Roadmap

MCP’s current spec release came out in November 2025. We haven’t cut a new version since, but the project hasn’t stood still. Over the past year MCP has moved well past its origins as a way to wire up local tools. It now runs in production at companies large and small, powers agent workflows, and is shaped by a growing community through Working Groups, Spec Enhancement Proposals (SEPs), and a formal governance process. None of that is news, but it’s the foundation we’re building on. ...

Update (November 11, 2025): The specification release candidate (RC) date has been shifted from November 11th to November 14th, 2025. The specification release date remains to be November 25th, 2025. Release Timeline The next version of the Model Context Protocol specification will be released on November 25th, 2025, with a release candidate (RC) available on November 11th, 2025. We’re building in a 14-day RC validation window so client implementors and SDK maintainers can thoroughly test the protocol changes. This approach gives us the focused time we need to deliver critical improvements while applying our new governance model to the process. ...