KNIME Analytics Platform Now Releases Every 6 Weeks

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Hello Everyone,

KNIME Analytics Platform will now be updated every 6 weeks. The first version in this new cycle, KNIME Analytics Platform 5.6, is available today.

Why This Change?

More frequent releases allow us to:

  • Deliver new features and improvements to you more quickly
  • Collect your feedback earlier and respond faster
  • Keep pace with ongoing developments in AI and data science

This means you can benefit from our updates as soon as they’re ready.

How to Access Frequent Updates

This faster release track is opt-in for now. To try it, you can:

Starting with version 5.7, the latest 6 week release will be the default option on the download page. KNIME Team and Pro plans will always use the latest available version.

Long-Term Support (LTS) Continues

For enterprise environments that require more robustness and long-term maintenance, we continue to offer LTS versions twice a year with two years of support. These versions will now be clearly labeled as LTS.

Installations up to version 5.5 will continue to receive bug fix releases as before, and show upgrade suggestions whenever a new LTS version is released, but will not start to receive updates every 6 weeks automatically.

Which Version Should You Use?

  • Standard Release (every 6 weeks):
    Recommended if you want the latest features as soon as they are available and are comfortable updating more frequently.
  • LTS Release (twice a year):
    Recommended for environments that require extended validation, compliance, or reduced update frequency

Both options are production-ready and support backward compatibility. Workflows created in an LTS version will run in the standard release without issue. Workflows built with standard releases will be compatible with future LTS versions, but not previous LTS versions. This is because features added in a standard release will only appear in a future LTS version.

Standard releases do not receive bug or security fixes, instead we will include these in the next standard release. Older LTS versions continue to receive fixes and patches for a limited time (currently two years), even after a newer LTS is released.

Try It Today

KNIME Analytics Platform 5.6 is now available. You can install it alongside an existing version, such as 5.5, to explore the new updates.

:point_right: Download KNIME AP 5.6

The AP 5.6.0 changelogs list all changes in detail.

Try it out and leave your feedback in the thread below.

The KNIME Team

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Hi Swaraj!

Thank you for this update. I look forward to download the lastest version shortly. A couple of questions related to these upcoming versions:

  1. If I update from a version (I think I have) 4.6, will that cause issues regarding data?
  2. I am a mac user and thus interested in how these new versions work in the context of macOS 26 Tahoe. Have there been reports of early issues for those on the Apple beta testing program? Im currently on the latest iteration of macOS 15 Sequoia.
    I look forward to downloading these exciting updates!

~Cole K.

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Hello Everyone,

We fixed a bug in the new Agent Chat View node and and updated the download links to 5.6.1.

The KNIME Team

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