# Zeek LTS release: 5.0.0

**URL:** <https://community.zeek.org/t/zeek-lts-release-5-0-0/6579>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Tags:** announcement\
**Created:** [July 5, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/zeek-lts-release-5-0-0/6579 "2022-07-05T20:01:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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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:** [July 5, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/zeek-lts-release-5-0-0/6579/1 "2022-07-05T20:01:01Z")

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Downloads for 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.tar.gz](https://download.zeek.org/zeek-5.0.0.tar.gz)

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

> **[Release v5.0.0 · zeek/zeek](https://github.com/zeek/zeek/releases/tag/v5.0.0)**
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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 will be available shortly.

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**Author:** ![johanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@johanna](https://community.zeek.org/u/johanna)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/zeek-lts-release-5-0-0/6579/2 "2022-07-07T13:41:44Z")

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Linux binary packages are now available.

For more information on the binary packages see [our wiki page](https://github.com/zeek/zeek/wiki/Binary-Packages); or download them directly from [the OpenSuSE Build Service](https://software.opensuse.org//download.html?project=security%3Azeek&package=zeek).

Please note that currently only the `zeek` package was updated. The `zeek-lts` package will stay on 4.0.x for approximately the next 30 days, to allow people on the old LTS version to test their installation with the 5.0 release.