# Zeek bugfix release 8.0.5

**URL:** <https://community.zeek.org/t/zeek-bugfix-release-8-0-5/7933>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Tags:** announcement, releases\
**Created:** [January 12, 2026, 9:54pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/zeek-bugfix-release-8-0-5/7933 "2026-01-12T21:54:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tim\_Wojtulewicz](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/community.zeek.org/tim_wojtulewicz/32/594_2.png) [@Tim\_Wojtulewicz](https://community.zeek.org/u/Tim_Wojtulewicz)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 9:54pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/zeek-bugfix-release-8-0-5/7933/1 "2026-01-12T21:54:28Z")

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Zeek bugfix release v8.0.5 is now available:

[https://zeek.org/get-zeek](https://zeek.org/get-zeek)  
[https://download.zeek.org/zeek-8.0.5.tar.gz](https://download.zeek.org/zeek-8.0.5.tar.gz)

Some highlights in the 8.0.5 release:

- ZeekJS updated from v0.18 to v0.22 with a raft of bug fixes
- A fix for some unbounded state growth in the internal regex engine
- A fix for connection flipping depending on bidirectional traffic

See the release notes for details of the new functionality, breaking changes, and changed functionality

[Release v8.0.5 - zeek/zeek - GitHub](https://github.com/zeek/zeek/releases/tag/v8.0.5)

Binary packages for the new release will also be available shortly:

[Binary Packages - zeek/zeek Wiki - GitHub](https://github.com/zeek/zeek/wiki/Binary-Packages)