# RFC: A new versioning strategy for Discourse

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/rfc-a-new-versioning-strategy-for-discourse/383536
**Category:** Development
**Tags:** dev-news
**Created:** [September 23, 2025, 7:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rfc-a-new-versioning-strategy-for-discourse/383536 "2025-09-23T07:55:33Z")
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### Author: ![singi2016cn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/singi2016cn/32/532755_2.png) [@singi2016cn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/singi2016cn)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2026, 3:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rfc-a-new-versioning-strategy-for-discourse/383536/52 "2026-03-20T03:26:06Z")

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> [@david](#):
>
> Set `version: release/v2026.02` in your app.yml file

I’d like to know what the specific configuration example looks like?

```plaintext
env:
  DISCOURSE_VERSION: bd4e34ec04

```

Or

```plaintext
version: bd4e34ec04

```

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