2.33.0 will be the next 'major', following 2.32 on [2026-05-28](https://www.pantsbuild.org/blog/2026/05/28/pants-2-32) 2.32 branched in [2026-W16](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/commit/c7f394f2f89a60f83e2354364ca7483957a19b02). - [ ] Create Milestone - [ ] Bug Triage! - [ ] Prepare Release Notes - [ ] Blog Post - [ ] Additional RCs as needed; nudge testing in productive testing; various applications of human judgement under conditions of uncertainty. - [ ] Actually do the release! - [ ] Update Example Repos - [ ] Update schema store (https://www.pantsbuild.org/prerelease/docs/contributions/releases/release-process#step-5-publish-a-schema-in-json-schema-store) - [ ] Ensure there's a "2.34.0 release management issue" like this one, for the next release
2.33.0 will be the next 'major', following 2.32 on 2026-05-28
2.32 branched in 2026-W16.