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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.sophos.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Release Notes &amp; News</title><link>https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog</link><description /><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 17:11:10 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog" /><item><title>UTM Up2date 9.7 MR24 (9.724) released</title><link>https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/utm-up2date-9-7-mr24-9-724-released</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 17:11:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">4be5eb7d-caa4-4ff5-8e60-8f9463545a35:334a742d-3eaf-440c-be10-bc105378b20b</guid><dc:creator>RichBaldry</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>I&amp;#39;m pleased to announce the&amp;nbsp;release UTM version 9.7 MR24 (9.724).
It will be released in&amp;nbsp;two phases:

In phase 1 you can download the update package from our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://download.astaro.com/"&gt;download server.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;Click the link and navigate to the folder&amp;nbsp;UTM / v9...(&lt;a href="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/utm-up2date-9-7-mr24-9-724-released"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.sophos.com/aggbug?PostID=2573&amp;AppID=7&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/UTM%2b9-7">UTM 9.7</category><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/up2date">up2date</category></item><item><title>UTM Up2date 9.7 MR23 (9.723) released</title><link>https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/utm-up2date-9-7-mr23-9-723-released</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2025 19:04:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">4be5eb7d-caa4-4ff5-8e60-8f9463545a35:e1b97827-641a-4d15-90df-340375fee75e</guid><dc:creator>RichBaldry</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>We&amp;#39;ve just released UTM version 9.7 MR23 (9.723).
This release addresses&amp;nbsp;an issue discovered during the phased release of &lt;a href="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/utm-up2date-9-7-mr22-9-722-released"&gt;9.7 MR22&lt;/a&gt;. The issue was a side-effect of a vulnerability fix in Apache, used by Webserver Protection (WAF). It can caus...(&lt;a href="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/utm-up2date-9-7-mr23-9-723-released"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.sophos.com/aggbug?PostID=2420&amp;AppID=7&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/UTM%2b9-7">UTM 9.7</category><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/up2date">up2date</category></item><item><title>UTM Up2date 9.7 MR22 (9.722) released</title><link>https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/utm-up2date-9-7-mr22-9-722-released</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 20:27:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">4be5eb7d-caa4-4ff5-8e60-8f9463545a35:e6f023b3-62b3-4db9-9389-cbce33b11296</guid><dc:creator>RichBaldry</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>We&amp;#39;ve just released UTM version 9.7 MR22 (9.722). As this is a regular maintenance update it will be released in three phases:

In phase 1 you can download the update package from our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://download.astaro.com/"&gt;download server.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;Click the link and navigate to the fold...(&lt;a href="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/utm-up2date-9-7-mr22-9-722-released"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.sophos.com/aggbug?PostID=2395&amp;AppID=7&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/UTM%2b9-7">UTM 9.7</category><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/UTM">UTM</category><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/up2date">up2date</category></item><item><title>UTM Up2date 9.7 MR21 (9.721) released</title><link>https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/utm-up2date-9-7-mr21-9-721-released</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 22:59:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">4be5eb7d-caa4-4ff5-8e60-8f9463545a35:9319f779-191a-4b08-88cb-08a17e044f91</guid><dc:creator>RichBaldry</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>We&amp;#39;ve just released UTM version 9.7 MR21 (9.721). As this is a regular maintenance update it will be released in three phases:

In phase 1 you can download the update package from our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://download.astaro.com/"&gt;download server.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;Click the link and navigate to the ...(&lt;a href="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/utm-up2date-9-7-mr21-9-721-released"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.sophos.com/aggbug?PostID=2235&amp;AppID=7&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/UTM%2b9-7">UTM 9.7</category><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/UTM">UTM</category><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/up2date">up2date</category></item><item><title>UTM Up2date 9.7 MR20 (9.720) released</title><link>https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/utm-up2date-9-7-mr20-9-720-released</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 22:41:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">4be5eb7d-caa4-4ff5-8e60-8f9463545a35:4f6974f4-1adb-4ae2-8d13-95959ae5c840</guid><dc:creator>RichBaldry</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>We&amp;#39;ve just released UTM version 9.7 MR20 (9.720). As this is a regular maintenance update it will be released in three phases:

In phase 1 you can download the update package from our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://download.astaro.com/"&gt;download server.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;Click the link and navigate to the ...(&lt;a href="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/utm-up2date-9-7-mr20-9-720-released"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.sophos.com/aggbug?PostID=2047&amp;AppID=7&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/UTM%2b9-7">UTM 9.7</category><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/UTM">UTM</category><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/up2date">up2date</category></item><item><title>UTM Up2date 9.7 MR19 (9.719) released</title><link>https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/utm-up2date-9-7-mr19-9-719-released</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2024 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">4be5eb7d-caa4-4ff5-8e60-8f9463545a35:12a33e0f-1290-409d-a861-d47f65cc0b96</guid><dc:creator>RichBaldry</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>We&amp;#39;ve just released UTM version 9.7 MR19 (9.719). As this is a regular maintenance update it will be released in three phases:

