### 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
## Solution
## 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](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk181127#Installation) with its Recommended [Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator](https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/Jumbo_HFA/R82/Default.htm) Take.**
**For more info, refer to [Release Terminology](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk95746) article.**
### Check Point Quantum R82.10
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| Release Date and Take | December 2025, Take 464 |
| Image Replacement | March 2026, Take 467 |
| Release Home page | [sk183506](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk183506) |
| Related Jumbo | [Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator for R82.10](https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/Jumbo_HFA/R82.10/Default.htm) |
| 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
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| --- | --- |
| Release Date and Take | October 2024, Take 777 |
| Image Replacement | March 2026, Take 779 |
| Release Home page | [sk181127](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk181127) |
| Related Jumbo | [Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator for R82](https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/Jumbo_HFA/R82/Default.htm) |
| Related SmartConsole | [R82 SmartConsole Releases](https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/Jumbo_HFA/R82_SC/Default.htm) |
| 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)
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| --- | --- |
| Release Date and Take | November 2022 |
| Release Home page | [sk173903](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk173903) (including the information about Scalable Platforms) |
| Related Jumbo | [Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator for R81.20](https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/Jumbo_HFA/R81.20/Default.htm) |
| Related SmartConsole | [R81.20 SmartConsole Releases](https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/Jumbo_HFA/R81.20_SC/Default.htm) |
| 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
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| --- | --- |
| Release Date and Take | July 2021, Take 335 |
| Release Home page | [sk170416](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk170416) (including the information about Scalable Platforms) |
| Related Jumbo | [Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator for R81.10](https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/Jumbo_HFA/R81.10/Default.htm) |
| Related SmartConsole | [R81.10 SmartConsole Releases](https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/Jumbo_HFA/R81.10_SC/Default.htm) |
| 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
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| --- | --- |
| Release Date and Take | October 2020, Take 392 |
| Release Home page | [sk166715](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk166715)
Note: Scalable Platform software is now aligned with R81. For more information, refer to [sk169954](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk169954). |
| Related Jumbo | [Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator for R81](https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/Jumbo_HFA/R81/Default.htm) |
| Related SmartConsole | [R81 SmartConsole Releases](https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/Jumbo_HFA/R81_SC/Default.htm) |
| 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
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| --- | --- |
| Release Date and Take | January 2020, Take 294 |
| Release Home page | [sk160736](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk160736) |
| Related Jumbo | [Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator for R80.40](https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/Jumbo_HFA/R80.40/Default.htm) |
| Related SmartConsole | [R80.40 SmartConsole Releases](https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/Jumbo_HFA/R80.40_SC/Default.htm) |
| 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
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| Release Date and Take | May 2019, Take 200 |
| Release Home page | [sk144293](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk144293) |
| Related Jumbo | [Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator for R80.30](https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/Jumbo_HFA/R80.30/Default.htm) |
| Related SmartConsole | [R80.30 SmartConsole Releases](https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/Jumbo_HFA/R80.30_SC/Default.htm) |
| 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
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| --- | --- |
| Release Date and Take | July 2019, Take 273 |
| Release Home page | [sk152652](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk152652) |
| Related SmartConsole | [R80.30 SmartConsole Releases](https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/Jumbo_HFA/R80.30_SC/Default.htm) |
| 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
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| --- | --- |
| Release Date and Take | June 2020
- R80.30SP Take 47
- Maestro SGM/Gateway |
| Release Home page | [sk162552](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk162552) |
| Related Jumbo | [Maestro R80.30SP Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk165312) |
### Check Point R80.20.M2
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| --- | --- |
| Release Date and Take | December 2018, Take 37 |
| Release Home page | [sk123473](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk123473) |
| Related SmartConsole | [R80.20 SmartConsole Releases](https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/Jumbo_HFA/R80.20_SC/Default.htm) |
| 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
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| --- | --- |
| Release Date and Take | September 2018, Take 101 |
| Image replacement | July 2019, only Security Management - Take 117. See [sk151513](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk151513) |
| Release Home page | [sk122485](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk122485) |
| Related Jumbo | [Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator for R80.20](https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/Jumbo_HFA/R80.20/Default.htm) |
| Related SmartConsole | [R80.20 SmartConsole Releases](https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/Jumbo_HFA/R80.20_SC/Default.htm) |
| 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
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| --- | --- |
| Release Date and Take | December 2018, Take 5 |
| Release Home page | [sk141173](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk141173) |
| Related Jumbo | [Jumbo HFA for R80.20 with Gaia 3.10 for AWS, Azure and Open Server Security Gateways](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk146212) |
| Related SmartConsole | [R80.20 SmartConsole Releases](https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/Jumbo_HFA/R80.20_SC/Default.htm) |
| 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
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| --- | --- |
| Release Date and Take | March 2019
- R80.20SP Take 22
- Maestro (MHO + SGM/Gateway) and Chassis |
| Release Home page | [sk138233](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk138233) |
| Related Jumbo | [Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator for R80.20SP](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk155832) |
### Check Point R80.20.M1
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| --- | --- |
| Release Date and Take | June 2018, Take 14 |
| Release Home page | [sk123473](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk123473) |
| Related SmartConsole | [R80.20 SmartConsole Releases](https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/Jumbo_HFA/R80.20_SC/Default.htm) |
| 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
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| --- | --- |
| Release Date and Take | May 2017, Take 421 |
| Image replacement | See [sk120981](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk120981)
- January 2018, Take 462
- October 2018, Take 479 |
| Release Home page | [sk111841](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk111841) |
| Related Jumbo | [Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator for R80.10](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk116380) |
| Related SmartConsole | [R80.10 SmartConsole Releases](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk119612) |
| 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
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| --- | --- |
| Release Date and Take | Mar 2016, Take 103 |
| Image replacement | See [sk110980](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk110980)
- April 2016, Take 109
- July 2016, Take 113
- December 2016, Take 132 |
| Release Home page | [sk108623](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk108623) |
| Related Jumbo | [Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator for R80](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk111536) |
| 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 |
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| [Upgrade and Backward Compatibility maps](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk113113) |[Releases Terminology](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk95746) |
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| **[Check Point CheckMates Community](https://community.checkpoint.com/)** | **[Support Life Cycle Policy](https://www.checkpoint.com/support-services/support-life-cycle-policy/)** |
## Article Properties
**Access Level**: General
**Status**: Approved
**Date Created**: 2019-04-21
**Last Modified**: 2026-07-05