2.0            |
| 7.x                          | 2.0.0            |
| 6.x                          | 2.0.0            |
| 5.x                          | 2.0.0            |
| 4.x                          | 2.0.0            |
| 3.x                          | 1.8.7            |