By The wait is – almost – over. The release date for the next Debian Linux version has been announced.
The Debian project plans to officially release its 13th version, with the code name Trixie, on August 9th 2025. This will become the new "stable" LTS version. The previous version 12 (Bookworm) will become the "oldstable" release, version 11 (Bullseye) will be named "oldoldstable".
Have a look at our updated list of Linux LTS distributions to find out how long each Debian version is supported.
Major changes in Debian 13
So what's new in Debian 13? There's nothing drastically new – once you've known your Debian system the next version is, generally, very similar.
As a major change we could name the newly supported risc64 processor architecture. Another new feature concerns the Debian Installer (dbi). Debian Installer and Debian Live Images can now be booted using the "HTTP Boot" mode on supported UEFI motherboards.
However there are a couple of important changes within some of the packages, for example Systemd. Michael Prokop has published an excellent blog post highlighting important changes of the upcoming Debian 13 release.
Debian 13 will roll out with the Linux Kernel version 6.12. Which is rightfully chosen to be the Kernel to go with, as it's the current longterm Kernel.
Important packages and versions:
| Package | Version |
|---|---|
| Linux Kernel * | 6.12 |
| Apache2 | 2.4.64 |
| Go (golang) | 1.24 |
| MariaDB | 11.8 |
| Nginx | 1.26 |
| NodeJS | 20.19.2 |
| OpenJDK | 21 |
| OpenSSH | 10.0p1 |
| OpenSSL | 3.5 |
| Perl | 5.40 |
| PHP | 8.4 |
| Postfix | 3.10 |
| PostgreSQL | 17 |
| Python | 3.13 |
| Rustc | 1.85 |
| Samba | 4.22 |
| Systemd * | 257 |
| * System package |
Who is Trixie?
As with every Debian version, a character from "Toy Story" is chosen. This year, for the 13th release, the character "Trixie" was chosen.
Trixie is a blue Triceratops Dinosaur toy, first appearing in Toy Story 3.
