# VTK 9.7.0 and 10.0.0 Release Planning

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-9-7-0-and-10-0-0-release-planning/16371
**Category:** Announcements
**Created:** [April 3, 2026, 11:10am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-9-7-0-and-10-0-0-release-planning/16371 "2026-04-03T11:10:41Z")
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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/mwestphal/32/19_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2026, 3:02pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-9-7-0-and-10-0-0-release-planning/16371/2 "2026-06-08T15:02:14Z")

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Here is the detailed plan for 9.7.0 release (sorry for the delay).

06/22/2026: Release split, no new features will be going into VTK 9.7.0 after this date  
06/22/2026 to 07/17/2026: Release candidates are published and tested. Critical bug fixes are integrated into the VTK release branch.  
07/17/2026: VTK 9.7.0 is released.

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