# \[vote ended 2025-04-16\] Make Ansible 11 a "LTS" (similar to Ansible 9)?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/vote-ended-2025-04-16-make-ansible-11-a-lts-similar-to-ansible-9/40851>\
**Category:** Project Discussions\
**Tags:** release-management, ansible, templating, community-wg\
**Created:** [March 8, 2025, 9:09am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vote-ended-2025-04-16-make-ansible-11-a-lts-similar-to-ansible-9/40851 "2025-03-08T09:09:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vote-ended-2025-04-16-make-ansible-11-a-lts-similar-to-ansible-9/40851/6 "2025-03-11T18:44:46Z")

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> [@felixfontein](#):
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> To give users more time to migrate, how about extending Ansible 11’s lifetime for another 6 months, similar to what we did with Ansible 9 (the last version to support Python 2.7 and 3.6)?

For the record: [Maintain Ansible 9 for longer than 6 months](https://forum.ansible.com/t/2574)

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