As of September 2026, the current version of the ISO 9001 standard is ISO 9001:2026.
The current edition was published on 16 September 2026, replacing the previous version of the standard which was known as ISO 9001:2015.
If your organisation is currently certified under the old version of the ISO 9001 standard, you will need to transition to the current version soon. See Transitioning to ISO 9001:2026 for next steps.
ISO 9001:2015 is no longer the current version of ISO 9001
ISO 9001:2015 was published in September 2015. It replaced ISO 9001:2008 and it remained the current version of ISO 9001 for eleven years.
In May 2026, the Final Draft International Standard (FDIS) for an updated version of ISO 9001 was released for ballot. That ballot closed on 9 July 2026, and in early August, it was announced that the FDIS had "been approved with overwhelming international support". The updated standard, known as ISO 9001:2026, was published on 16 September 2026.
However, this did not instantly render all ISO 9001:2015 certificates invalid. Each time a new version of ISO 9001 is introduced, organisations certified under the previous version are given a grace period to migrate to the updated standard. See Transitioning to ISO 9001:2026 for more information about moving from ISO 9001:2015 to ISO 900:2026.
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