sk152052 - Check Point Release Map
Check Point Release Map
Product: Maestro HyperScale Firewall, Scalable Chassis, Security Gateways, Security Management
Version: R80.40 (EOS), R81 (EOS), R81.10 (EOS), R81.20, R82, R82.10
Last Modified: 2026-07-05
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Releases Map
Important: Check Point recommends that you install the most recent Recommended software version to stay up-to-date with the latest functional improvements, stability fixes, security enhancements and protection against new and evolving attacks.
Releases Information
Check Point Recommended version for all deployments is R82 with its Recommended Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator Take.
For more info, refer to Release Terminology article.
Check Point Quantum R82.10
| Release Date and Take | December 2025, Take 464 |
| Image Replacement | March 2026, Take 467 |
| Release Home page | sk183506 |
| Related Jumbo | Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator for R82.10 |
| Release Highlights | Expanded Threat Prevention - Anti-Phishing Protection without HTTPS Inspection required - Threat Prevention Insights and Adaptive IPS; integrate CTEM recommendations - DNS-over-TLS (DoT) Inspection - 4 New ThreatCloud AI Engines AI Security for Safe AI Adoption - GenAI Protect for Quantum and CloudGuard Network Firewalls - Auto-detect MCP servers; see which tools they are using and traffic logs - Extend app control to AI apps, configure policies to permit or block access - Full control over Agentic AI, MCP servers, shadow Gen AI apps Increased Hybrid Mesh Network Security - Unified Internet Access Policy for SASE + Quantum/CloudGuard network security. Reuse the same policy objects across hybrid mesh. - Centralized Identity Management: integration for MSFT Entra ID & Defender End Point Security, and CrowdStrike Falcon. For greater Zero Trust access control. - Access policy log generation ‘Aggregated’ mode reduces daily volume up to 70%; pinpoint rules responsible for the most log entries and reduce storage costs. - Web SmartConsole enhancements. Web interface, faster response time. Works on any OS platform. Manage policies incl. Access, Threat Prevention, HTTPS, NAT. |
| Can be upgraded from | R81, R81.10, R81.20 and R82 To upgrade from R80.30 or R80.40, first upgrade to R81 or R81.10 |
| Can be upgraded to | - |
Check Point Quantum R82
| Release Date and Take | October 2024, Take 777 |
| Image Replacement | March 2026, Take 779 |
| Release Home page | sk181127 |
| Related Jumbo | Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator for R82 |
| Related SmartConsole | R82 SmartConsole Releases |
| Release Highlights | - New AI engines to block zero-day campaigns - Adaptive and non disruptive HTTPS inspection - Quantum-safe VPN encryption - API-based policy layer - New and enhanced virtual system mode (VSNext) - Up to x3 faster Maestro hyperscale operation - New clustering mode (ElasticXL) - Higher management capacity with 500 gateways per management domain |
| Can be upgraded from | R80.40, R81, R81.10 and R81.20 To upgrade from R80.30, first upgrade to R80.40 |
| Can be upgraded to | R82.10 |
Check Point Quantum R81.20 (Titan)
| Release Date and Take | November 2022 |
| Release Home page | sk173903 (including the information about Scalable Platforms) |
| Related Jumbo | Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator for R81.20 |
| Related SmartConsole | R81.20 SmartConsole Releases |
| Release Highlights | Threat Prevention - Zero-Day phishing prevention blocks 4x more Zero-Day phishing attacks Quantum IoT Protect - Discover IoT assets with Quantum Security Gateways Network Security Management - New Infinity Cloud Services page in SmartConsole - SmartWorkflow - streamlined policy change review, ensures accuracy of Security Policies through customizable built-in policy supervision workflows Performance Acceleration for Quantum Security Gateways - Maestro Auto-Scaling provides dynamic performance scaling for mission critical apps and large workloads. - Maestro Fastforward provides a 100G cut-through mode for trusted connections . - Quantum HyperFlow delivers 3x times higher throughput for elephant flows (very long, high-bandwidth intensive connections). |
| Can be upgraded from | R77.30, R80, R80.10, R80.20.M1, R80.20, R80.20SP, R80.20.M2, R80.20 3.10, R80.30, R80.30 3.10, R80.30SP, R80.40, R81 and R81.10 To upgrade from R77.30, R80 and R80.10, first upgrade to R80.40 |
