A protease variant, comprising a substitution at one or more positions corresponding to positions 1, 5, 9, 25, 29,30, 32, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 45, 46, 49, 50, 53, 54, 55, 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 67, 68, 69, 74, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 87, 93, 94, 96, 99, 102, 103, 105, 109, 111, 112, 114, 115, 117, 122, 123, 124, 128, 130, 136, 141, 142, 145, 146, 147, 150, 153, 154, 157, 159, 161, 167, 169, 175, 182, 185, 199, 200, 205, 207, 209, 210, 213, 216, 217, 225, 228, 231, 234, 237, 242, 244, 245, 246, 248, 258, 262, 266, 267, 269, 271, 272, 276, 278, 280, 284, 289, 293, 296, 299, 305, 308, 313, 314, 317, 318, 319, 321, 322, 324, 325, 326, 329, 330, 331, 333, 336, 338, 341, 343, 345, 347, 348, 355, 358, 359, 361, 362, 363, and 364 of the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 3, and the variant has protease activity and wherein the variant has at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, or at least 99%, but less than 100% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 3, and wherein the variant has increased thermo-stability measured as improvement factor, HIF, compared to the protease of SEQ ID NO: 3, wherein the variant comprises at least one substitution selected from the group consisting of: A1T, S5I, S5K, S5L, S5Y, T9H, K25P, S29I, S29P, S29R, S30E, K32W, F38L, 139G, I39L, I39V, I39Y, D40F, D40G, D40H, D40N, D40P, Q41I, Q41V, F42C, F42K, F42S, F42Y, K45L, K45M, K45Y, A46C, A46E, K49P, S50C, S50I, S50L, S50M, S50Q, A53C, A53E, A53V, Q54I, Q54L, Q54M, Q54V, F55H, F55L, K57P, K57S, I59G, I59M, I59P, S60P, S61L, S61P, S62C, S62N, S62P, T64G, T64I, L67V, Q68V, Q68Y, T69C, E74H, E74R, D76L, D76R, Q77L, S78D, P79Y, S80L, E81A, E81H, E81K, E81L, E81P, E81Y, A82F, A82L, A82M, A82P, N87S, T93L, T93S, V94S, L96W, G99C, T102L, T102V, T103I, T103K, T103V, I105Q, D109H, D109K, D109M, D109Y, F111H, F111K, F111S, F111Y, Q112R, G114L, N115A, N115C, N115K, N115P, N115R, N115T, N115Y, E117D, E117G, E117H, E117N, E117Q, E117S, I122K, I122R, I123A, N124L, N124V, G128A, G128E, G128F, G128L, G128S, S130D, S130G, S130L, S130N, S130P, L136K, G141T, Q142A, Q142F, Q142L, Q142N, N145V, T146A, T146I, T146L, T146N, I147S, K150F, K150L, K150R, N153A, N153L, N153M, N153P, N153R, N153Y, Q154A, Q154I, Q154L, Q154M, Q154N, Q154T, Q154V, N1571, N157L, Y159H, Q161E, T167F, I169F, I169S, D175I, D175N, Q182C, Q182T, Q182V, H185P, F199L, F199M, M200S, A205S, Q207H, Q207L, V209F, S210T, T213L, T213R, A216R, F217I, F217Y, V225Y, I228L, I228T, I228W, Y231I, S234Q, S237F, S237Q, A242I, A242L, A242V, G244S, S245P, T246S, S248Y, F258P, S262P, V266K, V266R, D267A, D267H, D267L, D267N, Q269L, V271R, S272I, S272K, S272L, S272R, S272T, S272V, S272Y, T276L, T276Y, G278P, D280N, D280S, D280T, D280Y, C284A, C284G, F289Y, I293T, V296A, V296I, R299N, K305S, L308V, P313L, F314I, F314L, S317E, S317N, S317W, S318P, A319F, A319Q, K321L, K321Q, K321S, A322D, L324Q, L324S, N325L, D326P, S329C, S329H, S329I, S329L, S329N, S329T, S329V, S329W, G330Q, S331W, S331Y, P333R, S336K, S336N, N338M, N338Q, N338R, P341S, K343A, K343H, K343S, K343T, K343V, G345S, D347I, P348Y, P355I, P355R, A358L, A358P, A358R, A358Y, K359L, K359S, L361M, T362L, T362N, A363G, A363L, and V364I, and wherein the substitution at the one or more positions provides a protease variant having an increase in thermo-stability measured as improvement factor, HIF, of at least 1.4. <EOS>