- title: "Ubuntu 16.04 support" removal_date: "2021-06-22" removal_milestone: "14.0" reporter: joshlambert breaking_change: true body: | Ubuntu 16.04 [reached end-of-life in April 2021](https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle), and no longer receives maintenance updates. We strongly recommend users to upgrade to a newer release, such as 20.04. GitLab 13.12 will be the last release with Ubuntu 16.04 support.