| Can be upgraded to | R82, R82.10 |
Check Point Quantum R81.10
| Release Date and Take | July 2021, Take 335 |
| Release Home page | sk170416 (including the information about Scalable Platforms) |
| Related Jumbo | Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator for R81.10 |
| Related SmartConsole | R81.10 SmartConsole Releases |
| Release Highlights | - Maestro Hyperscale Mix Appliances |
- include different appliance models in the same Security Group
- Dynamic logs distribution - Configure the Security Gateway to distribute logs between multiple active Log Servers to support a better Logs and Log Servers redundancy rate
- Management performance and stability improvements at scale
- SmartConsole Automatic updates | | Can be upgraded from | R77.30, R80, R80.10, R80.20.M1, R80.20, R80.20SP, R80.20.M2, R80.20 3.10, R80.30, R80.30 3.10, R80.30SP, R80.40, and R81
To upgrade from R77.30, R80 and R80.10, first upgrade to R80.40 | | Can be upgraded to | R81.20, R82, R82.10 |
Check Point R81
| Release Date and Take | October 2020, Take 392 |
| Release Home page | sk166715 Note: Scalable Platform software is now aligned with R81. For more information, refer to sk169954. |
| Related Jumbo | Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator for R81 |
| Related SmartConsole | R81 SmartConsole Releases |
| Release Highlights | - Infinity Threat Prevention: The industry’s first autonomous Threat Prevention system - Dynamic Balancing: Utilizes the best hardware performance from our security gateways - Revolutionized Policy Installation Process, effortless deployments and one-click upgrades - Best security for all encrypted traffic utilizing the latest standards including TLS 1.3 and HTTP/2 |
| Can be upgraded from | R77.30, R80, R80.10, R80.20.M1, R80.20, R80.20.M2, R80.20 3.10, R80.30, R80.30 3.10 and R80.40 To upgrade from R77.30, R80 and R80.10, first upgrade to R80.40 |
| Can be upgraded to | R81.10, R81.20, R82, R82.10 |
Check Point R80.40
| Release Date and Take | January 2020, Take 294 |
| Release Home page | sk160736 |
| Related Jumbo | Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator for R80.40 |
| Related SmartConsole | R80.40 SmartConsole Releases |
| Release Highlights | - SmartTasks automates daily work with pre-defined or customizable actions - Dedicated HTTPS policy layer preventing encrypted traffic from Gen V attacks - Zero-touch deployment from hours to minutes for installing new gateways - IoT Security Manager identify IoT devices and seamlessly turn their attributes into IoT security policy |
| Can be upgraded from | R76, R77.x, R80, R80.10, R80.20.M1, R80.20, R80.20.M2, R80.20 3.10, R80.30 and R80.30 3.10 Endpoint R77.20 EP6.0/EP6.1/EP6.2, R77.30.01, R77.30.02, R77.30.03, R77.30 EP6.5 To upgrade from R75.x versions, first upgrade to R77.30 |
| Can be upgraded to | R81, R81.10, R81.20, R82 |
Check Point R80.30
R80.30
| Release Date and Take | May 2019, Take 200 |
| Release Home page | sk144293 |
| Related Jumbo | Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator for R80.30 |
| Related SmartConsole | R80.30 SmartConsole Releases |
| Release Highlights | - Threat Extraction for Web - New TLS SSL Patent Pending Technologies - Management Performance and Operational improvements |
| Can be upgraded from | R75.40, R75.45, R75.46, R75.47, R76, R77, R77.10, R77.20, R77.30, R80, R80.10, R80.20.M1, R80.20 |
| Can be upgraded to | R80.40, R81, R81.10 |
R80.30 3.10
| Release Date and Take | July 2019, Take 273 |
| Release Home page | sk152652 |
| Related SmartConsole | R80.30 SmartConsole Releases |
| Release Highlights | - Improved firewall resiliency - Support for IPv6 - Support for Dynamic CLI - Enhancing Gaia Clish - Adding Clustering and VSX capabilities - New kernel capabilities |
| Can be upgraded from | R80.20 3.10 |
| Can be upgraded to | R80.40, R81, R81.10 |
R80.30SP
| Release Date and Take | June 2020 - R80.30SP Take 47 - Maestro SGM/Gateway |
| Release Home page | sk162552 |
| Related Jumbo | Maestro R80.30SP Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator |
Check Point R80.20.M2
| Release Date and Take | December 2018, Take 37 |
| Release Home page | sk123473 |
| Related SmartConsole | R80.20 SmartConsole Releases |
