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February 19th, 2022:

VeraCrypt 1.25.9 Available

VeraCrypt 1.25.9 has been released. It brings various fixes. Now Windows MSI installer is compatible with System Encryption. Please check the release notes for more details.

January 7th, 2022:

VeraCrypt 1.25.7 Available

VeraCrypt 1.25.7 has been released. It brings back support for older Windows versions. It also fixes some issues on Windows and macOS. Please check the release notes for more details.


December 3rd, 2021:

VeraCrypt 1.25.4 Available

VeraCrypt 1.25.4 has been released. It brings many enhancements and fixes. A Windows MSI installer is available allowing silent deployments. Also this version brings native Apple M1 support and multi-language support for VeraCrypt UI on Linux and macOS. Please check the release notes for more details.


November 28, 2020:

VeraCrypt 1.24-Update8 for MacOSX Available

VeraCrypt 1.24-Update8 has been released for MacOSX 10.9 and later. It fixes compatibility issues with macOS Big Sur, especially on Apple Silicon M1 with macFUSE 4.0.x.

August 7, 2020:

VeraCrypt 1.24-Update7 Available

VeraCrypt 1.24-Update7 has been released. It fixes several issues and adds some enhancements and features, like support for password drag-n-drop from KeePass. Also, a Raspberry Pi OS package is provided with this release. Please check the release notes for other changes and more details.


March 10, 2020:

VeraCrypt 1.24-Update6 Available For Windows

VeraCrypt 1.24-Update6 has been released for Windows. It fixes some UI issues. Please check the release notes for other changes and more details.


March 9, 2020:

VeraCrypt 1.24-Update5 Available For Windows

VeraCrypt 1.24-Update5 has been released for Windows. It fixes some issues and add some features, like adding support for specifying keyfiles when creation volumes using command line and bringing support for CPUs with more than 64 logical cores. Please check the release notes for other changes and more details.


January 23, 2020:

VeraCrypt 1.24-Update4 Available

VeraCrypt 1.24-Update4 has been released. It fixes regressions on Windows, Linux and MacOSX and it adds a new CLI switch on Windows. Please check the release notes for more details.


December 21, 2019:

VeraCrypt 1.24-Update3 Available

VeraCrypt 1.24-Update3 has been released. It targets Linux/FreeBSD only by removing unnecessary GTK dependency from console only build. Please check the release notes for more details.


December 16, 2019:

VeraCrypt 1.24-Update2 Available

VeraCrypt 1.24-Update2 has been released. It fixes some security issues inherited from TrueCrypt. It also fixes other issues in Windows, Linux and MacOS while adding some features. Please check the release notes for more details.


October 27, 2019:

VeraCrypt 1.24-Hotfix1 Available

VeraCrypt 1.24-Hotfix1 has been released. It fixes a regression in version 1.24 affecting System Favorites mounting at boot. It also fixes other issues in Windows, Linux and MacOS. Please check the release notes for more details.


October 6, 2019:

VeraCrypt 1.24 Available

VeraCrypt 1.24 has been released. It adds new security features like RAM encryption and other mechanisms that protect encryption keys and passwords in memory from attacks. It also fixes issues affecting system encryption and others. Additionally, it brings some enhancements like the increase of password length for non system encryption to 128 bytes instead of 64 bytes. Please check the release notes for more details.


October 8, 2018:

VeraCrypt 1.23-Hotfix-2 Available

VeraCrypt 1.23-Hotfix-2 has been released. It fixes a low severity security vulnerability. It also adds a workaround for an issue affecting Microsoft Distributed File System (DFS) and it brings a change to quick formatting handling. Please check the release notes for more details.


September 12, 2018:

VeraCrypt 1.23 Available

VeraCrypt 1.23 has been released. It brings enhancements for Windows EFI system encryption like support for default SecureBoot. It also fixes some issues and adds some features. Please check the release notes for more details.


