# Cohere Rerank English v2 — deprecation status

> Yes — Rerank English v2 is retired. Cohere deprecated it on December 2, 2024 and shut it down on April 30, 2025; API requests to it now fail. The recommended replacement is Rerank v3.5.

The English reranker that made two-stage retrieval a standard pattern: cheap vector search first, then this model to reorder the top fifty. It is the one Cohere deprecation with a textbook runway - announced 2 December 2024, shut down 30 April 2025, five months apart.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Provider | Cohere |
| Model id | `rerank-english-v2.0` |
| Status | Retired |
| Deprecated | December 2, 2024 |
| Shutdown | April 30, 2025 (460 days ago) |
| Last verified | August 3, 2026 |

## Replacement

- **Rerank v3.5** (`rerank-v3.5`) · recommended — https://modeldeprecations.dev/cohere/rerank-v3.5
  - v3.5 is multilingual, so the English-only and multilingual v2.0 ids collapse into one. Fine-tunes built on the v2.0 bases were explicitly not affected by this deprecation.
  - Parameters it accepts: https://modelparams.dev/models/cohere/rerank-v3.5

```diff
- "model": "rerank-english-v2.0"
+ "model": "rerank-v3.5"
```

## FAQ

### When did Cohere Rerank English v2 shut down?

Cohere Rerank English v2 shut down on April 30, 2025. API requests to it fail from that date onward.

### What replaces Cohere Rerank English v2?

Cohere recommends Rerank v3.5 (`rerank-v3.5`) as the replacement for Cohere Rerank English v2. v3.5 is multilingual, so the English-only and multilingual v2.0 ids collapse into one. Fine-tunes built on the v2.0 bases were explicitly not affected by this deprecation.

### Is Cohere Rerank English v2 still available?

No. Cohere Rerank English v2 is retired and no longer served — it was shut down on April 30, 2025. Calls to it return an error.

### How do I migrate from Cohere Rerank English v2 to rerank-v3.5?

Swap the model id in your API call: replace "rerank-english-v2.0" with "rerank-v3.5". v3.5 is multilingual, so the English-only and multilingual v2.0 ids collapse into one. Fine-tunes built on the v2.0 bases were explicitly not affected by this deprecation.

## Sources

- [Cohere deprecations](https://docs.cohere.com/docs/deprecations) — accessed 2026-08-03

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Canonical page: https://modeldeprecations.dev/cohere/rerank-english-v2.0
JSON: https://modeldeprecations.dev/api/v1/models/cohere/rerank-english-v2.0.json