👀 Release information
Caution
This is a security release and we strongly recommend installing it as soon as possible.
- 💁 5+ contributors
- 🧰 8+ Pull Requests has been merged
- ⬆️ New migration guide
- 📖 New developer documentation
- 🌎 Release page
- 👀 Full Changelog
🚀 Download information
Note
Userfacing information about this Joomla! release can be found on the release page
🔥 Installation Packages
| New Joomla! Installations | SHA-256 Checksums |
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| ZIP Archive (.zip) | 817d2fa37c7f8a7ecbd1d028d6be9362dc6e5fd693f9e07e7fdb9998431e7196
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| GNU Zip Archive (.tar.gz) | 9558a3a3754cbe798c8a8b3d46afa4e4a0a9284de876e4ce82c0ccaeb9f4af41
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| Zstandard Archive (.tar.zst) | 36554724c369ea3288fb70483e5109cd6df959cf58da77477fdef32dc120dbfd
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✒️ Upgrade Packages
Important
Don't update directly from a version lower than 5.4 it is important that you first update to 5.4 and then update to 6.x
| Update from a previous version | SHA-256 Checksums |
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| ZIP Archive (.zip) | 163203f1d85feb7c1854ed127553db63c5895bb7b691b8d2584b04c14f091189
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| GNU Zip Archive (.tar.gz) | 4e1cec4a6f45332a38dfc503aeb621084edc956496da9316f0236d1797e58dec
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| Zstandard Archive (.tar.zst) | dc456ffa4ba6d6a8ce8e7f8594fd5930908ed72fb758bcdd74f7fcf8a8833a8b
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🧹 What has been changed
- [6.1] Update deleted files in script.php for 6.1.4 by @richard67 in #48354
- [6.1] remove not in use Adapter\Adapter by @tecpromotion in #48357
- [6.1] Check for empty user answer, return early by @HLeithner in #48360
- [6.1] Remove csrf token check from POWcaptcha by @HLeithner in #48304
- [6.1] Remove tinymce Welsh language files from deleted files list in script.php by @richard67 in #48443
- [6.1] fix category list filter by month error by @heelc29 in #48339
- [6.1] Add language retrieval in edit_container.php by @brianteeman in #48252
- [6.1] Composer updates 2026-09-12 by @richard67 in #48449
🧑💻 Test contributions
Thank you to all the testers who help us maintain high quality standards and deliver a robust product.
@ChristineWk (1), @krishnagandhicode (1), @LadySolveig (1), @PixelBaer (1), @QuyTon (1), @rvbgnu (1), @SniperSister (2)