March 30, 2018:

VeraCrypt 1.22 Available

VeraCrypt 1.22 has been released. It fixes many issues and it brings some enhancements and features (e.g. Kuznyechik speedup, new cascades cipher algorithms, and TRIM support for SSD). Please check the release notes for more details.


July 9, 2017:

VeraCrypt 1.21 Available

VeraCrypt 1.21 has been released. It fixes many regressions found in version 1.20 and it brings FreeBSD support. All users are urged to update to this new version. Please check the release notes for the complete list of fixes.


June 29, 2017:

VeraCrypt 1.20 Available

VeraCrypt 1.20 has been released. It brings bug fixes, performance enhancements and new features. It is also the first version to include local HTML documentation instead of the usual User Guide PDF. Please check the release notes for the complete list of changes.


October 17, 2016:

VeraCrypt 1.19 Available

VeraCrypt 1.19 has been released. It includes fixes for issues reported by Quarkslab audit that was funded by OSTIF. This release also brings many enhancements and fixes, like Serpent algorithm speedup by a factor of 2.5 and the support of Windows 32-bit for EFI system encryption. Please check the release notes for the complete list of changes.


August 18, 2016:

VeraCrypt 1.18a Available

The Windows installer for VeraCrypt 1.18 has been updated to include drivers signed by Microsoft that allow VeraCrypt to run on Windows 10 Anniversary Edition. Windows Installer version was incremented to 1.18a but there is no changed at VeraCrypt level. Linux and MacOSX installers remain unchanged.


August 17, 2016:

VeraCrypt 1.18 Available

VeraCrypt 1.18 has been released. It brings EFI system encryption for Windows (a world first in open source community) and it solves a TrueCrypt vulnerability that allows attacker to detect the presence of hidden volume. This release also brings many enhancements and fixes. Please check the release notes for the complete list of changes.


February 13, 2016:

VeraCrypt 1.17 Available

VeraCrypt 1.17 has been released. It brings performance enhancements that cuts boot/mount times by half. It also brings full UNICODE support for passwords and it includes support for exFAT filesystem. For the details of all changes, please see: History


October 7, 2015:

VeraCrypt 1.16 Available

VeraCrypt 1.16 has been released. It solves two TrueCrypt vulnerabilities on Windows reported by James Forshaw (Google Project Zero). It also solves some issues and adds new features. For the details of all changes, please see: History


August 9, 2015:

VeraCrypt 1.13 Available

VeraCrypt 1.13 has bee released to address crashes reported on Tor Browser when it's run from a VeraCrypt volume on Windows. This is the only change in this version that comes few days after the 1.12 release. Technical details about this issue can be found here.


August 5, 2015:

VeraCrypt 1.12 Available

VeraCrypt 1.12 has been released. It adds a new feature called PIM that can be used to increase security and lower mount and boot times. It also implements a detection mechanism for "Evil Maid" attacks that target system encryption on Windows, in addition to various enhancements and fixes. For the details of all changes, please see: History


April 5, 2015:

VeraCrypt 1.0f-2 Available

VeraCrypt 1.0f-2 has been released. It solves vulnerabilities discovered by the TrueCrypt Audit. It also adds performance optimizations, enhancements and various fixes. For the details of all changes, please see: History


December 30, 2014:

VeraCrypt 1.0f Available

VeraCrypt 1.0f has been released. It adds support for loading and converting TrueCrypt volume. It also introduces new waiting dialogs for lengthy operations under all operating systems. For the details of all changes, please see: History


October 26, 2014:

VeraCrypt 1.0f-BETA Available

The first beta of VeraCrypt 1.0f has been released. It adds support for large hard drives (1TB+) under MacOSX, SHA-256 to boot encryption and more. For more information, please see: History


September 4, 2014:

VeraCrypt 1.0e Released

The latest stable version of VeraCrypt, 1.0e, has been released. It corrects many security issues and adds performance enhancements. For more information, please see: History


June 3, 2014:

VeraCrypt 1.0d Released

The latest stable version of VeraCrypt, 1.0d, has been released. For more information, please see: History