MongoDB Versioning
Important
Always upgrade to the latest stable patch release of your release series.
MongoDB versioning has the form X.Y.Z where X.Y refers to the
release series and Z refers to the patch number.
MongoDB is released as two different release series:
Major Releases
Rapid Releases
Major Releases
Major Releases are made available approximately once a year, and introduce new features and improvements. Major Releases are supported for MongoDB Atlas and on-premises deployments.
Example versions:
6.07.0
Rapid Releases
Rapid Releases are made available approximately once each quarter that does not contain a Major Release, and introduce new features and improvements. Rapid Releases are only supported within MongoDB Atlas, and are not supported for on-premises deployments.
Rapid Releases are not available for use with MongoDB Ops Manager.
Example versions:
6.16.26.3
Patch Releases
Patch Releases are made available as needed to both Major Releases and Rapid Releases. Patch releases generally include bug fixes and minor improvements.
Example versions:
6.0.1(a Major Release patch version)6.2.1(a Rapid Release patch version)
Release Candidate (RC) Releases
In advance of new Major Releases and Rapid Releases, Release Candidates are made available for early testing. A Release Candidate represents a version of the upcoming release that is stable enough to begin testing, but is not suitable for production deployment.
Example versions:
6.0.0-rc06.0.0-rc16.1.2-rc5
Driver Versions
The version numbering system for MongoDB differs from the system used for the MongoDB drivers.
MongoDB Shell (mongosh)
The MongoDB Shell (mongosh) is released separately
from the MongoDB Server and uses its own version numbering system.
Database Tools
MongoDB Database Tools are released separately from the MongoDB Server and use their own version numbering system.