| Release Highlights | - New VMware Data Center objects - Multi-Domain and SNMP support for CPView - SmartConsole objects grouping - Improved Splunk log exporting - Consolidated Threat Prevention dashboard |
| Can be upgraded from | R75.40, R75.45, R75.46, R75.47, R76, R77, R77.10, R77.20, R77.30, R80, R80.10, R80.20.M1, R80.20 |
| Can be upgraded to | R80.30, R80.40, R81 (Management Servers only) |
Check Point R80.20
R80.20
| Release Date and Take | September 2018, Take 101 |
| Image replacement | July 2019, only Security Management - Take 117. See sk151513 |
| Release Home page | sk122485 |
| Related Jumbo | Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator for R80.20 |
| Related SmartConsole | R80.20 SmartConsole Releases |
| Release Highlights | - Gateway performance improvements - Advanced Threat Prevention - Cloud Security - Access Policy Enhancements - Consolidated network and endpoint management capabilities - Frequent management updates - Security ecosystem integration |
| Can be upgraded from | R75.40, R75.45, R75.46, R75.47, R76, R77, R77.10, R77.20, R77.30, R80, R80.10, R80.20.M1 |
| Can be upgraded to | R80.20.M2, R80.30, R80.40, R81, R81.10 |
R80.20 3.10
| Release Date and Take | December 2018, Take 5 |
| Release Home page | sk141173 |
| Related Jumbo | Jumbo HFA for R80.20 with Gaia 3.10 for AWS, Azure and Open Server Security Gateways |
| Related SmartConsole | R80.20 SmartConsole Releases |
| Release Highlights | - New 3.10 kernel for Security Gateways - Extends support for new platforms - Performance improvement in Cloud environments |
| Can be upgraded from | - |
| Can be upgraded to | R80.30 3.10, R80.40, R81, R81.10 |
R80.20SP
| Release Date and Take | March 2019 - R80.20SP Take 22 - Maestro (MHO + SGM/Gateway) and Chassis |
| Release Home page | sk138233 |
| Related Jumbo | Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator for R80.20SP |
Check Point R80.20.M1
| Release Date and Take | June 2018, Take 14 |
| Release Home page | sk123473 |
| Related SmartConsole | R80.20 SmartConsole Releases |
| Release Highlights | - Threat Prevention Enhancements - Gaia OS New Kernel - Access Policy Improvements - SmartView (web) enhancements - Integration with a Syslog server - Log Exporter - SmartConsole Multiple sessions - CloudGuard IaaS Enhancements - Endpoint Server Support |
| Can be upgraded from | R75.40, R75.45, R75.46, R75.47, R76, R77, R77.10, R77.20, R77.30, R80, R80.10 |
| Can be upgraded to | R80.20, R80.20.M2, R80.30, R80.40, R81 |
Check Point R80.10
| Release Date and Take | May 2017, Take 421 |
| Image replacement | See sk120981 - January 2018, Take 462 - October 2018, Take 479 |
| Release Home page | sk111841 |
| Related Jumbo | Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator for R80.10 |
| Related SmartConsole | R80.10 SmartConsole Releases |
| Release Highlights | - Security Policy New Architecture - Policy Layers and Sub-Policies enable flexible control over the security policy behavior - Unified Security Policies - New Content Awareness Software Blade - Application Control enhancements - Threat Prevention Policy enhancement - Integration of R77.30 |
| Can be upgraded from | R75.40, R75.45, R75.46, R75.47, R75.40VS, R76, R77, R77.10, R77.20, R77.30, R80 |
| Can be upgraded to | R80.20.M1, R80.20, R80.20.M2, R80.30, R80.40, R81 |
Check Point R80
| Release Date and Take | Mar 2016, Take 103 |
| Image replacement | See sk110980 - April 2016, Take 109 - July 2016, Take 113 - December 2016, Take 132 |
| Release Home page | sk108623 |
| Related Jumbo | Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator for R80 |
| Release Highlights | - Unified Console - Unified Security Policies - Policy Layers & Sub Policies - Role-based & Concurrent Administration - CLI & API Secured Automation and Orchestration - Multi-Domain Security Management Enhancements - Next Generation Logs, Events and ReportsNew Licensing Experience - Improved security for SIC and VPN certificates - Integration of R77.20 |
| Can be upgraded from | R75.40, R75.45, R75.46, R75.47, R75.40VS, R76, R77, R77.10, R77.20, R77.30 |
| Can be upgraded to | R80.10, R80.20.M1, R80.20, R80.20.M2, R80.30, R80.40, R81 |
| Upgrade and Backward Compatibility maps |
| Check Point CheckMates Community | Support Life Cycle Policy |
Article Properties
Access Level: General
Status: Approved
Date Created: 2019-04-21
Last Modified: 2026-07-05