# Release: Elastic Beanstalk Node.js 18 on AL2023 and AL2 platform branches retired on August 11, 2025
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This release announces the retirement of the following platform branches: Node.js 18 on AL2023 and AL2.

**Release date:** August 11, 2025

## Changes
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Today we're announcing the retirement of the following platform branches:
+ Node.js 18 AL2023
+ Node.js 18 AL2

Elastic Beanstalk is retiring these platforms branches due to end of support by the maintainers of their language runtime components. 

Elastic Beanstalk does not provide new maintenance updates for retired platform branches. If you currently use one of these retired platform branches, we strongly recommend that you migrate to a current, fully supported version. For more information, see [Updating your Elastic Beanstalk environment's platform version](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/using-features.platform.upgrade.html) in the *AWS Elastic Beanstalk Developer Guide*.

For more information about platform retirement, see [Elastic Beanstalk platform support policy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/platforms-support-policy.html) in the *AWS Elastic Beanstalk Developer Guide*.