# PMK Upcoming Releases

This page highlights the upcoming releases for Platform9 Managed Kubernetes.

## Background

PMK is Platform9's current product line for supporting Kubernetes workload. There is a new product line called [Platform9 Cloud Director](https://platform9.com/private-cloud-director/) which has a newer version to support [Kubernetes](/private-cloud-director/2025.10/kubernetes-clusters/k8s-overview.md) workload and the long term plan is to migrate from PMK to PCD

## Estimated Schedule for Release

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<table><thead><tr><th width="280">Version</th><th>General Availability</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>5.16</td><td>April 15th, 2026</td></tr></tbody></table>
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| Version       | General Availability |
| ------------- | -------------------- |
| 5.16          | TBD                  |
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## Forecasted Key Features/Fixes

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#### PMK 5.16

* Kubernetes 1.35 support

#### PMK 5.15

* Kubernetes 1.34 support

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#### SMCP 5.16

* Kubernetes 1.34 and 1.35 support

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