# Zeek feature release: 5.0.0-rc1

**URL:** <https://community.zeek.org/t/zeek-feature-release-5-0-0-rc1/6552>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Tags:** releases\
**Created:** [June 3, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/zeek-feature-release-5-0-0-rc1/6552 "2022-06-03T20:28:16Z")\
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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:** [June 3, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/zeek-feature-release-5-0-0-rc1/6552/1 "2022-06-03T20:28:16Z")

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Downloads for the first release candidate of Zeek 5.0.0 are available:

> **[Zeek: Get Zeek](https://zeek.org/get-zeek/)**
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> Visit the post for more.

[https://download.zeek.org/zeek-5.0.0-rc1.tar.gz](https://download.zeek.org/zeek-5.0.0-rc1.tar.gz)

See the release notes for details of the addressed bugs and security issues:

> **[Release v5.0.0-rc1 · zeek/zeek](https://github.com/zeek/zeek/releases/tag/v5.0.0-rc1)**
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> Breaking Changes
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> Zeek now requires at least CMake version 3.15.0.
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> If Zeek is configured with support for included Spicy (the default) we now
> require at least Flex version 2.6 and its developmen...

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

> **[Binary Packages · zeek/zeek Wiki](https://github.com/zeek/zeek/wiki/Binary-Packages)**
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> Zeek is a powerful network analysis framework that is much different from the typical IDS you may know. - Binary Packages · zeek/zeek Wiki

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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:** [June 3, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/zeek-feature-release-5-0-0-rc1/6552/2 "2022-06-03T20:28:37Z")

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