In phase 1 you can download the update package from our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://download.astaro.com/"&gt;download server.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;Click the link and navigate to the fold...(&lt;a href="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/utm-up2date-9-7-mr19-9-719-released"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.sophos.com/aggbug?PostID=1813&amp;AppID=7&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/UTM%2b9">UTM 9</category><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/UTM%2b9-7">UTM 9.7</category><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/up2date">up2date</category></item><item><title>Still running version 9.705 or earlier? Action required for anti-spam protection and WAF IP reputation</title><link>https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/still-running-version-9-705-or-earlier-action-required-for-anti-spam-protection-and-waf-ip-reputation</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2024 15:21:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">4be5eb7d-caa4-4ff5-8e60-8f9463545a35:b96097d9-2020-4a13-8f32-80416390f7a3</guid><dc:creator>RichBaldry</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;a href="#deutsch"&gt;Deutsche Version dieser Nachricht&lt;/a&gt;

We &lt;a href="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/2023-02-antispam-update-notice"&gt;communicated early last year&lt;/a&gt; that the vendor of the third-party email anti-spam and IP reputation technology used in legacy versions of Sophos UTM had ceased operations. As a consequence of this, the end of life ...(&lt;a href="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/still-running-version-9-705-or-earlier-action-required-for-anti-spam-protection-and-waf-ip-reputation"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.sophos.com/aggbug?PostID=1805&amp;AppID=7&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/UTM%2b9">UTM 9</category><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/Webserver%2bProtection">Webserver Protection</category><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/Email%2bProtection">Email Protection</category></item><item><title>UTM Up2date 9.7 MR18 (9.718) released</title><link>https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/utm-up2date-9-7-mr18-9-718-released</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2023 14:40:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">4be5eb7d-caa4-4ff5-8e60-8f9463545a35:e4b5c2b8-a6b0-491a-8dd8-4cb38c8de2ac</guid><dc:creator>RichBaldry</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>We&amp;#39;ve just released UTM version 9.7 MR18 (9.718). As this is a regular maintenance update it will be released in three phases:

In phase 1 you can download the update package from our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://download.astaro.com/"&gt;download server.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;Click the link and navigate to the ...(&lt;a href="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/utm-up2date-9-7-mr18-9-718-released"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.sophos.com/aggbug?PostID=1728&amp;AppID=7&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/Sophos%2bUTM">Sophos UTM</category><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/UTM%2b9">UTM 9</category><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/UTM%2b9-7">UTM 9.7</category><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/up2date">up2date</category></item><item><title>UTM Up2date 9.7 MR17 (9.717) released</title><link>https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/utm-up2date-9-7-mr17-9-717-released</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2023 22:37:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">4be5eb7d-caa4-4ff5-8e60-8f9463545a35:d138c4ef-b8ea-469b-a1a0-c4c36076f0da</guid><dc:creator>RichBaldry</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>We&amp;#39;ve just released UTM version 9.7 MR17 (9.717). Our usual release phases will be accelerated for this release as it addresses a serious security vulnerability in the Exim email server:

We are making this release available immediately via our U...(&lt;a href="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/utm-up2date-9-7-mr17-9-717-released"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.sophos.com/aggbug?PostID=1684&amp;AppID=7&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/Sophos%2bUTM">Sophos UTM</category><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/UTM%2b9-7">UTM 9.7</category><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/up2date">up2date</category></item><item><title>UTM Up2date 9.716 released</title><link>https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/utm-up2date-9-716-released</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2023 12:55:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">4be5eb7d-caa4-4ff5-8e60-8f9463545a35:63036835-980d-45b4-8a22-d462257136e3</guid><dc:creator>RichBaldry</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>
We&amp;#39;ve just released UTM version 9.7 MR16 (9.716). As usual, the release will be rolled out in phases:

