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Laravel is upgraded one major version at a time. Choose your current version to see every step to Laravel 13, the PHP version each step needs and the main changes to plan for.

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Current Laravel version

Current PHP version

Upgrading from Laravel 10 to Laravel 13 takes 3 steps. You will need to upgrade PHP from 8.2 to 8.3 or newer along the way.

Laravel 5.x to 6 needs PHP 7.2+
- Laravel moves to semantic versioning
- String and array helpers move to the laravel/helpers package
- Lazy collections and Ignition error pages arrive
Laravel 6 to 7 needs PHP 7.2.5+
- Exception handler methods take Throwable instead of Exception
- Symfony 5 components
- Built-in CORS support, the HTTP client and Blade components
Laravel 7 to 8 needs PHP 7.3+
- Models move to app/Models by default
- Class-based model factories replace the old factory format
- Routes no longer get an automatic controller namespace
Laravel 8 to 9 needs PHP 8.0+
- PHP 8.0 is the minimum
- Flysystem 3 changes file storage behaviour
- Symfony Mailer replaces SwiftMailer
Laravel 9 to 10 needs PHP 8.1+
- PHP 8.1 is the minimum
- The model $dates property is removed in favour of casts
- Native type declarations throughout the skeleton
Laravel 10 to 11 needs PHP 8.2+
- PHP 8.2 is the minimum
- Changing a column in a migration must restate all of its attributes
- Carbon 3 and the optional slimmer application structure
Laravel 11 to 12 needs PHP 8.2+
- Few breaking changes
- Carbon 2 support is dropped
- HasUuids models use ordered UUIDv7 by default
Laravel 12 to 13 needs PHP 8.3+
- PHP 8.3 is the minimum
- CSRF protection is formalised as PreventRequestForgery with origin checks
- First-party Laravel AI SDK, JSON:API resources and vector search

Notes summarise the main changes in each official upgrade guide. Your application may have others, especially from third-party packages.

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Laravel upgrade planner

Plan your upgrade

Laravel 5.x to 6 needs PHP 7.2+

Laravel 6 to 7 needs PHP 7.2.5+

Laravel 7 to 8 needs PHP 7.3+

Laravel 8 to 9 needs PHP 8.0+

Laravel 9 to 10 needs PHP 8.1+

Laravel 10 to 11 needs PHP 8.2+

Laravel 11 to 12 needs PHP 8.2+

Laravel 12 to 13 needs PHP 8.3+

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