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# (2025 MAY) Cumulative Updates for Business Central

[Read the post](https://gerardorenteria.blog/2025/05/09/2025-may-cumulative-updates-for-business-central/) · Gerardo Renteria (Gerardo Renteria) · 2025-05-09 · 273 words · tier community · reviewed (checked by Opus)

> Cumulative updates for Business Central replace previously released updates across multiple versions. The post lists available updates for v26 (2025 Wave 1), v25 (2024 Wave 2), and v24 (2024 Wave 1), along with older unsupported versions, and notes that the latest updates should always be installed to address security vulnerabilities.

## Key points

- Cumulative updates replace the earlier updates for each Business Central version
- Always install the latest update, because some updates also fix vulnerabilities
- The current updates are 26.1 for v26, 25.7 for v25 and 24.13 for v24
- Updates contain hotfixes for all countries plus hotfixes for specific local versions
- On-premises versions v23 back to v13 no longer receive updates

## Quotes

- "Some updates additionally fix vulnerabilities, so the latest update should always be installed." (Clarifies that installing the latest cumulative update is essential for maintaining security posture)
- "These updates replace previously released updates for each version of Business Central." (Explains that cumulative updates supersede earlier updates, so only the latest needs to be applied)

## Context

- Features: cumulative updates, hotfixes, security patches
- Versions: v26 (2025 Wave 1), v25 (2024 Wave 2), v24 (2024 Wave 1), v23, v22, v21, v20, v19

Source: Gerardo Renteria, community blog. Summary, key points and quotes are derived (CONTENT-NOTICE.md); read the original for the full text.