In phase 1 you can download the update package from our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://download.astaro.com/"&gt;download server.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;Click the link and navigate to the folder&amp;nbsp;UTM / v9 / up2da...(&lt;a href="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/utm-up2date-9-716-released"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.sophos.com/aggbug?PostID=1605&amp;AppID=7&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/Sophos%2bUTM">Sophos UTM</category><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/UTM%2b9-7">UTM 9.7</category><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/up2date">up2date</category></item><item><title>Decommissioning of obsolete URL categorization services (CFFS) on 25th Oct, 2023</title><link>https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/decommissioning-of-obsolete-url-categorization-services-cffs-on-1-september-2023</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2023 22:52:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">4be5eb7d-caa4-4ff5-8e60-8f9463545a35:33ec16bf-e8ba-4e46-a4a9-f0e01b2821a7</guid><dc:creator>RichBaldry</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>It&amp;rsquo;s nearly ten years since we released version 9.3 of Sophos UTM which introduced the use of SXL for high-performance, secure online web categorization. &amp;nbsp;Our previous system,&amp;nbsp;CFFS, used unencrypted HTTP/1.0, offering poor security an...(&lt;a href="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/decommissioning-of-obsolete-url-categorization-services-cffs-on-1-september-2023"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.sophos.com/aggbug?PostID=1598&amp;AppID=7&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/Sophos%2bUTM">Sophos UTM</category><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/UTM%2b9-7">UTM 9.7</category></item><item><title>Important Changes for Sophos UTM (SG) Customers and Partners from October 1, 2023</title><link>https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/important-changes-for-sophos-utm-sg-customers-and-partners-from-october-1-2023</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jul 2023 12:53:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">4be5eb7d-caa4-4ff5-8e60-8f9463545a35:e27d625a-0ffa-4eb5-bb38-3f2ef63cfccc</guid><dc:creator>BarbaraH</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>We&amp;rsquo;re transforming our entire business operations to ensure we have best-in-class systems and processes to support our continued growth. 
As we harmonize product licensing and improve many product-related processes, in addition to the changes w...(&lt;a href="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/important-changes-for-sophos-utm-sg-customers-and-partners-from-october-1-2023"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.sophos.com/aggbug?PostID=1589&amp;AppID=7&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/MyUTM">MyUTM</category><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/licensing">licensing</category></item><item><title>Release Notes &amp; News: UTM Up2date 9.715-4 released</title><link>https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/release-notes-news-utm-up2date-9-715-4-released</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2023 20:59:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">4be5eb7d-caa4-4ff5-8e60-8f9463545a35:aabae684-dc95-45a0-897f-07cc98cb1650</guid><dc:creator>RichBaldry</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>Due to an issue that was discovered in the early stages of the original release of 9.7 MR15, we&amp;nbsp;are re-releasing it with a fix as 9.715-4. The release will be rolled out in phases:

In phase 1 you can download the update package from our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://download.astaro.com/"&gt;do...&lt;/a&gt;(&lt;a href="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/release-notes-news-utm-up2date-9-715-4-released"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.sophos.com/aggbug?PostID=1528&amp;AppID=7&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/Sophos%2bUTM">Sophos UTM</category><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/UTM%2b9-7">UTM 9.7</category><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/up2date">up2date</category></item><item><title>UTM Up2date 9.715 released</title><link>https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/utm-up2date-9-715-released</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">4be5eb7d-caa4-4ff5-8e60-8f9463545a35:c51cde02-e459-462c-974d-521f6bd52f27</guid><dc:creator>RichBaldry</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>
We&amp;#39;ve just released UTM version 9.7 MR15 (9.715). As usual, the release will be rolled out in phases:

In phase 1 you can download the update package from our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://download.astaro.com/"&gt;download server.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;Click the link and navigate to the folder&amp;nbsp;UTM / v9 / up2da...(&lt;a href="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/utm-up2date-9-715-released"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.sophos.com/aggbug?PostID=1438&amp;AppID=7&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/Sophos%2bUTM">Sophos UTM</category><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/UTM%2b9-7">UTM 9.7</category><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/up2date">up2date</category></item><item><title>Notice: Avoiding possible spam detection issues for older versions of Sophos UTM (SG)</title><link>https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/2023-02-antispam-update-notice</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2023 19:06:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">4be5eb7d-caa4-4ff5-8e60-8f9463545a35:9b186f82-91dc-434f-9fce-63848ce21234</guid><dc:creator>RichBaldry</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>Older versions of Sophos UTM prior to version 9.706 (released May 2021) use third-party email anti-spam technology from a vendor who recently indicated that they may be ceasing operations imminently.&amp;nbsp; 
If you are running a recent version of the ...(&lt;a href="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/2023-02-antispam-update-notice"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.sophos.com/aggbug?PostID=1429&amp;AppID=7&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/Sophos%2bUTM">Sophos UTM</category><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/UTM%2b9-4">UTM 9.4</category><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/UTM%2b9-6">UTM 9.6</category><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/UTM%2b9-7">UTM 9.7</category><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/UTM%2b9-5">UTM 9.5</category><category domain="https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/archive/tags/Email%2bProtection">Email Protection</category></item></channel></rss>