# New Release: Tor Browser 13.5 **URL:** https://forum.torproject.org/t/new-release-tor-browser-13-5/13271 **Category:** News **Tags:** tor-browser **Created:** [June 20, 2024, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/new-release-tor-browser-13-5/13271 "2024-06-20T18:50:57Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 7
### Author: ![donuts](https://forum.torproject.org/user_avatar/forum.torproject.org/donuts/32/7100_2.png) [@donuts](https://forum.torproject.org/u/donuts) #### Post date: [June 21, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/new-release-tor-browser-13-5/13271/7 "2024-06-21T15:46:33Z")
> [@pierce](#): > > You fail to mention **why** Tor Browser will no longer support older versions of Windows. > That may be relevant information for some people? I agree—there will be more information about the upcoming support deadlines for these platforms coming out soon, including an article on our support portal. In the meantime I’ve just edited the release post to provide more context, but the longer version is: Microsoft ended support for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 in January of 2023, and Apple typically provides support for the previous three versions of macOS. In turn, Mozilla moved support for these versions to the Extended Support Release (ESR) version of Firefox last year. Tor Browser 13 is currently based on Firefox ESR 115, which will be the final ESR to support these platforms. This means we will no longer be able to support these platforms after we update Tor Browser to ESR 128 around Q4 this year. Your next question may be: given that there are still Tor Browser users relying on these platforms, can’t the Tor Project support these platforms unilaterally? The short answer is no, but for a more in-depth discussion please see this thread about Windows specifically: > [@Tor Legacy support for no-telemetry WinOS users](https://forum.torproject.org/t/tor-legacy-support-for-no-telemetry-winos-users/11879/3): > > Hi @ZarkoGjurov, Sorry for the slow delay to reply! So I understand the need and desire behind this request, but I’m afraid I must deliver bad news. The short answer is no (sorry). The medium answer is Tor Browser is a big piece of software and we don’t have the desire nor the capacity to add and maintain Windows 7 (or older!) support to an ever-growing set of dependencies. Even if it were possible for us get every dependency ‘working’ (with scare-quotes), we don’t have the ability to test or… Ultimately, the same rational applies to macOS too. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.torproject.org/t/new-release-tor-browser-13-5/13271)._