# dbt Core v1.11.16 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** dbt Core (https://www.getdbt.com)
- **Version:** v1.11.16
- **Released:** Oct 14, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/dbt-core/updates/v1.11.16/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
dbt Core v1.11.16. Source highlight: dbt-core 1.11.16 - October 14, 2026

## Bug Fixes
- Bare wildcard FQN selectors (e.g. `-s "f_*"`) now match nested models regardless of subfolder depth (#)
- Include `semantic_manifest.json` in the artifact set uploaded by `--upload-to-artifacts-ingest-api`, matching other run artifacts (#N/A)
- Validate that tarball package download locations stay within the dbt downloads directory (#)