SQL Server 2016 Updates

Here's the release history for Microsoft SQL Server 2016. Each update is linked to its Microsoft knowledge base article with the download and the list of hotfixes included.

Service Pack	Cumulative Update	Release Date	Build	Support Ends
	GDR	2026/07/14	13.0.6500.1	2026/07/14
	GDR	2026/05/12	13.0.6490.1	2026/07/14
	GDR	2026/04/14	13.0.6485.1	2026/07/14
	GDR	2026/03/10	13.0.6480.4	2026/07/14
	GDR	2025/11/11	13.0.6475.1	2026/07/14
	GDR	2025/09/09	13.0.6470.1	2026/07/14
	GDR	2025/08/12	13.0.6465.1	2026/07/14
	GDR	2025/07/08	13.0.6460.7	2026/07/14
	GDR	2024/11/12	13.0.6455.2	2026/07/14
	GDR	2024/10/08	13.0.6450.1	2026/07/14
	GDR	2024/09/10	13.0.6445.1	2026/07/14
	GDR	2024/07/09	13.0.6441.1	2026/07/14
	GDR	2023/10/12	13.0.6435.1	2026/07/14
	GDR	2023/02/14	13.0.6430.49	2026/07/14
	GDR	2022/06/13	13.0.6419.1	2026/07/14
	Hotfix	2021/10/28	13.0.6404.1	2026/07/14
SP3		2021/09/15	13.0.6300.2	2026/07/14
	CU17	2021/03/29	13.0.5888.11	2022/10/11
	CU16	2021/02/11	13.0.5882.1	2022/10/11
	GDR	2021/01/12	13.0.5865.1	2022/10/11
	CU15	2020/09/28	13.0.5850.14	2022/10/11
	CU14	2020/08/06	13.0.5830.85	2022/10/11
	CU13	2020/05/28	13.0.5820.21	2022/10/11
	CU12	2020/02/25	13.0.5698.0	2022/10/11
	Security Update	2020/02/11	13.0.5622.0	2022/10/11
	CU11	2019/12/09	13.0.5598.27	2022/10/11
	CU10	2019/10/08	13.0.5492.2	2022/10/11
	~~CU9~~	2019/09/30	13.0.5470.0	2022/10/11
	CU8	2019/07/31	13.0.5426.0	2022/10/11
	Security update	2019/07/09	13.0.5366.0	2022/10/11
	CU7	2019/05/23	13.0.5337.0	2022/10/11
	CU6	2019/03/19	13.0.5292.0	2022/10/11
	CU5	2019/01/23	13.0.5264.1	2022/10/11
	CU4	2018/11/13	13.0.5233.0	2022/10/11
	CU3 (bug: do not apply if you use Auditing)	2018/09/20	13.0.5216.0	2022/10/11
	GDR (security patch to SP2 CU2)	2018/08/20	13.0.5201.2	2022/10/11
	~~GDR (security patch to SP2 CU2)~~ (update: un-released due to bug)	2018/08/14	13.0.5161.0	2022/10/11
	CU2	2018/07/17	13.0.5153.0	2022/10/11
	CU1	2018/05/30	13.0.5149.0	2022/10/11
	Security Update	2020/02/11	13.0.5102.14	2022/10/11
	GDR (security patch to SP2)	2018/08/14	13.0.5081.1	2022/10/11
SP2		2018/04/24	13.0.5026.0	2022/10/11
	CU15	2019/05/16	13.0.4574.0	2019/07/09 - out of support
	CU14	2019/03/19	13.0.4560.0	2019/07/09 - out of support
	CU13	2019/01/23	13.0.4550.1	2019/07/09 - out of support
	CU12	2018/11/13	13.0.4541.0	2019/07/09 - out of support
	CU11	2018/09/18	13.0.4528.0	2019/07/09 - out of support
	GDR (security patch to SP1 CU10)	2018/08/14	13.0.4522.0	2019/07/09 - out of support
	CU10	2018/07/17	13.0.4514.0	2019/07/09 - out of support
	CU9	2018/05/30	13.0.4502.0	2019/07/09 - out of support
	CU8	2018/03/19	13.0.4474.0	2019/07/09 - out of support
	CU7	2018/01/04	13.0.4466.4	2019/07/09 - out of support
	CU6	2017/11/22	13.0.4457.0	2019/07/09 - out of support
	CU5	2017/09/18	13.0.4451.0	2019/07/09 - out of support
	CU4 ( w/MDS bug)	2017/08/08	13.0.4446.0	2019/07/09 - out of support
	CU3	2017/05/15	13.0.4435.0	2019/07/09 - out of support
	CU2	2017/03/20	13.0.4422.0	2019/07/09 - out of support
	CU1	2017/01/18	13.0.4411.0	2019/07/09 - out of support
	GDR (security patch to SP1)	2018/08/14	13.0.4223.0	2019/07/09 - out of support
SP1		2016/11/16	13.0.4001.0	2019/07/09 - out of support
	CU9	2017/11/22	13.0.2216.0	2018/01/09 - out of support
	CU8	2017/09/18	13.0.2213.0	2018/01/09 - out of support
	CU7	2017/08/08	13.0.2210.0	2018/01/09 - out of support
	CU6	2017/05/15	13.0.2204.0	2018/01/09 - out of support
	CU5	2017/03/28	13.0.2197.0	2018/01/09 - out of support
	CU4	2017/01/18	13.0.2193.0	2018/01/09 - out of support
	CU3	2016/11/17	13.0.2186.6	2018/01/09 - out of support
	CU2 (see note 1 and note 2)	2016/09/22	13.0.2164.0	2018/01/09 - out of support
	CU1	2016/07/25	13.0.2149.0	2018/01/09 - out of support
None (RTM)		2016/06/01	13.0.1601.5	2018/01/09 - out of support

Depending on your agreements with Microsoft and where you're hosting your SQL Server, you may be able to get even longer support than what we show here. Note 1: CU2 has a known issue with Filestream not working when SecureBoot is enabled. If you're on Windows Server 2016 or Windows 10, and you're using SecureBoot (which is enabled by default with Hyper-V Gen2 VMs), and your database has Filestream, you either need to disable SecureBoot, or skip CU2 for now. Note 2: columnstore index users should consider the on-demand hotfix update 13.0.2170.0, which includes serious performance and reliability fixes.