Hello,
I am running Fedora Workstation 43 and I have Libreoffice installed from the offical repo. The Libreoffice version on Fedora 43 is still 25.8.4.2 whereas Libreoffice 26.2.0 is released since 2026-02-04.
Does Fedora really take that long to update Libreoffice in the offical repos? Or is this a settings issue with my installation? I think I remember that I had the same issue with an old Libreoffice on Fedora 42.
The latest version of Libreoffice is in the Fedora 44 & Rawhide repos - not entirely sure why it’s not been built for Fedora 43 & Fedora 42.
It certainly can. Today is 02-17-2026 and that is less than 2 weeks since the release date of 02-04-2026. The packagers are volunteers and nothing happens instantly, especially with the need to test the newer version before releasing it on fedora. Updates routinely remain in testing for at least a week after packaging before being released.
I think that fedora has a policy of not releasing major version updates for apps mid-version for fedora releases (though I may be wrong). Updating libreoffice from 25.8.4.2 to 26.2.0 would be a major version update for that app.
As the download page for LibreOffice shows, there are currently two versions of LibreOffice being maintained upstream - the just released 26.2 and also 25.8 (which will be maintained until June).
If the Fedora packagers follow their previous practice, Fedora 43 will stay with 25.8, and the new 26.2 will be available with Fedora 44. While others may be chomping at the bit, this has always suited me as it gives time for bug fixes to the latest LibreOffice and I usually upgrade to the next Fedora version within a week or so of release.
If you are absolutely desperate for LibreOffice 26.2, it is available as a flatpak. Please note that the flatpak version is only available as GTK3.
That makes sense. Thank you for clarifying.
in this instance, it is worth the wait, i researched the build dependancies for 26.2 on fedora from its rawhide rpm’s. they require significant changes to the compiler, boost and several other libs. it would be better to get the flatpak, unless one is willing to pull their hair out on a full libreoffice build plus many other packages