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NetBSD 9.5 Released To Cap Off The Series

Written by Michael Larabel in BSD on 6 September 2026 at 01:52 PM EDT. Add A Comment

NetBSD 9.5 released today as the final release of the NetBSD 9 stable branch.

NetBSD 9.5 brings various bug and security fixes to the NetBSD 9 series while retaining full compatibility against NetBSD 9.0. It's largely just security and stability fixes with nothing too particularly exciting but just useful for those still relying on the battle-tested NetBSD 9.

NetBSD 11.0 released at the beginning of August as the latest stable series for this popular BSD operating system. NetBSD 11.1 is expected later in September with an initial assortment of fixes whole for NetBSD 10 users the NetBSD 10.2 release is also coming up soon.

NetBSD 9.5 downloads for those interested via NetBSD.org.

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