IBM has officially announced the latest Technology Refresh (TR) updates for both supported IBM i operating systems:

IBM i 7.5 – TR9 Enhancements

IBM i 7.6 – TR3 Enhancements

These releases continue IBM’s strategy of delivering new capabilities without requiring customers to perform a full operating system upgrade. Instead, new features are delivered through Technology Refreshes and PTF Groups, allowing organizations to modernize their IBM i environments while remaining on their current OS release.

Release Availability:

20 November 2026

IBM i 7.5 Technology Refresh 9 (TR9)

IBM i 7.5 continues to receive significant enhancements, especially for customers planning to remain on Version 7.5 while adopting the latest Power11 hardware and modern IBM i technologies.

• IBM i 7.5 TR9 Enhancements (IBM Support)
  • https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-i-75-tr9-enhancements
  • https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/i-75-tr9

IBM i 7.6 Technology Refresh 3 (TR3)

IBM i 7.6 TR3 includes many of the improvements found in 7.5 TR9 while adding several security-focused capabilities available only to Version 7.6.

• IBM i 7.6 TR2 Enhancements (IBM Support)
  • https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-i-76-tr3-enhancements
  • https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/i-76-tr3

Before this release, IBM issued Technology Refresh Updates: IBM i 7.5 TR8 and IBM i 7.6 TR2 in July 2026.