<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><pre style="text-wrap-mode: wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Helvetica">BIND users -
<span style="text-wrap-mode: wrap;">Please note that 9.18.50 was the last release in the 9.18 series. This branch is now end of life and will not be maintained or patched.</span> Therefore, we urge you to make plans to migrate to 9.20 as soon as you are able to. (Our release calendar is here: <a href="https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-00896">https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-00896</a>).
</font></pre><pre style="text-wrap-mode: wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="text-wrap-mode: wrap;">We recommend you modify your procedures to permit monthly BIND updates, if possible. See the recent talk given by Petr Špaček (</span><a href="https://www.isc.org/blogs/2026-brace-for-upgrades/" style="text-wrap-mode: wrap;">https://www.isc.org/blogs/2026-brace-for-upgrades/</a><span style="text-wrap-mode: wrap;">) or this blog post (</span><a href="https://www.isc.org/blogs/2026-05-12-bind-security-updates/" style="text-wrap-mode: wrap;">https://www.isc.org/blogs/2026-05-12-bind-security-updates/</a><span style="text-wrap-mode: wrap;">) for background.</span></font></pre><pre style="text-wrap-mode: wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Helvetica">Important announcement for "bind-esv" repository users:</font></pre><pre style="text-wrap-mode: wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Helvetica">We will be changing the version in the open source "bind-esv" repositories ISC maintains from 9.18 to 9.20 before our July release. This is planned for July 15th, a week before we post the July maintenance releases on July 22nd, but depending on your timezone and our schedules, it may happen a few days earlier or later. Please check the version in the repository before updating.</font></pre><pre style="text-wrap-mode: wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Helvetica">For more information and other release formats, consult the ISC software download page: <a href="https://www.isc.org/download/">https://www.isc.org/download/</a></font></pre>Thank you<div><br></div></body></html>