# Help in regards to sonarqube 8.9 extension plugins

**URL:** <https://community.sonarsource.com/t/help-in-regards-to-sonarqube-8-9-extension-plugins/43886>\
**Category:** SonarQube Server / Community Build\
**Tags:** 8-9-lts-upgrade\
**Created:** [May 27, 2021, 1:30pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/help-in-regards-to-sonarqube-8-9-extension-plugins/43886 "2021-05-27T13:30:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Colin](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/sonarsource/user_avatar/community.sonarsource.com/colin/32/55255_2.png) [@Colin](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/help-in-regards-to-sonarqube-8-9-extension-plugins/43886/4 "2021-05-31T15:32:32Z")

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Hey there.

To respond to this point:

> [@ianw](#):
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> Does that mean we can only expect plugin updates and rules updates as part of an incremental LTS release and does that imply there will be MORE minor LTS releases just to get updated (Non-) language plugins and rules ? Seem like overkill.

You can read more about this here:

> [@New language features now available exclusively in latest SonarQube versions](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/new-language-features-now-available-exclusively-in-latest-sonarqube-versions/30488):
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> Hello SonarQube sonarqube Community, Version after version, SonarQube offers new features and improvements for 27 languages. From now on, the future additions to languages will be available only in new releases of SonarQube. In practice, previous SonarQube versions, including the 7.9 LTS, will stop offering the ability to upgrade language analysis to benefit from features added in the future versions of the product. Why? We thought hard about this and, in the end, it came down to the choice …

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