Impact Score: 5/10
dbt Core: dbt-core v1.1.6
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Component: dbt-core · Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
dbt Core v1.1.6. Source highlight: dbt-core 1.1.6 - August 14, 2026
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.
📊 Product & Engineering Leads
Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.
⚙️ DevOps & Security
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
✨ New Features & Capabilities (1)
- Warn users if they are using a deprecated dbt version (#15964)
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (4)
- Remove pin on packaging and stop using it for prerelease comparisons (#6834)
- Fix semver comparison logic by ensuring numeric values (#7039)
- Fix producing non json log when log format is json (#7972)
- Enable seeds to be handled from stored manifest data (#6875)
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
## dbt-core 1.1.6 - August 14, 2026
### Features
- Warn users if they are using a deprecated dbt version ([#15964](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/15964))
### Fixes
- Remove pin on packaging and stop using it for prerelease comparisons ([#6834](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/6834))
- Fix semver comparison logic by ensuring numeric values ([#7039](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7039))
- Fix producing non json log when log format is json ([#7972](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7972))
- Enable seeds to be handled from stored manifest data ([#6875](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/6875))
### Contributors
- [@ash2shukla](https://github.com/ash2shukla) ([#15964](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/15964))