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GS1 Global Data Model (GDM) Release Schedule

Release Schedule of the GS1 Standards related to GDM:

GDSN Release Schedule

Global Product Classification Standard

The following schedule reflects upcoming GS1 GDM releases and will be updated as more information is available for each release. The schedule includes expected release dates and Cut-off dates for future releases. To allow for integration with GDSN, the following schedule is proposed. The GS1 GDM (Global Data Model) and GMD (Global Master Data) community will continue to work together to develop upcoming releases.
As content for each GDM release is finalized, it will be posted on the corresponding GS1 GDM Standards Page. At that time, the header of the GDM release below becomes a hyperlink you can click on to access the content.

Maintenance Release 2.9 (February 2024)

Updates to GDM, also: for GDM Local Layers, ADB & GDSN Reference Material

  • 5 February 2024 Cut-off date for eballoted and approved GDM Local Layers, ADB, GDSN 3.1.26 Reference Material.
  • 19 February 2024 Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release.
  • 24 February 2024 Publication Deployment.
Maintenance Release 2.10 (May 2024)

Updates to GDM, also: for GDM Local Layers, ADB & GDSN Reference Material,, GDM Category Mapping against GPC November 2023

  • 2 May 2024 Cut-off date for eballoted and approved GDM Local Layers, ADB, GDSN 3.1.27 Reference Material.
  • 19 May 2024 Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release.
  • 26 May 2024 Publication Deployment.
Maintenance Release 2.11 (August 2024)

Updates to GDM, also: for GDM Local Layers, ADB & GDSN Reference Material

  • 26 July 2024 Cut-off date for eballoted and approved GDM Local Layers, ADB, GDSN 3.1.28 Reference Material.
  • 9 August 2024 Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release.
  • 16 August 2024 Publication Deployment.
Maintenance Release 2.12 (November 2024)

Updates to GDM, also: for GDM Local Layers, ADB & GDSN Reference Material,, GDM Category Mapping against GPC May 2024

  • 25 October 2024 Cut-off date for eballoted and approved GDM Local Layers, ADB, GDSN 3.1.29 Reference Material.
  • 8 November 2024 Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release.
  • 15 November 2024 Publication Deployment.
Maintenance Release 2.13 (February 2025)

Updates to GDM, also: for GDM Local Layers, ADB & GDSN Reference Material

  • 31 January 2025 Cut-off date for eballoted and approved GDM Local Layers, ADB, GDSN 3.1.30 Reference Material.
  • 14 February 2025 Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release.
  • 21 February 2025 Publication Deployment.
Maintenance Release 2.14 (May 2025)

Updates to GDM, also: for GDM Local Layers, ADB & GDSN Reference Material, GDM Category Mapping against GPC November 2024

  • 2 May 2025 Cut-off date for eballoted and approved GDM Local Layers, ADB, GDSN 3.1.31 Reference Material.
  • 16 May 2025 Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release.
  • 23 May 2025 Publication Deployment.
Maintenance Release 2.15 (August 2025)

Updates to GDM, also: for GDM Local Layers, ADB & GDSN Reference Material

  • 1 August 2025 Cut-off date for eballoted and approved GDM Local Layers, ADB, GDSN 3.1.32 Reference Material.
  • 15 August 2025 Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release.
  • 22 August 2025 Publication Deployment.
Maintenance Release 2.16 (November 2025)

Updates to GDM, also: for GDM Local Layers, ADB & GDSN Reference Material, GDM Category Mapping against GPC May 2025

  • 24 October 2025 Cut-off date for eballoted and approved GDM Local Layers, ADB, GDSN 3.1.33 Reference Material.
  • 7 November 2025 Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release.
  • 14 November 2025 Publication Deployment.
Please find below a summary of all deployed and past GS1 GDM Releases:

Click on the links below to go to the corresponding GDM Standards page.

Maintenance Release 2.8 (November 2023)

Maintenance Release 2.7 (August 2023)

Maintenance Release 2.6.1 (July 2023)

Maintenance Release 2.6 (May 2023)

Maintenance Release 2.5 (February 2023)

Maintenance Release 2.4 (August 2022)

Maintenance Release 2.3 (May 2022)

Maintenance Release 2.2 (February 2022)

Maintenance Release 2.1 (November 2021)

Maintenance Release 2.0.1 (October 2021)

Maintenance Release 2.0 (October 2021)

Maintenance Release 1.3.1 (August 2021)

Maintenance Release 1.3 (Apr 2021)

Maintenance Release 1.2.1 (Mar 2021)

Maintenance Release 1.2 (Jan 2021)

Maintenance Release 1.1 (Sep 2020)

Maintenance Release 1.0 (Apr 2020)