ITIL Version 5 is Live, and we just received permission from PeopleCert to share this with you.

Here is what we know as of this moment. We will update over the next several days and are open to questions so please comment below.

• There is an ITIL Version 5 Foundation Certification. The exam will be available starting February 12, 2026.
• ITIL Version 5 is 40% ITIL 4, 36% New and 24% Changed.
• There is an ITIL Version 4 to 5 Bridge Exam. This exam will be available starting February 26, 2026.
• Advanced ITIL Version 5 Certifications do not require students to have the Foundation Version 5 Certification. You can take advanced ITIL 5 Certifications with your ITIL 4 Foundation Certification.
• The Advanced ITIL Tracks are changing a bit. All ITIL 4 Advanced Certification candidates will be offered a transition course like they did with ITIL Version 3 to 4. These will be coming out later in the year.
• We are in production on an ITIL Version 5 in an hour presentation and will release it in the coming week.

Very Important Point – If you have an ITIL 4 Foundation Exam Voucher and you have not scheduled your exam, you can have it changed to an ITIL Foundation Version 5 Exam.

• This is really important. There will be a 1-day Bridge Course that gives you what you need to learn the differences from ITIL 4 to ITIL Version 5.
• This means you can continue with your ITIL 4 Foundation Training as ITIL Version 5 is ITIL 4+. What I mean by that is it is based on ITIL 4 and many of the features are the same. It also adds new features and modifies a number of the ITIL 4 features.