Java Edition release timeline/2026
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A timeline of Java Edition releases in 2026.
January
- Java Edition 26.1 Snapshot 2
- Java Edition 26.1 Snapshot 3
- Java Edition 26.1 Snapshot 4
- Java Edition 26.1 Snapshot 5
February
- Java Edition 26.1 Snapshot 6
- Java Edition 26.1 Snapshot 7
- Java Edition 26.1 Snapshot 8
- Java Edition 26.1 Snapshot 9
- Java Edition 26.1 Snapshot 10
March
- Java Edition 26.1 Snapshot 11
- Java Edition 26.1 Pre-Release 1
- Java Edition 26.1 Pre-Release 2
- Java Edition 26.1 Pre-Release 3
- Java Edition 26.1 Release Candidate 1
- Java Edition 26.1 Release Candidate 2
- Java Edition 26.1 Release Candidate 3
- Java Edition 26.1 (Tiny Takeover)
- Java Edition 26.1.1 Release Candidate 1
April
- Java Edition 26.1.1
- Java Edition 26w14a (Herdcraft Update)
- Java Edition 26.2-snapshot-1
- Java Edition 26.1.2 Release Candidate 1
- Java Edition 26.1.2
- Java Edition 26.2 Snapshot 2
- Java Edition 26.2 Snapshot 3
- Java Edition 26.2 Snapshot 4
- Java Edition 26.2 Snapshot 5
May
- Java Edition 26.2 Snapshot 6
- Java Edition 26.2 Snapshot 7
- Java Edition 26.2 Snapshot 8
- Java Edition 26.2 Pre-Release 1
- Java Edition 26.2 Pre-Release 2
June
- Java Edition 26.2 Pre-Release 3
- Java Edition 26.2 Pre-Release 4
- Java Edition 26.2 Pre-Release 5
- Java Edition 26.2 Pre-Release 6
- Java Edition 26.2 Release Candidate 1
- Java Edition 26.2 Release Candidate 2
- Java Edition 26.2 (Chaos Cubed)
- Java Edition 26.3 Snapshot 1
- Java Edition 26.3 Snapshot 2
July
- Java Edition 26.3 Snapshot 3
- Java Edition 26.3 Snapshot 4
- Java Edition 26.3 Snapshot 5
- Java Edition 26.3 Snapshot 6
August
Sources
- Java Edition release timeline/2026 — Minecraft Wiki, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, revision 3725228.